Africa, Action Aid, Plan International and ADRA with funding from the European
Union will be implementing a programme called BETTER. BETTER with total funding
of €14.6 million with EU contributing €13.96 million is a five year progamne
that aims at increasing the resilience, food nutrition, and income security of
402,000 smallholder farmers in the 10 districts of Karonga, Chitipa, Mzimba,
Kasungu, Nkhata Bay, Nkhotakota, Salima, Chiradzulu, Thyolo and Mulanje. BETTER
is part of the KULIMA (Kutukula Ulimi mMalawi Programme). KULIMA Programme with
an estimated cost of €111,000,000 is funded by the EU contributing €100
,000,000, and with joint co-financed by Food and Agriculture Organization of
the United Nations (FAO) and German Cooperation. The BETTER progamme has the
following specific objectives: to strengthen agricultural extension services
through 13,400 FFS groups in order to secure effective and productive services
for smallholder farmers in 10 KULIMA districts; to increase the
absorptive/anticipatory, adaptive and transformative capacities of 402,000
smallholder farmers to adapt to adverse effects of climate change and improve
food security in 78 EPAs in 10 KULIMA districts; to improve food security for
402100 farmers through effective livelihood diversification and technology
transfer.
recruit the following position at its districts offices in Salima and
Nkhotakota:
overall implementation of the BETTER Project in Nkhotakota and Salima
districts. The Coordinator will be responsible for providing technical and
operational guidance/leadership for the project team to ensure the successful
implementation of the project. He/she will lead in the planning, coordination
and implementation of the projects activities in accordance with the project
implementation plan and annual work plans. She/he will also be responsible for
the management of financial resources for the project and the supervision of
programme and administrative staff in Nkhotakota and Salima districts
A BSc
degree in Agriculture-related subject (Crop Production, livestock Production
Agricultural Botany, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Economics.
Minimum 5
years experience in managing agriculture development project
Proven
ability to motivate, provide technical support and guidance for a diverse team
of staff and partners with minimum direct supervision.
Considerable
experience in budgeting/financial procedures and writing management and
financial reports to donors
Skills in
training/facilitation of development processes, including organization and
mobilization of communities and networking among different development partners
such as community based organisations and Government officers.
Good
knowledge and understanding key aspects of development work; including food,
nutrition, agricultural marketing and value chains and livelihood security,
cross cutting themes (e.g. gender, environment, HIV/AIDS), and integration of
disaster mitigation and climate change response in development programming
A mature
self-starter, able to independently think critically and reflect and willing
take calculated risks to enable learning
A high
level understanding of project cycle management approaches, project appraisal
monitoring and evaluation and partners’ capacity building
traceable record, contact phone numbers and three traceable referees must be
sent or hand delivered to the following address not later than 31st December,
2017
