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• Provide
  expertise and technical assistance in agronomy and agribusiness, climate
  smart agriculture, marketing, IGA, DRR and Natural Resource Management.
• Take
  lead in Resilience and Livelihood planning, budgeting, implementation and
  monitoring of progress.
• Mobilize
  and facilitate the engagements of stakeholders during planning and
  development meetings, workshops and other fora.
• Identify
  local level partners and support/ facilitate the partners in the
  implementation of planned activities.

• Take
  overall lead in the coordination of field level activities
• Ensure
  Small holder farmers’ groups are mobilized, organized and strengthened
  into strong business groups/cooperatives (rural producer cooperatives,
  marketing cooperatives, Savings groups/Savings and Credit Cooperatives)
  for bulk purchase of inputs, value addition, bulking and collective
  marketing of produce
• Develop
  the farmer’s capacity to improve production and productivity of selected
  enterprises of desired quality by the market through demonstrations to
  farmer’s
• Establish
  and follow up demonstrations to facilitate production and productivity
  among the farmers
• Coordinate
  partners in implementation of agreed action plans
• Ensure
  Integration of Resilience and Livelihood activities with other internal
  and external programmes including that of governments.
• Provide
  training and backstopping on gender to partners
• Build
  the capacity of farmers’ business groups/cooperatives to collectively
  engage local leaders on identified issues.
• Mobilize
  communities to participate in annual agricultural events – such as
  agricultural shows, World Food Day

• Each
  supported H/H must have
• Food
  Security Crop (in garden and/or proper storage or evidence of cash to buy
  food at all times)
• An
  income generating enterprise
• Practicing
  all Natural Resource Management technologies (water harvesting, Soil &
  water conservation, agroforestry, woodlot, energy saving stove, FMNR)
• Practicing
  Nutrition SMART agriculture (OFSP, High iron beans, kitchen garden, small
  livestock like)
• Member
  of Saving Group
• Member
  of Cooperative (production, marketing, savings &credit)
• Visited
  by an extension worker/or have access to M-Omulimisa
• Successful
  case studies of R and L programmes/project documented and Quarterly
  reports submitted.
• WVU
  Visibility and collaboration with all partners and stakeholders promoted
• Operation
  Plans developed on quarterly basis
• Savings
  Group MIS Updated

• Prepare
  high quality reports, both narrative and quantitative information and
  reporting on relevant indicators and outcomes. Ensure that all reports are
  delivered according to high quality standards and are always submitted on
  time as per WVU standards.
• Ensure
  Care givers of RCs are members of farmer business groups/cooperatives and
  are accessing business developments services.
• Participate
  in monthly / quarterly reflection meetings with Child Monitors and
  guardians/parents and child protection committees to address findings from
  monitoring.
• Work
  with CDF to identify partners who will support the implementation of the
  Resilience and Livelihood Technical Programme within the Area Programme.
• Take
  lead in documentation and sharing of Impact/success stories and best
  practices to promote learning.
• Organize
  quarterly review meetings for partners and communities at the project
  sites to reflect on programmes/projects approaches, tools, impact of
  interventions, best practices, exit and sustainability strategies as well
  as create spaces and opportunities for action-learning and debate

• Ensure
  a strict compliance to the WVU child safeguarding practices with respect
  to the child protection policy, PSEA/code of conduct at all times; monitoring
  and reporting on compliance to CP policy standards in the project/project
  area.
• Mobilization
  and facilitation of communities, local organizations, local government and
  institutions to participate in Child protection designs, planning,
  implementation, monitoring and evaluation including reporting on child
  protection priorities in line with the Technical Programme goal and
  objectives, Key Result Areas..
• Facilitate
  child protection policy dialogues and campaign interventions by ensuring
  linkages and coherence in engagements within the project and Area
  Programme (AP) and National level, in the context of integrated ministry.
• Work
  closely with the line supervisor(s) to ensure integration of Peace &
  Child Protection interventions in the project including uptake and
  effective roll out of CP project models and approaches
• Facilitate
  effective and meaningful participation of children as agents of change in
  all project interventions/processes in line with WV Child Participation
  guidelines
• Engage
  with project partners to assess and address the existing child protection
  related issues in the community and ensure appropriate and timely
  reporting/action is undertaken on CP incidents
• Facilitate
  proper formation of Child protection working teams/groups/committees in
  line with World Vision systems approach to Child Protection.
• Facilitate
  child protection advocacy campaigns and engagements at community level to
  ensure policy implementation and change
• Build
  multi-sectoral linkages and community based initiatives, networks and
  coordination mechanisms in establishing and strengthening child protection
  prevention, response and referral pathways to allow a more efficient
  access to services for the MVC.
• Build
  skills and capacity of communities, CPCs, Para-social workers to work with
  other local duty-bearers & service providers to understand and
  independently carry-out child protection actions to effectively respond to
  child abuse cases in line with standard case management procedures and
  principles
• Organize
  and facilitate child protection related research activities through focus
  group discussions and interviews, with the guidance of the line
  supervisor(s).  

• The
  ideal candidate for the World Vision Project Officer 1 – Resilience and
  Livelihood  job opportunity should
  hold a diploma in agriculture or agribusiness or any other relevant
  discipline.
• Two
  years’ experience in community work and engagement Agricultural, Economic
  Development and Livelihood
• Entrepreneurship,
  micro finance and strong agribusiness skills
• Computer
  literacy skills
• Good
  writing and reporting skills
• Networking
  and influencing skills
• Ability
  to communicate in applicable local language(s)
• Show
  passion for children.
• Good
  track record for demonstrating high integrity, reliability and dependable
• Ability
  to work with minimal supervision.

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