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Job Title:  Rural Development Advisor on Climate Smart Agriculture in the Coffee value chain

Organization: GIZ Uganda

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

About the Company:

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is an international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide operations on behalf of the German Government.

Implemented by GIZ, the Global Fund to Promote Innovations in Agriculture and Nutrition (i4Ag)” is part of Priority Area “Transformation of the Agriculture and Food Systems”. On behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), i4Ag promotes gender-sensitive and use-centered innovations. With co-financing from the European Union and the Dutch Government, i4Ag is financing the project Sustainable Agriculture for Forest Ecosystems (SAFE) in Brazil, Ecuador, Indonesia, Zambia, Peru, Cameroon, Vietnam, DRC and Uganda.

Job Summary:   GIZ Uganda is recruiting a Rural Development Advisor to support smallholder coffee farmers to enhance sustainable agricultural practices, implement climate-smart strategies and ensure compliance with the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR).

Key Duties and Responsibilities:   The Rural Development Advisor will be responsible for:

• EUDR Compliance: Assist smallholder farmers and their organization in understanding and meeting the requirements of the EUDR, including registration processes and documentation.
• Capacity Building: Provide training and support to smallholder farmers in sustainable coffee cultivation practices, and climate-smart agriculture techniques, and agroforestry systems.
• Technical Assistance: Offer ongoing technical support in crop management, pest control, and soil health to optimize yields while minimizing environmental impact.

Specific Tasks

The Rural Development Advisor performs the following tasks:

Knowledge and advisory services

• Support the development, translation into local languages and/ or dissemination of harmonised information on EUDR to smallholder farmers and their organisations.
• Support to EUDR awareness raising campaigns.
• Support the roll out of a common coffee traceability system ensuring compliance with EUDR.
• Strengthen smallholder farmers capacities to sustainable climate smart coffee production using existing training materials and resources; organize and facilitate training workshops and field demonstrations.
• Development or popularisation of procedures for smallholder farmers to access land use rights while paying special attention to female farmers.
• Supporting to train local government extension staff, smallholder farmers and their organisation on sustainable use of forest ecosystems.

Partnership coordination

• Cooperate and maintain regular contact with relevant parties from local government, civil society, research institutes, private sector and international agencies.
• Participate and contribute to relevant processes, fora, events and meetings on the national and sub-national level.
• Support the planning and implementation of study tours, visiting delegations, exchange visits, missions and other official events as required.
• Contribute to integrated planning and implementation of activities with other GIZ projects starting with the Rural Development focal area.

Project coordination

• Support to develop an adapted a Theory of Change, overall workplan and annual workplans.
• Support the preparation of terms of reference for service contracts or financing agreements in line with GIZ rules and regulations and supervise contracted third parties.
• Coordinate the implementation of project activities with members of the steering team, partners and contracted third parties.
• Provide monitoring data and contextual knowledge to contribute to reporting and public and internal communication.
• Organize internal and external events and meetings.

Other Duties/Additional Tasks

• Perform other duties and tasks at the request of management.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture or a related field (preferably with a focus on sustainable supply chains and coffee production). A master’s degree in a related field is an added advantage.

Details of experience:

• 5years of professional experience in a comparable position.
• 5 years’ experience in providing advisory services on sustainability in agricultural supply chains to smallholder farmers
• Knowledge of the international discussion on sustainability in agricultural supply chains and forest preservation.
• Proven experience working in or in close cooperation with small-holder cooperatives and associations.
• Experience working for or in cooperation with the private sector in agricultural supply chains, particularly in the coffee sector
• Familiarity with the concept of due diligence, transparency and traceability in agricultural value chains

Knowledge, skills and competences:

• Strong network with institutions working on agricultural commodities and forest protection.
• Ability to communicate complex topics to be understood by different audiences.
• Knowledge of GIZ instruments, procedures and (procurement) rules is considered an advantage.
• Pro-active attitude, flexibility and intercultural competence.

How to Apply:

Applications and CVs should be in one document and a maximum of 5 pages only and sent electronically, quoting the position and reference number.

Please include name and contact of three references. One official reference from your current workplace is a MUST.

Eligible candidates are encouraged to apply to the Head of Human Resources by email to vacancy@futureoptions.org

Deadline: 24th November 2024 by 11:59pm

Please note: This is a national position. Only the shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Disclaimer: GIZ DOES NOT charge any kind of FEE(s) at whichever stage of the recruitment process.

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