Project Facilitator (FMNR) at World Vision

Full Time Tanzania May 19, 2023 NGO Jobs

Job Overview

With over 70 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 33,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Key Responsibilities:

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

Implementation and reporting of planned activities: 35%

Participate in planning and budgeting, preparation of work plans, implementation of planned activities and monitoring/ reporting of progress.
Facilitate and monitor the implementation of planned activities and community level engagements.
Mobilize and facilitate the engagements of stakeholders during planning and development meetings, workshops and Seminars.
Identify local level partners, support and facilitate the partnership in the implementation of planned activities.
Facilitate stakeholders and partners in supervision and monitoring of programmatic activities.
Support the collection and documentation of impact and success stories on monthly, semi-annual and annually.
Ensure there is an enhanced management on pruning and coppicing practices in FMNR.
Enhance protection of regeneration trees and shrubs under FMNR.
Improved usage of multipurpose tree and other forest products (NTFP).
Improve usage of energy efficient cooking stove.
Increased adoption of conservation farming for enhanced soil quality and food production.

End Results

The FMNR Project is well managed as stipulated in the project proposal.

Community engagement and advocacy: 35%

Sensitize community to engage on FMNR initiatives that includes land degradation, soil infertility and erosion, biodiversity loss, food insecurity, fuel wood, building timber and fodder shortages and dysfunctional hydrological cycles (exacerbated flood and drought events, reduced ground water recharge, drying of springs, wells and streams).
Ensure that Community environmental structures strengthened for FMNR
Mobilize and facilitate integration of Vision Fund Tanzania (VFT) and Resilience Project Models such as
Market Led Agriculture, Local Value Chain Development (LVCD), Standardized Saving Groups; Saving for transformation.
Ensure that community agreements are in place for the management of trees, communal land & bylaws
Innovatively support communities including RC households to participate and benefit from the programme development and make intentional inclusion of RC families in FMNR.
Facilitate community to customize incentive packages that are environmentally friendly
Facilitate integration of FMNR in other projects namely CESP, IWASHN and Resilience and livelihood
Mobilize and facilitate active participation of children and their communities to participate in planning, monitoring and implementation and evaluation of FMNR activities.
Making sure that FMNR practices actively shared with other, both within and beyond the target community.
Build the capacity of children, families and community on FMNR.
Follow-up on commitments by leaders on improvement greening restoration.
Ensure that enhanced child led school environment and child participation in FMNR

End Results

There is an effective and efficient community engagement to reinforce environmental restoration in a sustainable way.

Networking: 20%

Facilitate WVT/VFT integration for profitable environmental restoration, agriculture, livestock production and enterprise development (high value agriculture crops and livestock).
Facilitate capacity building of other partners on the concept of FMNR.
Facilitate networking relationships and participation with wide stakeholders such as government, church, faith-based organization leaders and other key partners at local level such as NGOs, CBOs, IGA groups.

End Results

There are collective efforts from different development agents on environmental restoration.

Other assignments that will be given by the supervisor: 10%

End Results

Adhere to the legal guideline and instruction given by authority.

KNOWLEDGE /QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ROLE

Required Professional Experience

Competent in Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) and GIS. Past experience in Farm Managed Natural Regeneration background.

Specifically:

High integrity.
Partnering and engaging with stakeholders
Ability to work with minimal supervision.
Report writing skills
Networking and influencing skills.
Highly reliable and dependable.
Passion for children.
Skills in Programming.
Ability to maintain effective working relationships with all levels of staff and donors
Computer skills

Community Facilitation skills

Required Education, training, license, registration, and certification.

Advanced Diploma or Bachelor’s degree in environmental sciences and or Natural Resource Management from accredited Colleges/Universities.

Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications

Bachelor of Science in Forestry, Bachelor of Science in Environmental Sciences and Management, Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, Natural Resources, Economics, Business, or related fields.

Travel and/or Work Environment Requirement

Work environment: Few offices works with frequent visits to the field
Travel: 20% Domestic travel is required and on call: 50%

Language Requirements

Fluent English & Swahili

KEY WORKING RELATIONSHIPS