Community Outreach Facilitators Verified listing

Under the overall supervision of the FAO Representative in Pakistan, the Senior Project Officer in Balochistan, and in close coordination with FAO provincial teams, the Facilitator will report to River Team Leader and Sectoral Specialists keeping a close collaboration with FFS Facilitators, Technical Working Group (TWG) members, farmer groups (SMEs, WUAs, CBOs, etc) and project team for the identification and mobilization of Farmers, Farmers Associations, Water Users, Water Users Associations and COs/CBOs in the project assigned river basin areas.

Technical Focus

Facilitate field level interventions of the NGOs and TWG to mobilize the communities in the communal scheme development and enhance capacity of Farmer Groups or Associations (to build or rehabilitate the schemes, better manage local water management and related project affairs).

Tasks and responsibilities

Oversee and ensure the organization of consultative community meetings on project interventions by guiding the NGOs and TWG to:

•    Identify potential project target villages as per defined criteria.
•    Identify existing Farmers, Farmer Groups or Associations and initiate community consultation for project orientation and need assessment for community mobilization, ensuring equal participation of all community members in the meetings or field works (male/female/children, minority and disabled).
•    Sensitize the communities about the project activities and its outcomes to ensure their interest and willingness.
•    Conduct Project Rapid Assessment (PRA) exercise for the needs and prioritization in the project targeted villages.
•    Fill out the need assessment forms and submit to the project offices.
•    Conduct regular meetings with selected Farmer Groups and provide project support according to the assessed needs of local water management affairs.

Assist the farming communities to form new Farmer Groups such as Water User Associations (WUAs), Farmers Field Schools (FFS), and Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs), Community Organizations (Cos) or Community Based Organizations (CBOs) and to further strengthen their operation and function around efficient water management affairs . The activity includes the following tasks:

•    Oversee and facilitate the TWG and FFS facilitators in identifying potential participants for FFS, SMEs or WUAs in targeted villages.
•    Oversee and guide NGOs on formation of the farmer groups with village cooperation ensuring female participation at all levels.
•    Ensure registration of all members in hard and soft prescribed templates and enter data in Kobo toolbox with the support of Monitoring. Evaluation, Accountability & Learning (MEAL) Team.
•    Closely coordinate with NGOs to ensure the organization of consultative meetings with farmer groups on their roles and responsibilities.

Minimum Requirements   

•    University Degree in Agriculture, Social Sciences or any equivalent education background
•    Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in agriculture or livestock related community mobilization, dispute resolution, organizing community trainings and awareness activities
•    Working knowledge (Level C) of English and Urdu
•    Working knowledge of local languages in Khuzdar
•    National of Pakistan

Technical/Functional Skills

•    Remain open to change and ability to manage complexity.
•    Ability to work and act under pressure and with discretion in a multicultural environment.
•    Demonstrate capacity to plan, prioritize and deliver tasks on time to meet goals in a high-pressure environment.
•    Working experience with the UN and/or international organizations will be an asset.