Field Facilitators

FAO wishes to recruit six (06) Field Facilitators, each working in one district, who will be supervised by Project Managers to strengthen district committees for disaster risks preparedness and response and mobilize smallholder agriculture producers to pilot climate-resilience nature-based solutions for securing fragile ecosystems and vulnerable communities to climate-related shocks.

Under the overall supervision of the FAO Representative in Pakistan and the Provincial International Head of office, the Field facilitator will report day-to-day to the Project Coordinator of the relevant project. The Field facilitator will work as part of a technical team in the province as a programmatic approach, especially to the BRAVE project.

• Experience in participatory planning, organizing, coordination, administration, and facilitating implementation of evidence-based projects and programmes.

• Facilitate the formation and capacity building of committees, teams, panels, and common interest groups for the coordination, planning, assessment, implementation, monitoring, and reporting on progress in project delivery based on validated guidelines.

The main responsibilities and tasks include planning, coordinating, and facilitating (a) strategic studies to inform the design and implementation of BRAVE, (b) strengthening institutional arrangements for improved and effective preparedness for humanitarian responses and adoption of climate resilience models; (c) screening and validation of priority scalable, sustainable, replicable, inclusive and equitable high-impact climate resilience innovations, technologies, approaches, and practices, and (d) establishing knowledge management systems to facilitate peer-learning, co-creation and sharing of products and services in support of upscaling the most promising climate-resilient village models. The incumbent will spend about 75% of the time facilitating community-led and community-driven activities in focal districts while 25% will be spent planning, organizing, documentation, and facilitating peer-learning processes.

The incumbents will undertake the following specific tasks:

• Identification of target union councils, villages, and beneficiaries based on the validated selection criteria.
• Facilitate the planning and execution of data collection exercises including studies and assessments, and validations exercises.
• Facilitating participatory preparation of integrated farm plans, and village-level and district-level anticipatory and climate-resilience plans for transforming agrifood systems.
• Facilitating robust stakeholder-driven and project-relevant issues-specific engagements including peer-learning on forums, networks, forums, working groups, and partnerships established under the project.
• Continuously document and share multimedia content including activity-focused video clips, photos, quotes, messages, and stories through project-managed social media platforms, such as WhatsApp, for peer-learning.
• Perform any other associated tasks assigned by the management.

• Bachelor's degree in natural resources management domains.

• At least 3 years of relevant work experience in ecosystem-wide governance and management.

• Working knowledge of English while familiarity with local languages will be desirable.

• National of Pakistan.

• Proven knowledge and skills in remote-sensing and Geographic Information System will be an added advantage.

• Relevance of experience in United Nations and International Organizations' administrative policies and procedures.

• Experience in engagement with multiple and diverse stakeholders and institutional arrangements including government, international development agency, private, civil society, and end-users.

• Computer skills in Office Applications, including Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint.

• Proven track record of working on similar assignments.