Title: National Consultant on Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA)
Company Name: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Vacancy: Not specific
Job Location: Dhaka
Employment Status: Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ Advanced university degree in rural development, agricultural extension, social science or a related field.
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 10 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ Organizational Unit: FABGD
∎ Job Type: Non-staff opportunities
∎ Type of Requisition: PSA (Personal Services Agreement)
∎ Grade Level: N/A
∎ Duration: 4 months (with possibility of extension upon availability of resources)
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Review PRA manuals from other FAO projects, Gender Action Learning Systems (GALS) and lessons learned during the PRA process and farmer group selection of the including the Smallholders Agricultural Competitiveness Project (SACP).
∎ With DAE, develop a step-by-step gender-centred Participatory Rural Appraisal and Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) process for RAINS to engage communities, identify target populations and in a community-drive process to identify their main challenges and priority project interventions.
∎ Prepare and provide training to the 300 DAE frontline extension officers that will be involved in the RAINS PRA (60 upazilas, 5 SAAOs per upazila) in 10 batches of 30 each. The training will be gender-centred, adapted from GALS.
∎ Backstop DAE staff during the first months of the PRA, farmer group mobilization and FPIC process.
∎ Prepare training and workshop reports and field mission back-to-office reports.
∎ Contribute to FAO-TA and RAINS six-monthly progress reports to GAFSP regarding PRA related activities.
∎ Perform any other related tasks as assigned by the Senior Technical Advisor.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
∎ National of Bangladesh or a legal resident in the country.
∎ FAO Core Competencies
∎ Results Focus
∎ Teamwork
∎ Communication
∎ Building Effective Relationships
∎ Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement
∎ Technical/Functional Skills
∎ Experience in the field of the Participatory Rural Appraisal and community engagement and in-depth understanding of the PRA and FPIC processes.
∎ Experience in training-of-trainers, preferably in ToTs for extension agents.
∎ Excellent communication skills including writing skills, proven ability to convey complex ideas through clear communication, and concise reports, and effective oral presentations.
∎ Experience in working with public administration of central and local level in Bangladesh.
∎ Readiness to carry out visits to project sites and duty travel as required.
∎ Willingness to work as a team member with multicultural and multidisciplinary team of experts.
∎ Ability to work independently and proceed with objectives of the assignment work under pressure and meet deadlines.
∎ Self-motivation, willingness to learn and good work ethics.
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 29 Jul 2023
Company Information:
∎ 18 Jul 2023
∎ Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
∎ Business : UN Organization
Category: NGO/Development
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Source: bdjobs.com