Organizational Setting

For greater than 4 a long time, the Meals and Agriculture Group (FAO) has been working with the Authorities of the Philippines, civil society, community-based organizations and the non-public sector to deal with challenges within the agriculture, fisheries and forestry sector. Joint efforts have included growing sustainability in agricultural manufacturing, selling value-adding practices, enhancing post-harvest administration, enhancing productiveness and growing the resilience of agriculture-based livelihoods to pure disasters, climatic hazards and armed battle.

Reporting Traces

The Nationwide Monitoring, Analysis, Accountability and Studying (MEAL) Specialist stories to the Nationwide Technical Help Coordinator (Local weather Change Adaptation Specialist) and can work underneath the general steerage of the FAO Consultant of the Philippines.

Technical Focus

FAO in partnership with the Division of Agriculture (DA) and the Division of Science and Know-how’s (DOST) Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Providers Administration (PAGASA) might be implementing a seven-year Inexperienced Local weather Fund (GCF) mission entitled “Adapting Philippine Agriculture to Local weather Change” (APA mission). APA goals to extend the resilience of rural women and men who depend upon agriculture for his or her livelihoods in areas weak to local weather change whereas reworking the nation agriculture towards local weather resilience. This might be achieved via improved capability of farmers to develop Local weather Resilient Agriculture (CRA) enterprises and undertake financially and economically viable CRA practices, and of the federal government & non-public sectors to construct supporting methods for scaling up. The mission goals to straight profit 1.25 million farmers and not directly attain one other 5.0 million folks throughout 9 provinces in 5 areas within the Philippines.

The mission might be executed by DA and PAGASA via FAO Operational Companions Implementation Modality (OPIM) and FAO Philippines offering technical help to realize its goal and anticipated outcomes.

Duties and duties

The incumbent will undertake the next duties and duties:

•    Develop a complete plan for monitoring and evaluating the mission’s progress and affect and its studying agenda.
•    Contribute to the event of the mission analytical plan and instruments together with however not restricted to the design and implementation of baseline, mid and endline surveys.
•    Work intently with the Environmental and Social Safeguards (ESS) staff to make sure Surroundings and Social Administration Framework, Gender and IP Motion Plan develop into a part of the mission MEAL framework
•    Present coaching and training for mission subject employees on MEAL
•    Guarantee well timed assortment of knowledge on mission actions and outcomes, and evaluation of this knowledge to evaluate and report on the mission’s progress, outcomes and impacts.
•    Usually stories on the mission’s progress to the mission staff and different stakeholders.
•    Primarily based on their evaluation of the info, present suggestions for enhancing the mission’s implementation and outcomes.
•    Be sure that all M&E actions adjust to the donor’s and FAO necessities.
•    Coordinate the planning and implementation of midterm and ultimate evaluations of the mission. This contains working with FAO OED and GCF in creating analysis methodologies, choosing and managing exterior evaluators (if wanted), and making certain that the evaluations are performed in a well timed and rigorous method.
•    Carry out routine spot checks and subject visits to evaluate the mission’s progress and establish any potential dangers or points. These actions needs to be guided by the mission’s danger administration plan, which outlines the important thing dangers and mitigation measures for the mission
•    Perform another related duties inside his/her technical competence as could also be requested by FAO.
CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING

Minimal Necessities

•    Superior college diploma in Economics, Growth Economics, Agriculture, Agriculture Economics, and different associated fields
•    At the least seven (7) years of labor skilled and sensible expertise in monitoring and reporting and analysis of improvement initiatives
•    Wonderful written and oral communication expertise in English
•    Nationwide of the Philippines

FAO Core Competencies

•    Outcomes Focus
•    Teamwork
•    Communication
•    Constructing Efficient Relationships
•    Data Sharing and Steady Enchancment

Technical/Useful Expertise

•    Normal data and expertise in the usage of commonplace workplace software program, similar to MS Workplace (Phrase, Excel, Energy Level).
•    Familiarity with FAO operational procedures is a bonus
•    According to FAO coverage, dedication to putting accountability to folks affected by catastrophe framework on the core of FAO’s emergency coverage and apply, from preparedness as much as the onset of an emergency in all phases of the programme cycle

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