BACKGROUND
FARM Africa, founded in 1985, is an international non-governmental organization working in Ethiopia since 1988. Farm Africa works to end hunger and bring prosperity to rural Africa. We believe Africa has the power to feed itself and are helping make this happen by establishing and spreading the best farming and forestry techniques so that poor farmers and herders have more food to feed their families and to sell. We help smallholders manage their natural resources sustainability so that they can withstand climate change challenges and shocks and ensure their families have enough food in the future as well as now. FARM Africa works in partnership with communities, government, local and international organizations, and the private sector to innovate, learn and share best practices for maximum impact of our projects.
PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
Farm Africa is a specialist international non-governmental organization working in remote and resource-poor rural areas to reduce poverty. Farm Africa Ethiopia has recently been awarded a grant for the BRACED – X programme implemented in 2018. The new project, MAR - X is a one year project operating in Afar and SSNP regions.
The Community Development Facilitator will provide liaison and linkage between the BRACED programme and community in order to facilitate the full participation of the community. The main functions will be to arrange community meetings, assist in ensuring that information about programme activities and approaches reaches all members of the community, ensure the effective implementation of community level activities and support the feedback of learning, monitoring and evaluation results. The role provides organisational support playing a facilitation role in communities. The post holder will support the delivery of technical information and best practice supporting awareness and linkage. An active role will be played in:
She/he will work closely with Kebele, Private sector organisations, community leaders, committees and local government development agents. She/he will take part in community meetings for information gathering and exchange and carries out participatory planning and support field implementation.
KEY TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Key tasks are:
These essential functions are not to be interpreted as a complete statement of all duties performed. Employees will be required to perform other job related duties as required.
All work responsibilities are subject to having performance goals and/or targets established.
JOB TITLE: BRACED Community Development Facilitator
REPORTS TO: BRACED Project Coordinator
STAFF(S) REPORTING TO POST HOLDER: None
DURATION: eight months
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Education, qualifications & other knowledge
Experience
Skills & abilities
VALUES
Farm Africa seeks to employ those who believe, as we do, that farmers can and will play a key role in achieving long-term rural prosperity in Africa and who seek to deliver on those beliefs by: