Master Facilitator

Job Posting

: 25/Mar/2019

Closure Date

: 08/Apr/2019, 11:59:00 PM

Job Type

: Non-staff opportunities

Primary Location

: Various Locations

FAO seeks gender, geographical and linguistic diversity in order to best serve FAO Members in all regions.

Qualified female applicants are encouraged to apply.

People with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply.

All applications will be treated with the strictest confidentiality.

• Coordinate the initiation of the project implementation with the Project Manager and project team
• Support, the project team, in identifying potential beneficiaries (Women cooperatives/associations) across Lebanon.
• Support the project team in identifying/selecting and distributing the project facilitators geographically according to the    geographic distribution of the project beneficiaries.
• Act as a direct supervisor of the project facilitators across all Lebanese areas, ensuring close monitoring on their work    performance in terms efficiency and efficacy adequacy, quality.
• Lead the organization of the facilitators’ work in coordination with the project manager and the business consultant.
• Prepare a training curriculum and material adapted to the needs, project requirements, the local context and the cooperative/association types of work and activities in Lebanon, taking into consideration the FBS approach, and ensuring the necessary coordination with the project team and relevant consultants.
• Conduct a 5-8 days training to a  group of 20-25  facilitators on the Farm Business School (FBS) programme, ensuring that it does not contradict with the upcoming business training content of the business consultant.
• Follow-up on the training and capacity building that will be provided to the facilitators and support them when needed
• Act as an administration focal point in the field and towards the Project Manager, thereby accountable for the accurate data collection and proper archiving of the necessary documents (attendance sheets, minutes of meetings, payment receipts, financial reports, evaluation documents…)
• Develop a replacement mechanism to fill any gap occurring at the field level (absence or declining of facilitators, or any other reason)
• Follow-up, at the field level, on the implementation of all project activities, ensuring the FBS guidelines are well considered and contextualized to the Lebanese conditions and local needs.
• Prepare and regularly update a monthly field work programme for the facilitators, monthly work-plans and specific TORs once needed.
• Support facilitators in applying the FBS approach to potential beneficiaries and delivering all the tasks required by the project to the beneficiaries, as per the curriculum and work­-plans initially developed and agreed upon.
• Support facilitators in coaching the cooperatives/associations in the implementation of their business plans based on the training packages (FBS and business) they had passed through in the previous phases.
• Certify facilitators’ work being done and reported timely, effectively and completely, ensuring a high level of integrity, honesty and consciousness among them. Promote the inclusive approach of the project among the facilitators, encouraging them towards the integration of individuals with special needs
• Promote the importance of the environmental safeguards throughout the development and implementation of the business plans, based on the “Greening the Blue” initiative and other environmental considerations.
• Follow-up with the targeted women cooperatives to ensure needs, problems and concerns are followed up and responded to according to the project requirements and limits
• Create a supervisory mechanism for the facilitators, reporting and appraisal systems for identifying and the performance level of facilitators
• Develop communication strategies that aim at maintaining frequent contact with the facilitators to understand their interests, participation level, strengths, weaknesses, training/refresher needs and requirements
• Enhance the communication level among the facilitators within and across the team to improve their team spirit, engagement, motivation, and enable knowledge and information sharing among the team members once needed.
• Ensure the accurate collection and archiving of all project means of verifications including attendance sheets minutes of meetings, payment receipts and financial reports and evaluation documents. Hold accountable for ensuring all correct procedures are followed while leading the facilitators
• Follow up and support the project team in gathering information, on the areas and groups where the project will be implemented and this according.
• Follow-up on the delivery of activities by contracted Service Providers and support the project team in gathering needed information (attendance, disbursement of transportation fees, etc…) reporting
• Conduct continuous field visits to targeted groups, inspects and oversees all activities.
• Communicate the day-to-day progress of the activities in the field to the Project Manager
• Responsible to follow-up  the field work as per pre-planned work plan so that the project deadlines are met
• Submit monthly reports that include the results of the assessment of working dynamics, identified strengths and weaknesses and recommendations for improvements
• Support the project M&E plan to monitor project activity and status, collect data and evaluate progress through continuous coordination and collaboration with the information management officer and the M&E consultant.
• Assess risks and  identify difficulties, challenges, and opportunities, to suggest adjustments  that allow the project manager to align or re adjust  the activities with the project objectives 
• Hold regular meetings with key stakeholders to engage them with the project interventions and agree on their contributions in order to ensure sustainability, ensuring the maintenance of effective relationships and communication channels with them.
• Follow-up on the capacity of the  targeted groups to manage and sustain the business
• Ensure project beneficiaries  are well aware of the FAO’s complaints system, grievance mechanism, hotline and contact information necessary for their reference once needed

1. Expected Outputs:

• Participation in the facilitators’ selection, to be completed by April 2019
• Design of the facilitators deployment and supervision, to be completed by May 2019
• Coordination of the facilitators training, to be completed by June 2019
• Training of the facilitators on FBS, to be completed by August 2019
• Monthly reports
• Progress 6-montly report, to be completed by October 2019
• Comprehensive annual report, to be completed by April 2020.

• Master’s Degree in Agriculture Engineering, Agri-Business or related fields;
• A minimum of 5 years of professional experience in related fields;
• Previous experience with UN agencies, namely FAO, is an asset;
• Excellent written and oral working knowledge in English;
• National of Lebanon

• Results Focus
• Teamwork
• Communication
• Building Effective Relationships
• Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement

• Demonstrated field  experience in agriculture development projects
• Demonstrated experience in managing project teams
• Ability to join on board during the month of April 2019.
• Ability to travel on extensive field visits across all areas in Lebanon.
• Perfect command of the FAO Farm Business School training package and its contextualization at country level;
• Demonstrated experience in conducting adult trainings in agriculture, agri-business and related fields;
• Initiative, judgment, organizational ability and a good sense of teamwork and human relations.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• FAO does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview meeting, processing)

• Incomplete applications will not be considered. If you need help please contact: [email protected]

• Applications received after the closing date will not be accepted

• Only language proficiency certificates from UN accredited external providers and/or FAO language official examinations (LPE, ILE, LRT) will be accepted as proof of the level of knowledge of languages indicated in the online applications

• For additional employment opportunities visit the FAO employment website: http://www.fao.org/employment/home/en/

Candidates are requested to attach a letter of motivation to the online profile.
Vacancies will be removed from the recruitment portal at 23:59 Central European Time (CET) on the deadline for applications date. We encourage applicants to submit the application well before the deadline date.
If you need help, or have queries, please contact: [email protected]

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