Hub Coordinators (Nametil and Alto-Molócuè)

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), together with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ), received funds from the European Union (EU) to implement the project “PROMOVE Agribiz – Improving Rural Competitiveness in Nampula and Zambézia Provinces, Mozambique”. The project has the overall objective of contributing to a sustainable, inclusive and broad-based economic growth and poverty reduction in the context of national food and nutrition security and climate change. The project will achieve the objectives through (i) improving the food and nutrition security and resilience of smallholders and climate-smart and nutrition-sensitive agriculture, and (ii) enhancing rural competitiveness by improved participation of smallholders in economic activities, economic diversification, improved access to rural services and improved rural investment.

Under the project FAO will lead several components, including, (i) the market oriented sustainable production systems development; (ii) the agricultural policy dialogue; (iii) the institutional and community capacity building; and (iv) market linkages by providing tailored innovative solutions that improve sustainable and resilient production systems. The project will use the Farmer Field School methodology as the main vehicle for its implementation and gender equality and women empowerment are embedded toward all program implementation process.

To this end, FAO intends to recruit two Hub Coordinators, based in Nametil and Alto-Molócuè, to support the implementation and delivery of the PROMOVE Agribiz results in all districts pertaining to the Hub according to the PROMOVE/Agribiz Project Document.

Reporting Lines

The Hub coordinator reports to the Senior project Coordinator

Establish and develop FFS cycles, project operational planning, management and monitoring of all FFS activities and provide regular backstopping for the provision of technical and management support to increasing the quality of FFS in line with project objectives.

Under the overall supervision of the FAO Representative in Mozambique, supported by the Assistant FAO Representative for Programme, and the technical supervision of the Senior Project Coordinator, the Hub Coordinator and M&E/MIS Officer will undertake the following duties:

• Ensure that the technical activities are adequately coordinated and aligned with the external stakeholders to support the delivery of the project outputs, products, and services;
• Coordinate and manage M&E/MIS activities to ensure collection, analysis and reporting of data and information to allow for an evidence-based management of the project; and ensure the project framework has established accountability indicator for assessing the effectiveness of gender mainstreaming toward the project
• At provincial end district levels, liaise with Government institutions, GIZ and other external stakeholders representing FAO in the framework of the PROMOVE Agribiz project.

The Hub Coordinator will work under the direct guidance and supervision of the Senior project Coordinator in performing the following activities, for the delivery of the respective specific results, in each of the components of the project:

To create an enabling environment for selected agri-food value chains

• Support the improvement of a regulatory framework and governance for these value chains, by engaging with stakeholders at provincial and district levels to (i) develop institutional capacity for the implementation of the national seed policy/regulation, (ii) strengthen public/private dialogue for seed systems, (iii) and support, at local level, the establishment of a dialogue on National Inputs Policy;
• Coordinate the activities to improve availability of technical and financial support services, and increase access to these services by micro-, small- and medium- sized enterprises (MSMEs) and smallholder farmers, (i) creating a public/private sector technical advisory services for the producers, and (ii) coordinating the implementation/expansion of an enhanced e-voucher system as an inputs subsidy tool;

To develop a market-driven sustainable agriculture and resilience

• Oversee the activities to increase production and productivity based on sustainable and climate-smart agricultural practices, by managing the improvement of local producers’ knowledge and abilities to implement good agricultural practices (GAPs), climate-smart agricultural practices, and enhancement of a sustainable use and management of natural resource; and
• Induct for the increase of volume and value of production for markets, by improving local producers’ capacity for collective action and engagement in long-term agricultural trade relations; and
• Promote improvement of knowledge and practices on nutrition and food safety at community level, via (i) creating awareness on food safety and its impacts on health and nutrition and improving access to markets, and (ii) improving nutrition knowledge, practices and behaviors among local producers, consumers, food-handlers and food-insecure population;

To create competitive agri-food value chains and inclusive rural markets

• Integrate smallholders and MSMEs in rural markets and selected value chains through regular business linkages, by improving local farmers ability to enter these markets and profit from market opportunities;

• Coordinate collection of Hub-specific data and information, as well as research and analysis for food and nutrition security (FNS) and rural competitiveness policy development

To report on project progress, in terms of its ability to improve rural competitiveness

• As appropriate, prepare or host and guide external teams to timely prepare and deliver Hub-specific sections of the following regular reports:
• Inception Report;
• Six-months Progress Reports;
• Annual Reports;
• Mid-Term Review; and
• Final Report

• Advanced University degree University degree in Agronomy, Agro-Economy, Management, Project Management or other related subjects;
• At least 6 years’ experience in Agricultural or Rural Development, Management or Project Management and implementation, with prior exposure to MSMEs development or promotion of market oriented production;
• Relevant background experience on technical areas related to Program or Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, Knowledge and/or Information Management and gender mainstreaming;
• High level of responsibility, as well as experience in working in a multi-disciplinary team;
• At least 8 years of relevant experience in implementing FFS
• Working knowledge of English, French or Spanish and limited knowledge of one of the other two or Arabic, Chinese, Russia and working knowledge of Portuguese

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