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Food and Agriculture Organization Socio-environmental and Gender Specialist Guyana FAO Jobs 2024

Food and Agriculture Organization looking for “Socio-environmental and Gender Specialist”. Applicants with a Bachelor’s degree may apply on or before 18-Jul-24.

The Food and Agriculture Organization has published a job vacancy announcement on 04/07/2024 for qualified applicants to fill in the vacant post of Socio-environmental and Gender Specialist to be based in , Guyana. For more jobs, please visit https://unjoblink.org

Company Name: Food and Agriculture Organization

Job Title: Socio-environmental and Gender Specialist

Duty Station: , Guyana

Country: Guyana

Application Deadline: 18-Jul-24

Responsibilities:

Socio-environmental:

•    Review household (TAPE) survey data, initial consultancy reports (done by other team members), and other relevant data/information on the social ecosystems at work within selected project areas and develop a summary;
•    Safeguards: Based on a detailed description of the project, develop and provide guidance on environmental and social criteria to be used during the identification and selection of priority activities.
•    Compile a summary of key domestic legislative, regulatory, policy and administrative regime in the project country, within which the project will operate, with a focus on requirements that will apply for the planning, approval and implementation of activities; research and summarize regional agreements and treaties that are relevant to project planning and implementation, as well as environmental management and due diligence.
•    Establish a clear understanding of the institutional requirements, roles and responsibilities for adopting and implementing the ESMF/ESMP. Importantly, this should include a thorough review of the authority and capability of institutions at different levels (e.g. local, district, governorate and national) and their capacity to manage and monitor ESMF/ ESMP implementation.
•    Identify all relevant potential environmental risks and social concerns that may arise as a result of the project:
•    Propose realistic and effective arrangements to develop the capacity to manage environmental and social due diligence processes and activities in the project; propose reporting lines, review and approval functions; identify the required resources and technical assistance measures to establish and maintain capacity for the project duration and beyond; develop a process (incl. timeline, budget, organizational requirements, required trainer profiles and expertise) for building and enhancing the capacity of the institutions responsible for implementing the ESMF/ESMP.
•    Define the requirements for technical assistance to FAO, civil society organizations (CSOs), service providers and public sector institutions to implement, manage, supervise, observe or support the implementation of the ESMF/ ESMP.
•    Estimate a realistic budget to be allocated for timely implementation of the ESMF/ ESMP in the project execution phase (as per detailed budget).

Gender:

•    Compile a gender analysis based on literature review and the field data collected to understand the underlying gender dynamics in the context of LDN to address socio-economic drivers and barriers to change and issues faced by rural women that hamper sustainable land management (SLM) and restoration of target landscapes.
•    Based on the gender analysis, develop a Gender Action Plan (GAP) with specific entry points for gender mainstreaming into project design and implementation to ensure that women, men, youth and all relevant social groups can equally benefit from project interventions.
•    Assist with gender-focus working groups and other gender and social specific stakeholder interventions for the preparation of the gender analysis and associated gender action plan.
•    Perform a gender screening in support of the identification of potential value chains and target beneficiaries within the SLM production systems.
•    Contribute to the cost-effectiveness analysis of the proposed SLM technologies and approaches through gender lenses.
•    Support the drafting (provide inputs and review other sections for gender and socio-environmental elements) of the Project document sections relevant including a gender-responsive results framework.
•    Ensure that gender considerations are mainstreamed throughout the PPG process by using relevant gender lenses to review supporting baseline reports and project document.
•    Identify any negative implications/risks (i.e. creating/contribution to community issues that can have negative repercussions on women) and provide mitigation solutions.

Requirements: 

Minimum Requirements 

•    University degree in Agriculture, Social and Economic Sciences, Environmental Management or a related field.
•    5 years of relevant experience working in the implementation of projects in natural resource management of which 2 years should include Sustainable Land Management (SLM) and community based natural resource management areas plus 3 years’ experience in gender and socio-environmental analysis and government/ NGO stakeholder consultations with grassroot experience.
•    Working knowledge (proficient level C) of English.
•    National of Guyana or resident of the country with a valid work permit.

FAO Core Competencies

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

Technical/Functional Skills 

•    Demonstrated experience and good knowledge of the national SLM policy framework, climate change related agenda and mitigation/adaptation activities related to mountain forest ecosystems.
•    Work experience in more than one location or area of work.
•    Extent and relevance of experience in facilitating consultative processes and negotiating with high-level decision makers and a wide range of other stakeholders in the area of natural resources management.
•    Extent and relevance of experience working on GEF projects or other international donors’ projects.
•    Good computer skills and experience using Microsoft office suite (MS Word, Excel, Power point etc).