ABOUT US:

Fairtrade Africa (FTA) is the umbrella network organization representing Fairtrade certified producers and workers in Africa. It has four (4) regional networks – Eastern Africa; Southern Africa; West Africa; and Middle East and North Africa.

Established in 2005, FTA aims to effectively represent producers and workers within the International Fairtrade System and provide services to them that contribute to the improvement of their livelihoods. The FTA Board directs policy and strategic development of the organization.

FAIRTRADE AFRICA PURPOSE: To improve the socio-economic conditions of African producers through increased access to better trading conditions.

ABOUT THE JOB:

To spearhead the implementation of FTAs Leadership Programme for Women (The Women School of Leadership) in Malawi, focused on empowering workers (80% of participants being women) in Fairtrade Certified Farms with leadership and financial literacy skills and to implement Farm level initiatives to promote Gender inclusion, safeguard against Sexual Harassment and Gender Based Violence.

LOCATION: Blantyre, Malawi

REPORTING LINES:
Post holder reports to: Regional Programme Manager.

Staff reporting to this post: None

SCALE LEVEL: Officer 1

BUDGET RESPONSIBILITY: Yes

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Key Responsibilities:

Project Management:

• Manage implementation of the project as per approved proposal, workplan and budget
• Delivery of leadership, gender mainstreaming, sexual harassment/ gender-based violence mitigation capacity building to key partners and workers.
• Participate in Project Steering Group Meetings.

Producer Organizational Strengthening:

• Identify producer needs and develop relevant support plan with reference to FTA’s Strategy, Fairtrade Standards, Project plan and Donor requirements
• Ensure project right holders’ awareness of opportunities and risks and implementation of relevant exploration or mitigation strategies
• Provide support to target Sugar and Tea farms aimed at enhancing visibility of fairtrade certification benefits/impact of the project towards enhancing market opportunities for target Fairtrade Producers.

Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning:

• Closely monitor implementation progress of the project and propose strategies for continuous improvement.
• In close collaboration with the MEL department, lead project monitoring, evaluation and learning processes.
• Submit high quality narrative and financial reports in accordance with FTA, Fairtrade Norway project requirements (monthly, quarterly and annually)
• Establish and maintain an accessible database of all project documents.

Partnership, Advocacy & Resource Mobilization:

• Initiate and maintain strategic relationships with FTA Stakeholders and partners to amplify projects delivery and results. In collaboration with FTAs Communications lead, deploy a communications strategy, supporting project visibility including events, media visits and features.
• In collaboration with FTA’s Gender lead, proactively identify policy gaps in thematic area and respective interventions to address these.
• Support the development of project concept notes and proposals to scale up the initiative.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES:

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in gender, Rural development, Sociology, Community Development, or any other related relevant area of study.

Experience and Knowledge:

• At least 3- 5 years’ experience working with cooperatives and rural farmers.
• Implementing Cooperative strengthening initiatives.
• Demonstrable experience in gender approaches and tools for stakeholder engagement and capacity building.
• Advocacy work on women empowerment and/or social inclusion issues.
• Experience in the Small-Scale cooperatives sector will be desirable Skills.
• Excellent command of spoken and written English and spoken Chichewa
• Experience in report writing.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to interact with individuals across multi-functional and cultural disciplines.
• Excellent organizational skills with ability to manage multiple work-streams with various partners at any one time.

Other Specialist Training or Certifications:

• Project and financial Management
• Training on gender and/or social inclusion and protection is desirable.

How to apply

APPLICATION DEADLINE is 25th September 2024

An application form (CVs will not be accepted) can be found on the jobs and volunteering page of our website: https://fairtradeafrica.net/vacancies-2/

If you have any queries, please e-mail recruitment@fairtradeafrica.net or call +254 202721930 or +254 704180169 and ask to speak to a member of the HR team. Qualified applicants will be subjected to background checks as a pre-condition of employment.

Completed applications should be saved in the applicant’s name and the position (Senior Project Officer – Gender and Inclusion MLW) and be e-mailed to recruitment@fairtradeafrica.net

All applicants should state how they meet essential requirements of the post and include their email address, telephone contacts and three referees with contact details on the application form.

ONLY SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES WILL BE CONTACTED.

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