CARE International Recruitment for Field Facilitator

Applications are invited from interested and suitably qualified candidates for CARE International Recruitment for Field Facilitator.

CARE International is one of the World’s leading humanitarian and development organizations. Founded in 1945, CARE has been fighting global poverty and defending the dignity of people around the world, working in over 90 countries around the globe.It is a global confederation of 14 members and 4 candidates/affiliate organizations working together to end poverty.

In 2017, CARE worked in 93 countries around the world, implementing 950 poverty-fighting development and humanitarian aid projects. We reached more than 62 million people directly and 216 million people indirectly.

Job Description

Company: CARE International
Location: Ghana
State: Accra
Job type: Full-Time

JOB SUMMARY
The Field Facilitator for the “Connecting the Unconnected Project” will facilitate the implementation of project activities in the Asunafo North Municipality in the Ahafo Region. His/Her primary responsibility will be to facilitate the testing of agricultural information on BLUETOWN’s LOCAL CLOUD and documenting feedback on uptake of the content by farmers.

The post holder will support the farmers in applying the content they will receive from the LOCAL CLOUD into their farming practices in order to increase productivity and incomes. Additionally, the post holder will be the key representative for the project in the communities and will be responsible for building and maintaining relationships with local stakeholders.

The position is based in Goaso in the Asunafo North Municipality (Ahafo Region) but will be required to travel from time to time to Kumasi for work.

Key Responsibilities

Organize community meetings to sensitize communities on the project
Mobilise community leaders and existing institutions such as Traditional Authorities (TA) to provide the requisite information on the project activities.
Conducting periodic surveys, in collaboration with the M&E Officer, on the needs of farmers and the type of content that will be relevant for their needs
Working in collaboration with the M&E Officer to analysis the data collected on farmer needs and advising on the type of content that will be relevant to them
Selecting cocoa farmers to participate in the project and in the testing of content, with the support of the project team
Identify and mobilize farmer groups for training in accessing agriculture content through the LOCAL CLOUD
Review content, particularly on Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) for cocoa to ensure the quality of the content
Coordinate the testing of the agriculture content on the LOCAL CLOUD for relevance
Continually interact with farmers and conduct periodic surveys to ascertain feedback on the content for further improvement
Support with the planning of local hackathon/townhall meetings
Collaborate with the M&E Officer to present the challenges faced by farmers to youth entrepreneurs
Support farmers to test the digital solutions developed by the young entrepreneurs and conduct surveys to gather feedback for the entrepreneurs for improvement
Recommend to BLUETOWN promising youth in the communities who can be recruited as BLUETOWN Micro-Operators to work as digital agents
Organise trainings for Micro-Operators to support farmers to use digital agriculture content
Provide ongoing support to Micro-Operators in providing services to the farmers
Support the BLUETWON technical team in identifying locations for hotspots
Ensure production of relevant, quality, captivating and user friendly information from the project that can be converted into communication material

Requirements

A minimum qualification of a first degree in a relevant discipline such as Agriculture, horticulture, agronomy, agric extension and training with an understanding and experience in the other
At least three years of relevant working experience, including a minimum of three years field practical experience in working with rural communities, including women groups.
Strong experience in community mobilization and engagement
Proven experience and understanding of digital innovation for agricultural rural development
Experience of working closely with partners and stakeholders is key to this position
Proven and demonstrable facilitation skills, negotiation skills and networking skills including facilitating change, innovation and initiating action
Commitment to and understanding of a process and livelihood approach to development
Excellent professionalism, relationship building and communication skills
Adherence to CARE’s core values and competencies (RICED)
Good spoken and written English. Fluency in Twi is desirable
Computer skills that must include Microsoft Office and Excel.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should submit their applications and detailed CVs to the HR Officer, CARE International in Ghana or electronically to hr.ghana@care.org.

PLEASE INDICATE CLEARLY IN THE SUBJECT LINE THE POSITION YOU ARE APPLYING FOR.
Closing date for submission of applications is Thursday 19th December, 2019
Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

At CARE, we know that recruiting and retaining a talented and diverse workforce is critical to achieving our mission of ending global poverty. CARE defines “diversity” beyond the regular classifications of gender, race, nationality, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age and disability, and includes diversity of perspectives that uphold CARE’s core values. Our goal is to create and maintain a work environment that promotes diversity in everything we do. We are also committed to creating and maintaining a safe work environment for our staff, partners and beneficiaries with specific attention to protection from sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, and child protection. Applicants should be aware that CARE has zero tolerance for fraud and corruption, and toward any kind of harassment, exploitation and abuse. OUR DIVERSITY IS OUR STRENGTH; WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE FROM ALL BACKGROUNDS AND EXPERIENCES, PARTICULARLY WOMEN, TO APPLY