Description du poste

I – ABOUT THE SUPPORTING DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

Farmers, herders and orchard owners in Behsud I district and northern parts of Behsud II district of Wardak province have received support over the previous four years under rural rehabilitation and development projects but are still recovering from the impact of severe drought over the past decade. Many require further support to improve their quality of life.

II. Conditions of employment
Fixed term salaried contract – 12 months renewable, extension of 6 months possible according to the term of the project contract.
Remuneration: 24 000 € - 30 000 € annual according to experience + distance allowance
Rest and Recreation benefits
Housing at subsidized cost
Medical insurance and repatriation insurance

In order to secure successful community development in future, it is necessary for these communities to become empowered and actively involved in local development.
The supporting agricultural development project started in August 2010

Under this project, the development priorities of the populations are clarified. MADERA facilitates participatory community-based studies (participatory rural appraisal) which will enable communities to identify their needs and resources and shape their own development paths and lives.
At the same time, MADERA works with selected communities to implement rangeland regeneration activities in order to increase awareness of the need to protect and regenerate rangelands, and develop the necessary technical knowledge and resources to enable communities to better manage this vital natural resource in the future.
One of the objectives of the project is to gain the knowledge required to assist communities to protect their natural resource base, on which their agricultural development depends. So one of the components of this programme is to initiate discussions within communities regarding the degeneration of rangelands and analyse how they perceive the rangelands can be regenerated and protected. The target communities, in cooperation with a rangeland management expert, designed in 2010 a pilot rangeland regeneration activity. Next years, the analyze of the result of this experimentation sites will began and new activities will be implemented to encourage the local population to reduce their consumption of fuel (wood/shrubs) collected from the rangelands.

III - PROJECT MANAGER MAIN RESPONSABILITIES

Objectives and Responsibilities
The position includes the following dimensions: project implementation, monitoring of activities, partnership and coordination, training, and reporting.
Based in Wardak province with regular visits to Kabul, the Project Manager (PM) oversees the implementation of the component of the project concerning the protection of natural resource and rangeland generation in the targeted areas. He/she plans and leads the project, ensuring that activities are consistent with MADERA’s overall objectives and specific objectives for the region and that they are carried out in an efficient and timely manner. The PM is also responsible for preparing reports, addressing any issues, and adjusting activities accordingly.

Main Duties
The Project Manager is responsible for the following:

-To the overall management of the project
Planning, supervision and monitoring of activities
Supervision of the process for selecting beneficiaries
Budget management and financial planning
Preparing reports: internal reports, donor reports, and local authorities’ reports
Development, in coordination with the Monitoring and Evaluation department, of appropriate tools and documents to follow-up, monitor and evaluate the core indicators of the project
Providing technical assistance and training to national staff
Launching and supervision of all necessary procurements

- To analyze the results of the previous experimentation in terms of protection of the natural resources
in the area and rangeland regeneration
Visit of actual experiments site
Analyse the views and opinions of communities
Analyse of the technical results and compilation, checking and analysis of data collected at field level

-To update the Madera strategy according to the results obtained
Design of the new strategy in close collaboration with the operation Director for the West and the Country Director
Set up a new action plan and a new work plan

-To scale up the pasture regeneration tests
Selection of new experimentation sites
Supervision of the process of mobilization of the communities targeted
Management and follow up of the experimentation site

Internal relationships
The PM works under the direct supervision of the Operations Director; they decide priorities while planning activities and related means together; the PM reports achievements and difficulties encountered.
He/she works in close collaboration with the Provincial Coordinator who is responsible for coordination of activities in Wardak province.
He/she works in close coordination at field level with the provincial team and the technical Madera staff (Agriculture TL, Rangeland activities TL, etc).
He/she coordinates with the Monitoring and Evaluation department for all related issues and with the Grant Manager for reporting purposes and donors’ relations;
He/she takes great care to apply and respect MADERA’s procedures including security rules working in partnerships with finance, logistic and human resources departments.

External relationships
For all project components, the PM liaises and strengthens cooperation with local authorities and ministry representatives (Ministry of Rehabilitation and Rural Development; Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock, Ministry of Public Works, etc.) as well as with all other stakeholders (including other NGOs) involved in rural development in the project area