Goal/Purpose:

Under the supervision of the line manager, and the overall management of the FSL Program Manager, The Food Security and Livelihoods (FSL) Officer_agriculture will play a critical role in implementing and supporting food security and livelihoods projects in Syria. The officer will work closely with the community members, local partners, and relevant stakeholders to identify needs, design interventions, and ensure effective project implementation. This role aims to enhance the food security, income generation, financial inclusion, and overall livelihoods of vulnerable communities in the region.

List of main tasks: 

DIAGNOSTIC AND PROJECT CONCEPTION:

• Under the supervision of their line manager and in collaboration with the Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Accountability (MEAL) team, take part in the identification of villages and stakeholder mapping where work is to be carried out.
• Conduct assessments, surveys and focus groups discussions to identify food security and livelihoods needs and priorities of target communities.
• Communicate with the community as per the strategy defined by the management and make sure that the projects and the selection criteria are well understood and accepted by the communities.
• Identify relevant stakeholders, community leaders, activists in target areas, and ensure their active participation.
• Facilitate community mobilization and organization to ensure community participation at all stage of project cycle.
• Report any relevant additional information collected or observed in the field that could be of relevance for the decision making and the implementation of the activities.
• Participate to analysis of the local environment and understand needs, requests, technical or contextual limitations that might have an impact on the field operations.
• Ensure that activities under his/her responsibility are followed up.
• Participate in consultancy missions.

IMPLEMENTATION AND OPERATIONAL FOLLOW-UP.

Under instruction of the Line Manager:

• Carries out the activities as defined in weekly meetings with the line management, and as per the work plan communicated.
• Support the preparation of BoQs, Purchase Link (PL) when requested.
• Ensure accurate follow-up and monitoring of the activities in the field, using the SI’s standards and tools and provide technical support to beneficiaries, if needed.
• Adhere to SI’s standard operational procedures.
• Anticipate difficulties in the carrying out of the activities, propose adjustments according to the field understanding and the possible feedback from the community.
• Provide technical support to beneficiaries in the areas of interest (agriculture, income generation, value chain development, financial inclusion, etc…).
• Coordinate the implementation with relevant partners and stakeholders.
• Communicate with anticipation to the Line Manager on needs that engage the support department.
• Ensure positive relationship and good communication practices with different support departments.
• Ensure the data collected and reports are safely archived/handed to the Line Manager.
• Establish safety and security measures for each activity and ensure that these rules are respected by workforce under his/her supervision and by beneficiaries.

REPORTING / COMMUNICATION:

• Keep monitoring tools and file archived at the Solidarités International office.
• Provide weekly and monthly reports on the challenges faced, lessons learned, and progress made including explanations on deviations with targets.
• Report to Supervisor on the progress of activities and specific tasks assigned, problem encountered, the quality of relations with beneficiaries.
• Analyse the humanitarian situation, taking protection problems into consideration/Do no Harm to the population.
• Collaborate with local administration and authorities and follow up on all required approvals.

PROJECT SPECIFIC TASKS:

The FSL Officer is part of a program aiming at supporting the agricultural sector and farmers, encompassing the delivery of agricultural inputs, technical trainings, and the development of farm seeds production units.

In addition to the responsibilities mentioned above, the FSL officer is expected to:

• He/she will participate in designing SoP and tools for the implementation and follow-up of gardening activities.
• Create Vegetable Producers Business Groups (VPBGs) or Farmers Field Schools (FFS)
• Organize preliminary meetings with VPBGs to allow them to identify their gardening activities problems, rank and identify potential solutions following the Participatory Rural Appraisal method in identifying the specific training needs among the beneficiaries.
• Update the distribution follow-up and confirm the number of HHs which benefited, and the quantity of goods distributed.
• Train VPBGs and ensuring beneficiaries install and use the distributed materials/tools (greenhouse, drip irrigation and gardening farming tools)
• Provide technical trainings to farmers and selected beneficiaries.
• Provide technical follow up for farmers through different models (online, phone and in person)