Purpose of the Role:
CABI (Regional Centre Pakistan) is implementing ‘Better Cotton Projects” in areas of lower SindhPakistan for sustainable production and improved quality of cotton under Decent Work conditions. The project objectives are 1) To achieve Better Cotton aims across the social, environmental and economic aspects of cotton production 2) To achieve impact and bring Better Cotton to scale in relation to all 3 primary KPIs: farmers trained and licensed, hectares licensed, BC MT tons produced and licensed 3) To develop partnerships with governments, trade associations or other national scale entities to adopt the BCI principles and contribute for success of project. The selected candidates for this position would be responsible for implementation of project plans at assigned sites under guidance of Project Region Coordinator.
Key Accountabilities:
• Work under the guidance and supervision of Project Coordinator.
• Prepare the detailed plan for implementation of Better Cotton Standard System (BCSS) for the Producer Unit.
• Capacity building of Field Facilitators for implementation of Better Cotton Standard System (BCSS) at farm/Learning Group level.
• Ensure the achievement of KPIs settled for Producer Unit in terms of number of farmers, cotton acreage and tonnage of seed cotton production with the help of Field Facilitators.
• Field visits/meetings with farmers for monitoring, verification, capacity building and backstopping.
• Ensure the necessary documentation and trainings record maintenance at Farm and Producer Unit level.
• Develop the cotton farmer’s guidance material for Better Cotton production.
• Prepare and submit activity reports to line manager.
• Prepare and compile the technical reports of registered cotton growers to study impact of the activities.
• Facilitate the Women Trainer/Women Village Trainer to conduct cotton picking and decent work trainings training female farm workers of Producer Unit.
• Conduct the self-assessment for Producer Unit.
• Facilitate the shadow Self-Assessment, Credibility check by IP & BCI, 3rd party verifications process.
• Collection of seed cotton data (available and sold) and sharing with Better Cotton Initiative.
• Preparation, verification and submission of Result Indicator Report (RIR) for farmers.
• Organize and conduct meetings, workshops, seminars, visits, and briefings.
• Any other assignments required for satisfactory completion of the key role requirements.
KNOWLEDGE FOR LIFE CANDIDATE PROFILE
Qualifications
• Candidates should have earned M.Sc. (Hons) degree in Agriculture or a related field.
Experience
• Candidates from Sindh province with certificate of Training of Facilitators (ToF) and having experience with Farmer Field School (FFS) approach will be given preference.
• Strong understanding of cotton production technology and its sustainability issues.
• Willingness for field visits to interiors of lower Sindh for meetings with farmers.
• Proven networking, team-building, organizational and communication skills
• Experience and ability to work under pressure and within limited timeframes
• Strong technical report writing skills • Ability to plan work schedules to meet agreed deadlines.
• Effective team player and conversant with a transdisciplinary approach.
• Practical and pragmatic – preferably with experience of working with Government systems
• Experience of TNA, Training Design, Training Material development and Training Evaluations.
Personal Characteristics
• Applicant for this role needs to be honest, dedicated, social, motivated, disciplined, and selforganized to deliver quality work at prescribed deadlines.
Application Deadline: 30 June 2022
