Capacity Building Officer Job Ajman area,UAE/Dubai,Education / Teaching

Reports to Program Manager C4

RPWC Location Ajman UAE Purpose of the position The CGIAR Consortium for Red Palm Weevil Control C4

RPWC is a multi-partner initiative funded by the International Affairs Office IAO of the UAE Presidential Court and the Gates Foundation Led by ICARDA the Consortium brings together international research organizations and strategic partners to develop and scale sustainable science-based solutions for the management of the Red Palm Weevil in low- and middle-income countries The Capacity Building Officer will coordinate and support the design planning implementation monitoring documentation and continuous improvement of capacity development activities across the C4

RPWC Program The position will work across all technical work streams and participating countries to ensure that training and capacity development activities are demand-driven technically sound well coordinated properly documented and aligned with the Program s research validation deployment and scaling objectives The Officer will report directly to the C4

RPWC Project Manager and maintain a dotted-line technical relationship with the ICARDA Capacity Development and Training Team Lead in Rabat Morocco ensuring alignment between C4

RPWC capacity development activities and ICARDA s broader institutional approaches standards tools and learning systems A major focus of the role will be coordinating the Program s Training-of-Trainers ToT technical training Farmer Field School and extension-related learning Young Career Program e-learning and training materials regional knowledge exchange and other capacity development activities linked to the C4

RPWC innovation and scaling pathway

Main responsibilities

Capacity Development Planning and Coordination
Coordinate the C4

RPWC Capacity Development Plan and annual training calendar ensuring alignment with workplans milestones technical validation activities and country priorities
Work with Workstream Leads country teams national partners and ICARDA s Capacity Development team to identify capacity gaps and translate them into targeted learning interventions
Coordinate capacity-development activities across the UAE Egypt Tunisia and other participating countries ensuring consistency while allowing appropriate country adaptation
Serve as the C4

RPWC focal point for capacity-development coordination and maintain close technical liaison with ICARDA s Capacity Development and Training Team in Rabat

Training ToT and Learning Materials
Coordinate Training-of-Trainers and other technical training covering biological control biotechnology digital technologies Citizen Science GAP IPM data management technology adoption impact assessment and other C4

RPWC priorities
Coordinate participant selection trainers agendas logistics learning objectives training evaluations documentation and follow-up
Support technical experts in converting research outputs and validated technologies into practical training packages manuals facilitator guides presentations videos and field materials
Coordinate development and deployment of e-learning and CPD-accredited learning modules and support translation localization of materials where required

Young Career Farmer and Stakeholder Capacity Development
Coordinate implementation and monitoring of the C4

RPWC Young Career Program including PhD MSc postdoctoral research-assistant and other early-career development opportunities
Maintain records of participating young researchers supervisors research topics institutions outputs and progress
Coordinate capacity development for farmers extension personnel researchers government staff and other stakeholders through Farmer Field Schools field days demonstration activities stakeholder platforms and Communities of Practice
Facilitate regional and South-South knowledge exchange including sharing lessons from UAE validation activities with RPW-affected and threatened LMICs

Monitoring Evaluation and Reporting
Maintain a consolidated capacity-development tracker covering training events participants outputs learning materials and follow-up activities
Work with the MEL team to ensure training indicators evidence participant information and results are systematically captured in the Program MEL system
Apply appropriate pre post assessments participant feedback and other tools to assess improvements in knowledge skills and institutional capacity
Prepare concise inputs for quarterly biannual and annual reporting on capacity-development achievements challenges lessons…