Field Officer – Climate Asset Management; Global Evergreening Alliance Project x2

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Job title: Field Officer – Climate Asset Management (Global Evergreening Alliance) Project x 2
Company: Self Help Africa
Location: Elgeyo Marakwet County
Contract type: Fixed Term 18 Month Contract, Full Time
Reports to: Project Officer
Benefits: Based on organisation provision.

Established in 1984, Self Help Africa is an international development organisation that works through agriculture and agri‑enterprise development to address hunger, poverty, social inequality and the impacts of climate change. We believe that equitable economic development is key to lifting communities out of long‑term poverty, empowering them to take control of their futures and improving their quality of life.

In early 2023 we launched a new five‑year organisation strategy, which defines shared mission as the alleviation of hunger, poverty, social inequality and the impact of climate change through community‑led, market‑based and enterprise‑focused approaches, so that people can have access to nutritious food, clean water, decent employment and incomes, while sustaining natural resources.

Our wider organisation also includes social enterprise subsidiaries Partner Africa, which provides ethical auditing and consultancy services, and CUMO, Malawi’s largest micro‑finance provider.

• Impact: We are accountable, ambitious and committed to systemic change.
• Innovation: We are agile, creative and enterprising in an ever‑changing world.
• Community: We are inclusive, honest and have integrity in our relationships.

GEA has received funding from Climate Asset Management to sequester carbon and restore degraded lands in Kenya, and has formed a consortium to implement the project, and World Vision is leading the consortium in Kenya. SHA is implementing in Elgeyo Marakwet County.

The project involves supporting farmers, pastoralists and agro‑pastoralists to increase the tree cover on their land through appropriate approaches, including planting agroforestry species on farmland; establishing/ extending/ restoring woodlots, plantations and natural forests; working with pastoralists and the Conservancies to increase tree cover through Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR); and restoring gullies and eroded land through tree planting and physical structures (bio‑engineering).

The project will support farmers, pastoralists, and agro pastoralists to develop enterprises linked to trees: honey, handicrafts, gum arabic, fruit, etc, and will link the project participants to microfinance opportunities. The project aims to improve the dietary diversity of the participants and, eventually, to create income for the participants through the sale of carbon credits.

In consultation with the Project Manager and Project Officer, the Field Officer (FO) will roll out sensitization, recruitment and appropriate training of Community Based Resource Persons to enhance restoration of trees and livelihoods of target households in the Project area. The FO will also support in training Community Based Resource Persons (CBRP) on restoration approaches, tree management, financial inclusion and maintaining a proper database.

In addition, the FO will continuously support the Community Based Trainers to meet the project deliverables which includes training, building confidence of beneficiaries, identifying, planning, and managing tree growing/regeneration, household income generation activities and relevant technical skill development among others.

• Awareness creation on project goal, objectives and expected outputs.
• Participate in coordinating, joint planning, implementation, review meetings and assessment of project activities e.g surveys.
• Mobilize Community towards project activities on restoration of trees, livelihood and carbon credits.
• Support in development of Community Action Plans and community structures for managing the implementation of project activities.
• Recruitment and training of Community Based Resource Persons and primary stakeholders.
• Provide continuous re‑orientation and training to target farmers, pastoralists, Community Based Resource Persons on restoration…