Action Against Hunger (ACF) Action Against Hunger is a leading humanitarian and development agency working to combat the causes of hunger and malnutrition in over 46 countries worldwide. Eleven years into the Syrian conflict, more than 1.3 million Syrians have sought refuge in Jordan. This influx of refugees has strained Jordan's economy and resources, with Syrians often accepting worse working conditions and lower compensation than Jordanians and taking on low-skill, informal jobs in sectors such as in manufacturing, construction and agriculture. In 2022, Jordan had a 23% unemployment rate. For Syrian refugees, unemployment rates are significantly worse with 80% of Syrian refugees unemployed in 2021, up from 50% and 65% in 2019 and 2020.
Action Against Hunger has been operational in Jordan since 2014, delivering livelihoods, social protection WASH and MHPSS programming in Irbid, Zarqa, Mafraq, and Madaba governorates. Through its livelihoods and social protection program, ACF aims to improve the livelihoods status of Syrian refugees and vulnerable Jordanians through decent and sustainable employment opportunities; strengthening sustainable livelihoods and value chains and enhancing the capacity of local actors to promote economic opportunities and improve working conditions. So far, ACF has reached over 6,000 beneficiaries through its social protection and livelihood activities in 2022. Action Against Hunger is also an active member of the Livelihoods, Basic Needs, Food Security and Durable Solutions Working Groups; Graduation Approach and Vocational Training Taskforces; and Common Cash Facility Steering Committee.
ACF is looking for its program in Jordan forField Assistant – (Agriculture & Market Linkages)
Main place of work: Irbid Governorate
Position Overview:This Position is for Josour project, implemented by ACF within a consortium, aims to strengthen agri-food livelihoods and climate-smart practices for vulnerable Jordanians and Syrian refugees through Cash-for-Work, technical training, market linkages and grants.
The Field Assistant supports the Senior Training Officer in the field implementation of agriculture activities: the assessment and training of agricultural producers on climate-smart technologies, the facilitation of links between producers and buyers, and the distribution and follow-up of in-kind technology kits.
Responsibilities:
1: Support the selection and follow-up of agricultural producers:
· Participate in beneficiary selection and field verification visits as per the selection SOP.
· Safeguard the confidentiality of beneficiary data and ensure its appropriate usage, storage and dissemination in line with organization policies
· Communicate with producers and collect the required documents.
· Archive beneficiary lists and supporting documents as per Action Against Hunger standards and data protection policy.
· Participate in data collection (surveys, focus group discussions, field visits).
· Ensure the coherence of collected information and transmit it in a timely manner for entry into the project database.
2: Support technical trainings, market linkages and in-kind grants with respect and in line with SoPs:
· Support the grouping of producers according to their type and scale of production, and the compilation of assessment findings.
· Support the organization of trainings (venue, materials, attendance sheets, pre/post tests, participants allowance).
· Support trainers in the facilitation and delivery of the trainings
· Ensure attendance sheets and pre/post tests are collected for each session.
3: Support Market linkages:
· Support the organization of meetings between producers and buyers and follow up on agreements.
· Monitor producer–buyer relationships and report any issues raised by producers to the Senior Training Officer.
· Support organizing meetings between producers and buyers and follow up on the agreements reached.
4: In-kind grants and field follow-up with respect and in accordance with SoPs:
· Support the identification of producers' needs and the composition of the in-kind kits.
· Participate in the distribution of in-kind kits and collect signed receipts.
· Carry out follow-up visits on the use of the kits and the application of the skills acquired during the training, and support post-distribution monitoring.
· Report follow up visits findings to Senior Training Officer
5: General responsibilities in terms of reporting, representation and communication:
· Support on any ad hoc tasks related to the project upon manager's request
· Participate actively in project kick off preparations and arrangements and deliver project brief to the targeted community;
· Share regular activity updates with the Senior Training Officer and signal any delays or bottlenecks.
· Support logistics and finance procedures related to field activities (requests, venue arrangements, payment lists and signed receipts) in line with ACF and donor requirements.
· Upon delegation, represent Action Against Hunger in meetings with beneficiaries, community actors and local authorities, and explain the project objectives and activities.
· Inform participants about the feedback and complaints mechanism and refer any feedback received as per ACF procedures.
· Commit and comply with the organization's code of conduct, safeguarding and PSEA policies.
· Commit and comply with the organization gender, age and diversity principles & policies (working with people, communication).
· Support the implementation and promotion of gender, age and diversity principles through daily activities.
Skills
General Skills:
- Good knowledge of agricultural practices
- Ability to carry out data collection methods (surveys, FGDs, field visits)
- Good follow-up and organizational skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to adapt communication to different audiences (farmers, private sector, authorities)
- Good knowledge of the intervention area, local customs and languages
- Proven knowledge of Microsoft Office
- Good Team Spirit
Education:Bachelor's degree in Agriculture, Agronomy or any related field.
Type of professional experience requested:
- One year of experience in agricultural or livelihoods projects.
- INGO experience is preferable.
- Experience working with farmers, value chains or market linkages is a plus.
- Experience working with MSMEs is a plus
Language level:Arabic essential, English intermediate level
