Myanmar: Facilitator/Training Assistant

Mar 6, 2022 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger and improve nutrition and food security.

Organizational Setting

In 2014, the FAO Committee on Fisheries (COFI) endorsed the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (SSF Guidelines) and FAO now provides support to their implementation through a Fisheries and Aquaculture Division (NFIFL) based SSF Umbrella Programme including the global project ‘Creating an enabling environment for securing sustainable small-scale fisheries (GCP/GLO/965/SWE). The project consists of four interlinked components: i) Raising awareness: Knowledge products and outreach, ii) Strengthening the science-policy interface: sharing of knowledge and supporting policy reform; iii) Empowering stakeholders: capacity development and institutional strengthening; and iv) Supporting implementation: collaboration, monitoring and project management. As part of its activities at the national level, the project supports ten countries - among which Myanmar is one – to use participatory approaches to plan and implement priority activities within the framework of the SSF Guidelines.

Tasks and responsibilities

To promote SSF Guidelines implementation in Myanmar, there is a need for a dedicated Fishery consultant to support work at community level and with SSF organisations, as appropriate. More specifically, the consultant will closely be working with SSF Expert and allocate 40 working days for completing the following tasks:

  • Support and / or establish coordination and information / communication mechanisms with partners, SSF organizations, trainees and enumerators
  • Provide training, hands-on coaching and/or mentoring to TOT trainees
  • Coordinate for data collection process of situational analysis
  • Coordinate and support for organizing the community level awareness activities
  • Support organization of TOT trainings and awareness meetings/workshops, including training plan to delivering the training modules
  • Assist for conducting capacity building training/ToT for 25 enumerators/community liaison persons, and provide awareness raising and institutional strengthening support to SSF organizations, youths and CSOs in coastal areas of Myanmar including Rakhine state.
  • Monitor results in terms of beneficiaries reached (men/women) and impact of project activities on small-scale fisheries governance and management.

Candidates will be assessed against the following

Minimum Requirements   

  • Myanmar national or resident in the country with a regular work permit.
  • Bachelor’s degree (B.Sc) in fishery, aquaculture, zoology/biology, environmental science, natural resource management, ecology or related fields
  • At least 5 years of experience with capacity development initiatives/projects/programmes as applied to community-based management of fishery, aquaculture, natural resources, land-use planning, climate change adaptation, Fisheries & Aquaculture emergency response and rehabilitation, resilience and livelihoods. 
  • Fluency in written and spoken English.  Prior preparation and submission of written reports for an international developmental agency, a governmental department, or a major NGO.  A recent example might be requested from each short-listed candidate.
  • Fluency in MS Office

Selection Criteria

  • Experience in the tasks described above.
  • Extent of relevant expertise in coordination and management, community-based natural resource management, integration with climate change adaptation, and development of policies to encourage those approaches.
  • Experience consulting with diverse stakeholders, from fishers, fish farmers, land users to ministerial staff.
  • Experience linking Fisheries and aquaculture Climate Change Adaptation to monitoring and evaluation (M&E).

Additional Selection Criteria

  • Relevant degree
  • Experience working with fisheries and aquaculture trainings institutes/organizations would be an advantage 
  • Experience with resilience and adaptation models and other developmental approaches that emphasize vulnerable livelihoods.
  • Relevant experience with UN agencies, especially FAO.

Please note that all candidates should adhere to FAO Values of Commitment to FAO, Respect for All and Integrity and Transparency.