4 Job Positions at KAYONZA IRRIGATION AND INTEGRATED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PROJECT (KIIWP): (Deadline 14 January 2022)

4 Job Positions at KAYONZA IRRIGATION AND INTEGRATED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PROJECT (KIIWP): (Deadline 14 January 2022)

Social inclusion, Gender and Youth Specialist at KAYONZA IRRIGATION AND INTEGRATED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PROJECT (KIIWP): (Deadline 14 January 2022)

Job description

Under the authority of the Project Operations Manager, and in close collaboration with the SPIU Gender & Youth Specialist, the KIIWP Social Inclusion, Gender and Youth Project Specialist is responsible to coordinate and facilitate the implementation of the social inclusion, gender and youth related interventions defined by the Project at the district level. The Specialist will ensure the operationalization of social inclusion, gender and youth
mainstreaming in the Project’s investments and proper coordination of the related activities.
In reference to the cross-cutting issues, the Social Inclusion, Gender and Youth Specialist, shall perform the following functions:

• Overall coordinate all the social inclusion, gender, youth related activities of the Project at the district level; ensure that vulnerable households are included in all Project’s activities, that women and men equally benefit from Project’s interventions and that young people are adequately reached by the Project;

• Identify any capacity gap from Project’s implementation partners or service providers that limit achievements of social inclusion, gender/ youth related objectives, and propose practical solutions to address the gap.

• Prepare contents for trainings on gender and youth related topics; revise existing training materials and ensure that the materials the Project develops are gender sensitive in their language and image, considering literacy level of target groups.

• Organize specific separate sessions for women and youth during the mobilisation process and during the development of participatory sub-catchment plans, ensuring that the needs of women, youth and vulnerable categories are taken into account.
Interacting with women in communities to gain better understanding of women’s’ and youth perceptions and guiding implementers in approaches to better integrating women and youth into project activities as well as having them in leadership positions;

• Organize women’s leadership trainings and keep track of monitoring women in leadership positions.

• Reviewing (regularly) participation of women and youth in KIIWP activities and decision-making processes and making recommendation to improve processes.
• Review basic project implementation processes and outputs to provide feedback and suggestions when needed on how to achieve best possible project outcomes with
respect to social inclusion, gender equity, women’s empowerment, youth mainstreaming. The basic processes to which the specialist should provide inputs are:
(i) Preparation of the Annual Work Plan and Budget; (ii) Design and implementation of
project M&E system; (iii) Project Progress Reports; (iv) Project Supervision Reports.

• Review project plans and budgets to ensure that adequate attention is paid (and resources allocated) to support practical and strategic support to women, youth and
vulnerable groups as in line with project design document and percentage of outreach by categories is respected.
• Work with the M&E Officer to ensure that the M&E, logframe is gender and youth sensitive and reflective of the real time situation. Address any gaps in the supervision
reports for further follow up. Furthermore, work with M&E unit to ensure that lessons learned, and success stories of women and youth are fully captured and reflected in
relevant reports sections (i.e. Knowledge Management).
• Work in close collaboration with SPIU Gender & Youth Specialist: revise the Gender and Youth Strategy of the Project; maintain close communication with pre-identified
service providers (such as, Kilimo Trust, RYAF among others); ensure that GALS methodology is adequately delivered to the targeted groups. Maintain communication with the SPIU Nutrition Specialist on cross-cutting thematic areas.
• Ensure that the project implementation teams are sensitized to gender and diversity issues that they should expect and explore in their interaction with the community through regular trainings and sensitization programmes.
• Establish and maintain working relationships with the District authorities to build synergy in gender-sensitive interventions in Project activities and establish coordination mechanisms; ensure coordination and partnership with the Gender Officers or with other relevant stakeholders at the District level for the delivery of gender awareness trainings.

Expected outputs:
• Specific contents for gender-awareness training for Project staff and local service
providers are outlined.
• Delivery of AWPB, Progress reports, project documentation related to gender issues
and activities.
• Coordination mechanisms for the delivery of gender related activities are settled.

Internal Auditor at KAYONZA IRRIGATION AND INTEGRATED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PROJECT (KIIWP): (Deadline 13 January 2022)

Job Description

The Internal Auditor (IA) is responsible for conducting an independent appraisal of all the project’s activities. The IA will be responsible for providing assurance to the PAC and to project management on the continuing adequacy and effectiveness of all internal control arrangements. The IA will consider the adequacy of controls necessary to ensure economy; efficiency and effectiveness are achieved in the implementation of project activities. The IA will also conduct any special reviews or inspections as reasonably requested by the project Coordinator or line Ministry.

a) Duties and responsibilities
Under the overall guidance and supervision of the project/Program Coordinator although with a reporting line to the relevant line Ministry, internal Auditor will undertake a risk based (annual) work program which will be intended to:
• Evaluate the arrangements in place to establish & monitor the achievement of the project objectives,
• Identify, access and manage risks to those objectives;
• appraise the soundness, adequacy and application of the internal control system, financial, operational and management;
• ascertain the extent to which the system of internal control ensures compliance with established policies and procedures;
• ascertain the extent to which project funds are spent in accordance with relevant financing agreements, that financing covenants are respected, and that its assets are controlled and that its assets are controlled and safeguarded from losses arising from fraud, irregularity or corruption;
• ascertain that accounting and other information is reliable as a basis for producing accounts, financial statements, statistical and other returns;
• Ascertain the integrity and reliability of financial and other information provided to management;
• Ascertain that systems of control are laid down and operate to promote the economic, efficient and effective use of project resources.
• The work program will be approved by the project coordinator and copied to the line Ministry

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GIS Specialist at KAYONZA IRRIGATION AND INTEGRATED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PROJECT (KIIWP): (Deadline 13 January 2022)

Job Description

The GIS specialist will be part of the SPIU and will support the project’s Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) through the usage of Geographical Information Systems (GIS). The primary
duties of the GIS specialist will include establishing procedures and standards to support the monitoring of project activities with GIS tools and measure the progress towards achieving
its deliverables that are specified in the project’s logical framework. He/She will analyse spatial data through mapping software and designing digital maps with geographic data and
various other data sets. The expert will work in close collaboration with the M&E Specialist and the Knowledge Management and Communication Officer. The specific tasks include the
following:
a) GIS data collection and usage manual
• The GIS expert will develop a manual specifying what GIS data is to be collected, how it is collected and how it is used for planning and reporting. The GIS manual should specify how the usage of GIS will support the project’s M&E system. It should cover:
• GIS software and hardware requirements of the project;
• Data layers to be collected;
• Data standards (rules by which data are described and recorded);
• Procedures specifying the steps how data is collected, quality checked, stored, analysed and used, as well as roles and responsibilities;
• Data management, analysis and visualization for project planning and reporting as well as external communication.

b) Implementation plan and budget
The expert will produce a detailed implementation plan for the application of GIS approaches in the M&E of the project including a budget for its implementation.

c) Support project M&E with GIS
The GIS Specialist will support M & E in collection of geospatial data relating to locations of agribusinesses, community-based organizations, catchment rehabilitation areas as well as infrastructure and areas being developed. The Specialist will also analyze the spatial data using mapping software to produce maps showing the spatial distribution of various kinds of data. He/She will create “shape files” to merge topographical data with external data by layering external data over topographical maps and also support M & E in discovering patterns and trends through the spatially mapped data.

d) Assemble GIS data from third parties.
The expert will supervise service providers engaged by the project to map project interventions, ensuring data quality checks on the collected GIS data.

e) Data management, analysis, visualization and reporting.
The expert will manage GIS data, and produce analytical reports on geographical data utilising data visualisations and maps to support the M&E unit and management to plan for and monitor the implementation of project activities. The expert will also provide IFAD with geospatial datasets in accordance with corporate GIS procedures that follow standard requirements with regards to naming convention, attribute structure and records, and metadata. He/She will also manage a digital library of geographic maps in various file types and will liaise with the knowledge management officer for dissemination or such maps and other reports.

• Experience with land cover change impacts on catchment scale hydrology and modeling tools desirable;
• Experience with geographic information systems (GIS) and the assembly of quantitative and geospatial baselines for land cover (vegetation structure, plant based biodiversity and functional types), land use, land quality (soils and topography), and hydrology (stream flow networks flows;
• Knowledge and experience with hydrological models and with the necessary data categories;
• Experience with local capacity enhancement in GIS and Database Management preferred;
• Fluency in spoken and written English;
• Excellent analytical presentation and communication skills;
• Experience in having worked with/ for an International or donor organization is an advantage;
• Familiarity with IFAD projects implementation procedures and guidelines advantageous;
• Good writing skills and proven competence in the use of computer software applications;

Agronomist and FFs Specialist at KAYONZA IRRIGATION AND INTEGRATED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PROJECT (KIIWP): (Deadline 13 January 2022)

Job description

Duties and reporting lines:
Under the direct supervision and authority of the Head of KIIWP Operations Manager, the agronomist and FFS Specialist will be in charge of the overall coordination of the activities related to crop production and extension services carried out under KIIWP.

Tasks and responsibilities
• Contribution to research and development in particular in the review and correct
application of adapted FFS modules, the CSA baseline conclusions and on the link
between ongoing research centres in the area that could be implemented in the
project;
• Active participation and inputs on the planning and contribution to the AWPB;
• Revision of all related technical documents produced by the project;
• Co- responsible for selection of technical related service providers;
• Attend supervision missions;
• Contribute to M&E data and various reports;
• Participate and coordinate FFS implementation and preparation as well as its
technical soundness;
• Follow-up and coordination of the activities related to sustainable mechanization
development in coordination and under constant collaboration with the
mechanization expert and the experts at the MINAGRI.
• Carry out any other assignment or relevant duties in the field of his/her competences
as may be assigned by the SPIU coordinator and the Authorities.

Competencies:

Functional Competencies
• Possess the ability to give sound advice on implementation activities and
coordination;
• Possess good technical competencies in agronomy, extension services and in FFS;
• Good communication and interpersonal skills required;
• Strong personal management and communication skills;
• Excellent knowledge of MS Office, internet use and procurement databases.

Corporate Competencies
• Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and
adaptability;
• Highest standards of integrity, discretion and loyalty.