Field Coordinator

The Agricultural Development Association (PARC) is a leading Palestinian Agricultural Development Organization, established in 1983 under the name of the Palestinian Agricultural Relief Committees (PARC). Since its establishment, PARC has been efficiently engaged in Palestinian land development, water resources and environment, poverty reduction and women empowerment, olive oil marketing, as well as other crucial rural development programs.

PARC will implement a project titled “Enhancing resilience and sustainable economic development for woman in Palestine ", funded by The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and implementation of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) through the Regional Study and Expert Fund project "Consolidating of rehabilitation of GIZ Partner Institutions after the 51-Day War   (Gaza II)". This project is targeting unemployed Women whose work at the urban agriculture and the food processing. The overall objective of the project is to contribute in restoring and improving the supply of local agricultural products to increase the resilience of local producers, and access to markets. In order to do that, the project will be providing specific capacity building and training for those women, and will be supplying them with specific backstopping and counseling activities.
The project as well, aims to start by providing ToT for agronomist graduates whom will be in turn delivering the training to the targeted women. Then after, the project will be targeted women already members in woman cooperatives and have an already operational production line, but still need improvement to maximize its capacity and competiveness in the local markets.

Position Title: Field Coordinator (full time)
Period: 6 months
Starting date: As soon as possible

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The Field Coordinator will be responsible for the following tasks:
-coordinates, organizes and implements the activities of the project in the field in consultation with management (Field Supervisor) and in cooperation with partners
-following up on activities in the field and carrying out regular field visits, in accordance with the requirement of the project
-supports and maintains cooperation with relevant stakeholders
-Performs documentation preparation, review and assess in organizing the project’s related documents towards proper filing and close out. 
-Work with the Field Supervisor to work on the monitoring system for the project, capturing progress towards project indicators.
-Provide ongoing recommendations to the Field Supervisor enabling him/her to make the necessary decisions assuring the relevance and effectiveness of the project as well as compliance of systems against PARC’s accountability framework and stated project procedures and objectives.

SKILLS AND COMPETENCE

-Good written and oral knowledge of English language and fluency in Arabic
-Excellent networking and communication skills
-Working experience in the agricultural sector with knowledge of Cooperatives as a form of business organization
-Working experience in coordination of capacity building projects especially for small businesses
-Ability to work under pressure and within a team.

Academic and Professional Qualifications and Experience

-Bachelor Degree in Agriculture, Business Administration, Social science, Social work, or other related field.
-Three years of professional experience, preferably with experience in working with NGO's preferably in the same field.
-Good level in both Arabic & English language skills.

HOW TO APPLY

-Qualified candidates can submit the following documents to

[email protected]

-Cover Letter.
-The most recent CV including 2 professional references.
-Kindly indicate the job title in the subject line of the email as Field Coordinator .
-Deadline for submitting applications 9 Jan 2016, no later than 16:00 p.m.
-Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

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