Lead, Sustainable Livelihoods – Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia 223 views0 applications

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POSITION SUMMARY

Winrock is seeking a professional to lead the sustainable livelihoods component of an anticipated USAID-funded project in Zambia to scale up clean cooking technologies and fuels, while reducing charcoal production and use. The Lead for Sustainable Livelihoods will supervise local partners to implement and scale up livelihood efforts which provide alternatives to charcoal production in targeted areas. This position is contingent on receipt of donor funding.

Essential responsibilities:

  • Identify charcoal hotspots
  • Develop strategies to provide alternative livelihoods for communities most engaged in charcoal production and trade
  • Work with local partners to adapt and scale proven models for improving agricultural production to reduce the need for engaging in charcoal production
  • Engage with local chiefs and leaders to get their commitment to reduce charcoal production in their areas
  • Coordinate with enforcement agencies to support reduction in charcoal production

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

Education:

  • Degree in agricultural economics, agriculture education, agricultural extension, agroforestry, or a relevant field

Work Experience:

  • A minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible professional experience
  • Zambian national preferred
  • Experience with on- and off-farm alternative livelihoods and rural income generation
  • Experience with successfully introducing sustainable livelihoods that reduce impacts on natural resources
  • Experience with successfully promoting smallholder out-grower schemes
  • Experience analyzing the impacts of different livelihoods on reducing deforestation
  • Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with local Chiefs and Traditional Leaders, and local religious leaders

Skills:

  • Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
  • Demonstrated excellent interpersonal skills and ability to motivate staff and partners to be accountable for project outcomes
  • Demonstrated organizational skills and strong track record in meeting deliverables and deadlines
  • Ability to provide oversight of financial and operational aspects of projects

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  • Job City Lusaka, Zambia
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Lusaka Zambia
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Winrock International

Winrock International is a recognized leader in U.S. and international development with a focus on social, agricultural and environmental issues. Inspired by its namesake Winthrop Rockefeller, Winrock combines scientific and technical expertise with entrepreneurial innovation to deliver market-based solutions that improve lives around the world. Winrock’s mission is to empower the disadvantaged, increase economic opportunity and sustain natural resources across the globe.

Winrock International grew from parallel dreams and a shared vision. And it grew from the land, a 927-acre tract atop Petit Jean Mountain in Arkansas, where Winthrop Rockefeller, grandson of Standard Oil’s John D. Rockefeller, established Winrock Farms in 1953. He brought in a herd of hardy Santa Gertrudis cattle from Texas and created a model farm and livestock center to demonstrate state-of-the-art agricultural methods.

Economic development was a hallmark of Rockefeller’s two terms as governor of Arkansas, and after his death in 1973, trustees of his estate created the Winrock International Research and Training Center to further his wish that the farm be “venturesome and innovative” and provide tools to help people help themselves.

While Winthrop was focusing on livestock research and rural development, his brother John D. Rockefeller III was concentrating on Asia’s burgeoning population and its food shortages. The two organizations he created — the International Agricultural Development Service and the Agricultural Development Council (A/D/C) — addressed these issues by identifying, educating and maintaining a network of homegrown experts. A/D/C, for instance, supported U.S. professors who lived and worked in Asia — a unique approach that provided a deep understanding of local needs.

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0 USD Lusaka, Zambia CF 3201 Abc road Full Time , 40 hours per week Winrock International

POSITION SUMMARY

Winrock is seeking a professional to lead the sustainable livelihoods component of an anticipated USAID-funded project in Zambia to scale up clean cooking technologies and fuels, while reducing charcoal production and use. The Lead for Sustainable Livelihoods will supervise local partners to implement and scale up livelihood efforts which provide alternatives to charcoal production in targeted areas. This position is contingent on receipt of donor funding.

Essential responsibilities:

  • Identify charcoal hotspots
  • Develop strategies to provide alternative livelihoods for communities most engaged in charcoal production and trade
  • Work with local partners to adapt and scale proven models for improving agricultural production to reduce the need for engaging in charcoal production
  • Engage with local chiefs and leaders to get their commitment to reduce charcoal production in their areas
  • Coordinate with enforcement agencies to support reduction in charcoal production

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

Education:

  • Degree in agricultural economics, agriculture education, agricultural extension, agroforestry, or a relevant field

Work Experience:

  • A minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible professional experience
  • Zambian national preferred
  • Experience with on- and off-farm alternative livelihoods and rural income generation
  • Experience with successfully introducing sustainable livelihoods that reduce impacts on natural resources
  • Experience with successfully promoting smallholder out-grower schemes
  • Experience analyzing the impacts of different livelihoods on reducing deforestation
  • Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with local Chiefs and Traditional Leaders, and local religious leaders

Skills:

  • Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
  • Demonstrated excellent interpersonal skills and ability to motivate staff and partners to be accountable for project outcomes
  • Demonstrated organizational skills and strong track record in meeting deliverables and deadlines
  • Ability to provide oversight of financial and operational aspects of projects
 2020-02-01

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