Project Consultant: Climate Smart Agriculture External level National Consultant

The United Nations Development Programme is seeking a Project Consultant for Climate Smart Agriculture in Pretoria, South Africa. This role involves providing capacity-building skills in gender and climate resilience to micro-enterprises and NGOs in Limpopo. The consultant will manage the implementation of the Entrepren Her III programme, focusing on training women entrepreneurs affected by COVID-19. The position requires on-the-ground coordination and development of training materials.
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Climate Smart Agriculture

UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence. UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.
Background

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security.

UN Women South Africa Multi-Country Office (SAMCO) is based in Pretoria, South Africa and covers 5 countries (Botswana, Lesotho Namibia, South Africa, and Swaziland). SAMCO works with the government, Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and the Private Sector to contribute to gender equality through the formulation and implementation of norms, laws, policies, programmes, and services that ensure the human rights of women and girls and increase economic participation.

The Entrepren Her to Accelerate Women’s Owned Micro Enterprise Phase 3 programme has been designed to target 1500 women entrepreneurs in the informal sector who have been adversely affected by the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the rising unemployment and inequality in the region. The 3-year programme ) is proposed to be implemented in South Africa, Botswana, and Namibia.

The overall goal of the programme is to equip low-income women entrepreneurs (micro-entrepreneurs and members of Women Business Associations) with business skills that contribute to managing their enterprises, create decent jobs and acquire income security and/or autonomy.

The consultant will be reporting to the Deputy Representative and will be supported by the Strategic Partnership Specialist who will be the point of contact on the contract and payment issues.
Duties and

Responsibilities

To provide capacity-building skills in gender and Climate Smart Agriculture resilience techniques to Macro Owned Enterprises and NPOs in Limpopo (specifically the municipalities of Blouberg and Musina) management support to the UN Women programme called Entrepren Her III (Accelerate Women Owned Enterprises) ). The incumbent will be responsible for coordinating on the ground with the Entrepren Her Trainers and Non-Governmental Organizations working on the ground who will share the identified x50 women to benefit from the training.

The Consultant will lead the training component of the programme for the duration of the contract for South Africa in the Limpopo Province, specifically:
• Manage the Climate Smart Agriculture programme implementation component for Limpopo in the Musina and Blouberg municipalities for micro-owned enterprises.
• Develop Training material to be used to enable showcasing funder of programme what this new component for Phase III of the programme on CSA will look like.
• Produce reports on a quarterly basis for UN Women to integrate into overall quarterly reporting.
• Liaise with the Trainers and Local Economic Development teams on potential areas for CSA intervention for the province beyond the programme.

No of days/duration

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Allocation and amount

Pre-Intervention

Develop workplan and present Inception Report.

-Develop training module on CSA resilience techniques as it relates to women small holder farmers in Limpopo, especially in the Blouberg and Musina municipalities)

4 days

20%

Pre-intervention assessment (1x Muisna and 1x Blouberg)

2 Days in August 2024

10%

Intervention

Undertake trainings (1x Musina and 1x Blouberg)

2 days in August 2024

30%

Produce Interim Report

2 days August 2024

10%

Post
- Intervention

Follow up sessions with participants

Facilitate two meetings (1x in Musina and 1x in Blouberg) with participants to discuss the post-intervention outcomes and impact.

2 days in October 2024

10%

Produce Final training report

2 days in November 2024

20%

Core Values:
• Respect for Diversity
• Integrity
• Professionalism

Core Competencies:
• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues
• Accountability
• Creative Problem Solving
• Effective Communication
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Leading by Example

Required Skills and Experience

Education and Certification:
• Master’s degree or equivalent in social sciences, agriculture, human rights, gender/women's studies, international development, or a related field is required.
• A first-level university degree in combination with 2 additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Experience:
• At least 5 years of progressively responsible work experience in gender equality and women empowerment and experience in climate-smart agriculture training and…