Rural Development Advisor On Forestry And Agroforestry In The Coffee Value Chain

GIZ Uganda is recruiting a Rural Development Advisor providing advisory service to coffee value chain stakeholders to ensure compliance with the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR).

Responsibilities

Knowledge and advisory services

• Provide technical expertise and advisory services to coffee producers, cooperatives, forest owners to ensure full compliance with the EUDR.
  
• Promote agroforestry strategies that align coffee production with deforestation-free and sustainable practices.
  
• Lead capacity-building initiatives for stakeholders, focusing on sustainable coffee value chains, forest conservation, and collaborative forest management.
  
• Provide advisory services on the complexities of forest ownership in Uganda, including communal, private, and public ownership structures to identify their roles in supporting EUDR compliance efforts and conservation goals.
  
• Collaborate with relevant government bodies to strengthen regulatory frameworks and practices.
  
• Advise on innovative incentive schemes for forest conservation related to coffee production, such as payment for ecosystem services (PES), carbon credits, and agroforestry-related incentives for farmers.
  
• Advise on integrate economic and social benefits of forest conservation, ensuring livelihoods for local communities are maintained and enhanced.
  

Partnership coordination

• Cooperate and maintain regular contact with relevant parties from local government, civil society, research institutes, private sector and international agencies.
  
• Participate and contribute to relevant processes, fora, events and meetings on the national and sub-national level.
  
• Support the planning and implementation of study tours, visiting delegations, exchange visits, missions and other official events as required.
  

Project coordination

• Support to develop an adapted a Theory of Change, overall workplan and annual workplans.
  
• Support the preparation of terms of reference for service contracts or financing agreements in line with GIZ rules and regulations and supervise contracted third parties.
  
• Coordinate the implementation of project activities with members of the steering team, partners and contracted third parties.
  
• Provide monitoring data and contextual knowledge to contribute to reporting and public and internal communication.
  
• Organize internal and external events and meetings.
  

Other Duties/Additional Tasks

• Perform other duties and tasks at the request of management.
  

Requirements

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Forestry, Environmental Science, Agroecology. A master’s degree in a related field is an added advantage
  

Details of experience:

• 5 years of professional experience in a comparable position.
  
• 5 years’ experience in providing advisory services on forestry, collaborative forest management in agriculture value chains and related fields.
  
• Knowledge of the international discussion on sustainability in agricultural supply chains and forest preservation.
  
• Proven experience working in or in close cooperation with smallholder cooperatives and associations.
  
• Experience working for or in cooperation with the private sector
  

How to Apply:

Applications and CVs should be in one document and a maximum of 5 pages only and sent electronically, quoting the position and reference number.

Please include name and contact of three references. One official reference from your current workplace is a MUST.

Eligible candidates are encouraged to apply to the Head of Human Resources by email to vacancy@futureoptions.org