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TITLE :
Junior Consultant- Programme Policy Officer (Resilience & Livelihoods - Syntropic Agriculture)
TYPE OF CONTRACT:
CST When Actually Employed (WAE)
UNIT/ DIVISION:
PROGRAM/RESILIENCE
PLACE OF ASSIGNMENT (city, country):
Guinea Country Office
DURATION:
65 days
THE CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE:
The World Food Programme (WFP) Guinea Country Office has been committed to supporting the most vulnerable people in the Guinea through food assistance and resilience building activities with Zero Hunger Village (ZHV) Project. Climate change poses significant challenges to Guinea's agricultural systems, which are vital to the economy and food security. Agriculture, heavily reliant on rainfall and temperature, is highly vulnerable, and smallholder farmers often lack the resources to adapt to changing conditions.
Deforestation is one of the key drivers of climate change in Guinea, affecting both mitigation and adaptation efforts and ultimately influencing food security. To address these challenges, the WFP has implemented syntropic farming in Guinea (Kankan and N’zérékoré) since May 2023, with support from the Senegal Regional Bureau. This initiative includes Training of Trainers (ToT), pilot Syntropic Agroforestry Farms (SAFs), and SAFs on private plots. These nature-based solutions target the root causes of environmental degradation, focusing on ecosystem restoration through Food Assistance for Assets (FFA), environmental resource management training, and market access support for smallholder farmers. The integration of land rehabilitation efforts with school feeding and nutrition programs has yielded impressive results in enhancing resilience.
Syntropic agriculture, a method developed by Ernst Götsch in Brazil, has been adapted for Guinea. This agroforestry system mimics natural succession by cultivating crops, pastures, and trees together, creating cooperative interactions that result in a robust, self-sustaining ecosystem. It represents a shift from exploiting nature to harmonizing with it, transforming degraded land into fertile, densely vegetated areas. A year of field visits and trainings in Guinea has demonstrated the scalability and replication potential of this approach, with positive developments in pilot areas.
In its third year, the WFP aims to replicate the project’s impact by empowering communities through training and fostering autonomy in agroforestry practices. The introduction of “mutirão” workgroups—collaborative efforts for plantation implementation and management—and the establishment of reference sites for peer learning and knowledge exchange will further support scaling efforts. The project is set to expand to Côte d’Ivoire, leveraging lessons learned and best practices from Guinea to maximize regional impact. Given that agroforestry demands precision, knowledge, and hands-on management, in-person technical support through periodic trainings and constant support from cooperating partners becomes pivotal for the project's development. The agroforestry expertises are needed to ensure the project's successful evolution and regional replication.
These terms of reference focus on the activity of syntropic agroforestry farming in Guinea.
Intervention area:
The main target of this work includes N’zérékoré and Kankan.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Under the supervision of the Head of Resilience and technical support from the Climate change and resilience programme officer. The project coordinator is responsible for supporting the technical consultant to ensure the project runs smoothly. He or she must be in constant communication with the different stakeholders involved and monitor the planning and development of activities, as well as their records and reports. Provide guidance to NGO agents, local consultants, and WFP staff on the demands for carrying out activities and organize the schedule of activities and planning of the project team in constant contact and alignment with local agents and the technical consultant. Organize budgets and reports of activities in line with the technical consultant's guidelines. Provide local and ongoing virtual support throughout the project. The consultant will work with Technical Expert Consultant for SAF and in close collaboration with programme staff in regional, country, and sub-offices. In addition, he/she will also work with cooperating and government partners. The consultant is expected to demonstrate a high degree of independence in carrying out the assigned activities, including proactively managing tasks, making informed decisions, and ensuring timely delivery of outputs with minimal supervision.
SPECIFIC TASKS:
DELIVERABLES :
During the contract, the following results to be delivered:
Deliverable 1. Project timeline, schedule, and budget.
Deliverable 2. Monitoring report on preparation of SAFs and training plans and materials for transplantation
Deliverable 3. Training on transplantation of SAFs conducted, with debriefing and presentation of outcomes
Deliverable 4. Monitoring report on transplantation of SAFs and training plans and materials for advanced management
Deliverable 5. Training on advanced management of SAFs conducted, with debriefing and presentation of outcomes
Deliverable 6. Final report on SAF progress in 2025, updates SAF GIS dashboard and action plan for 2026
DELIVERABLES AND PAYMENT DEADLINES :
Deliverable
Number of days
Delivery date
Deliverable 1: Project timeline, schedule, and budget.
5 days
Deliverable 2: Monitoring report on preparation of SAFs and, training plans and materials for transplantation
10 days
Deliverable 3: Training on transplantation of SAFs conducted, with debriefing and presentation of outcomes
15 days
Deliverable 4: Monitoring report on transplantation of SAFs and training plans and materials for advanced management
5 days
Deliverable 5: Training on advanced management of SAFs conducted, with debriefing and presentation of outcomes
20 days
Deliverable 6: The final report on progress of SAFs in 2025, updates in SAF GIS dashboard and action plan for 2026
5 days
WFP LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK: COMMON STANDARDS OF BEHAVIOUR:
Lead by example with integrity
Respect the values, principles and standards of PAM.
Respect others and value diversity
Stay focused and calm under pressure.
Demonstrate humility and a willingness to learn
Achieving results and meeting commitments
Results for maximum impact
Delegate appropriately
Adapts easily to change
Fostering inclusion and collaboration
Is inclusive and collaborative
Provides constructive and timely feedback
Building and sharing new perspectives
Apply reflection strategic
Communicating and realizing the WFP vision
Embrace curiosity and new ways of doing things
Analyzes and evaluates data
Considers the impact of decisions
Establish and maintain lasting partnerships
Creating partnerships
Collaborating to achieve common goals
TECHNICAL SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE:
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
Education :
Advanced university degree in Natural Resource Management, Forestry, Agroforestry, Agriculture, Environmental Science, or other field relevant to food security and livelihood, with a demonstrated focus/interest on rural livelihoods.
Experience :
Relevant work experience in Natural Resource Management and Agroforestry system in different agroecology.
Experience in providing technical and writing support to development policy and program activities.
Language :
Fluency (level C) in French and English;
Fluency in Portuguese is an asset.
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