The Agriculture Specialist will support the FLLoCA PIU, MoALD, CoG and MoECCF on all technical aspects in promoting climate resilience and Green House Gas (GHG) mitigation actions, policies, investments as well as advancement of climate smart agricultural lowcarbon technologies in the broader agriculture sector (agriculture, water, environment).
He/ She will work in collaboration with other stakeholders/partners at the national and county level to strengthen their capacities to manage climate risk and ensure the delivery of locally-led climate-smart investments as well as a close coordination between the FLLoCA Program and relevant actions within the broader agriculture sector through his/ her network and sector experience.
Specific Roles & Responsibilities:
The specific roles of the specialist will be amongst others to:
- Support the implementation of existing policies and regulatory frameworks on climate resilience and GHG mitigation in the agriculture sector within the FLLoCA Program;
- Provide leadership and guidance to project staff, county agriculture sector technical departments and other partners involved in the implementation of the sector’s FLLoCA activities;
- Guide project staff and county technical departments in the identification, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation and sustainability of agriculture sector investments within the program at county level;
- Undertake Capacity building of FLLoCA Unit, Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) and Counties’ staff, and participating communities on identification, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and O&M of agriculture sector resilience investments;
- Promote adoption of Climate Smart Agriculture Technologies, Innovations and Management Practices to the participating counties and communities.
- Support and provide technical input in preparation of tender documents for studies, trainings, works, etc. of FLLoCA agriculture sector investment
- Promote close coordination with Environmental and Social Safeguards (ESS) Specialist to ensure agriculture sector investments are compliant with ESS requirements and sustainable with regards to climate change adaptation and mitigation;
- Ensure agriculture-relevant Key Performance Indicators are sufficiently developed and integrated into the FLLoCA Program reporting, in collaboration with the state department for planning and County governments;
