Duration:         August 2021 - January 2022

Location:         Home-based

Background of assignment

We are WWF, one of the world’s leading nature conservation organisations. We have been working for nearly 60 years and have offices in 100 countries, and started the programme in Myanmar. We believe together we can protect Myanmar’s globally important forests and rivers and also to ensure a future for Myanmar’s precious wildlife. Find out more at www.wwf.org.mm. Worldwide, one of the major deforestation drivers have been the extension of the agricultural frontier into forests. While undesirable, policy makers in the past have claimed that the extension of the frontier is needed to satisfy the need of agricultural commodities of the population. WWF Myanmar has been working on the development of sustainable managed agroforestry where farmers can develop diversified agricultural portfolios, and, via the right use of ecosystem services, the status of degraded ecosystems can be recovered.

Major Functions

The main objective of the consultancy is to support the agriculture team on the design, implementation, and monitoring of agroecological projects that improve the food security and income of the population. The consultant is expected to have a continuous dialogue with the forestry, wildlife, and finance teams to coordinate integral solutions for the communities in the DTL and ARL landscapes where WWF Myanmar works. Finally, the consultant is expected to support the sustainable agricultural manager in the identification, planning, and coordination of strategies with potential stakeholders and partners.

Note: The current position is not looking for a person specialized on a specific type of agricultural calendar or a given ecosystem. Instead, it looks for a person with structural knowledge on the core agricultural concepts that can adapt to different contexts and coordinate with specific field experts from multidisciplinary teams.

Major Responsibilities, Outputs & Deliverables are expressed in details at https://www.wwf.org.mm/en/myanmar_career_page/?uNewsID=368856

Requirements

• Master’s degree and bachelor title in agriculture related studies with at least 5 years of experience in the implementation of agroecological projects (different combinations of education degrees can be considered based on their field experience).
• Strong applied work on ecosystems similar to those present in Myanmar.
• Proven understanding on agroecology, agroforestry, and designing of agricultural calendars.
• Awareness of the socio-political and economic context of the country.

Interested applicants are required to submit their electronic copies of their CV’s highlighting their experience on the field of the consultancy and at least two reference contacts to vacancy.mm@wwf.org.mm and nweni.naing@wwf.org.mm

Closing Date: 29th July 2021 (Thursday)          

                       Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.