Job Posting at AVSF (Agronomes et Vétérinaires Sans Frontières)

Job Posting at AVSF (Agronomes et Vétérinaires Sans Frontières)

POSITION: Bilingual Field Officer

Company Profile

The Equity Program (which supports fair trade dynamics in West Africa) began in January 2016. This initiative has already had two phases (2016-2019 and 2019-2024), with the third beginning in October 2024. It will have operations in Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Benin, and Togo, with its headquarters in Abidjan.

Its goal is to help low-income nations achieve long-term economic development, combat poverty, and improve family farming by promoting the establishment of fair and sustainable value chains in West Africa. AVSF (Agronomes et Vétérinaires Sans Frontières) manages the initiative on behalf of Commerce Equitable France (CEF). To supervise the program’s activities in Ghana, AVSF is looking for a bilingual project manager to assist the project’s beneficiary producer organizations (POs) in carrying them out.

The Technical Assistant is responsible for supporting peasant agriculture at Agronomes et Vétérinaires Sans Frontières (AVSF), a professional worldwide solidarity association with a public utility status since 1977. In Africa, Asia, and South America, the group collaborates with peasant communities to achieve agro-ecological transformations that address food insecurity and peasant families’ economic fragility. AVSF also helps to consolidate producer associations and increase their participation in both local and export sectors (fair trade, organic, and quality) to provide fairer remuneration and, as a result, better living conditions for agricultural families. To learn more about AVSF, visit our website: www.avsf.org.

The third phase of the Equity Project in West Africa intends to convey and promote the previous phases’ results and innovations. Its goal is to reduce poverty by building equitable value chains for small producers, promoting agroecological transition, and professionalizing fair trade-certified cooperatives in West Africa. In the cocoa sector, it will primarily contribute to the implementation of the new European law against “imported” deforestation (RDUE), which mandates full traceability of cocoa placed on the European market by 2025: programme-equite.org

Duties and responsibilities

• Ensure the overall coordination of Phase 3 of the Equity Program in Ghana.
• Facilitate the discovery of partners for the program’s third phase.
• Assist partner producer organizations (POs) in carrying out their production, processing, and marketing activities for their certified products.
• Disseminate priority information on the project’s existence, content, and progress to all national Equity program stakeholders.
• Strategically monitor traceability issues in the cocoa business.
• Support the execution of research-action initiatives inside recipient POs and track intermediate outcomes.
• Assist cooperatives in identifying profitable commercial outlets in fair trade and organic markets.
• Facilitate the consolidation of management and funding access capacities for cocoa-producing organizations.
• Coordinate regional and worldwide exchanges among the National Fair Trade Platforms.
• Lead initiatives promoting gender equality and social inclusion.
• Facilitate fair trade promotion initiatives in Ghana.
• Support external service providers for the equity program.
• Contribute to the development of the project’s baseline and give data for the monitoring and evaluation tools.
• Keep track of the cooperation with the Fairtrade Ghana Network (FTGN).
• Facilitate advocacy for Ghana’s cocoa sector.
• Maintain transparent management of financial and logistical resources.
• Ensure that the project and AVSF are properly represented, and follow up on AVSF’s obligations to local authorities.
• Contribute to the creation and implementation of a cooperative approach in Ghana.
• Actively participate in the identification, formulation, and negotiation of initiatives.
• Contribute to AVSF and its partners’ lobbying activities, communication efforts, and associative life.
• Ensure the archiving of all project-related documentation (reports, pictures, accounting, email, etc.).

Required Skill or Experience

• Agricultural Engineer or Agroeconomist has at least 6 years of verifiable experience in a program coordination or coordination position within an international or regional non-governmental organization in West Africa.
• Fluent in written and spoken English (required).
• Proven ability to operate well in a team setting, Strong analytical and synthesis capabilities, excellent interpersonal and communication skills, exceptional writing abilities, and the capacity to work independently and adapt to new conditions.

Competencies and Required Experience

• Strong knowledge of West African value chains and certification dynamics (Fairtrade required, organic if possible).
• Experience working with a wide variety of technical and financial partners,
• Experience working in West Africa or Ghana is beneficial.
• Experience building producer organizations, facilitating advocacy actions, and developing agricultural value chains.
• Experience coordinating initiatives and programs to promote agroecological practices.
• Proficient with data-collecting software (Kobo, ODK, etc.).
• Excellent writing and synthesizing skills.

How to Apply for this Job Posting at AVSF

Interested individuals should send a CV of no more than three pages, along with a cover letter specifying three references and copies of degrees and certificates, to recrutementavsfci@gmail.com by July 31, 2024, with the title “Bilingual AVSF Field Officer in Ghana“.

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