Background
Zambia has received funding from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) for the project Strengthening climate resilience of agricultural livelihoods in Agro-Ecological Regions I and II in Zambia. This project aims to increase the resilience of smallholder farmers in Agro-Ecological Regions I and II in Zambia in view of climate change and variability. The project will achieve this aim by taking a value chain approach, addressing risks posed across key stages of the value chain – planning, inputs, production and post-production. The very high co-finance ensures that this project will shift public financing on agriculture towards climate resilient agriculture through strong partnership with GCF and UNDP. GCF funds will only finance the activities that have a clear climate change additionality like climate information and early warning systems, access to water for smallholder farmers and linkages with rural agricultural markets. The project will make targeted interventions to capitalize on opportunities to strengthen and promote viable climate-resilient value chains relating to smallholder agriculture in the target regions, specifically targeting value chains that are gender sensitive and provide viable economic opportunities for women. This includes three interrelated outputs: 1) strengthening capacity of farmers to plan for climate risk; 2) strengthening resilient agricultural production and diversification practices (for both food security and income generation); and 3) strengthening farmers’ access to markets and commercialization of introduced resilient agricultural commodities. It is with this background that a qualified and self-motivated Engineer is being sought to fill the position of Project Engineer.
Job Purpose
Duties and Responsibilities
Provides effective support throughout all stages of irrigation and processing infrastructure tendering processes:
Conducts field visits and prepares assessment of construction interventions:
Monitors and supervises construction works:
General Tasks:
Competencies
Core
Delivery
Creative Problem Solving
Secondary
Leading by Example
Required Skills and Experience
Education:
Experience:
Language Requirements:
English and Zambian languages spoken in the area of operation is an added advantage.
Other:
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