Field Operations Manager

Qualifications Graduate Degree / P.G. Diploma in Social Science or equivalent from recognized institution

05 years’ Experience in Horticulture / Agriculture related project including experience in team management in Govt / External Aided Project

Responsibilities

• Determine the capacities and assess the needs of the project team for them to be able to implement subproject based on the social and cultural context of the communities they are working with;
• Identify key stakeholders (poor and vulnerable groups in particular), their project related interests and any socio-economic barriers to delivery of project benefits.
• Recommend / suggest strategies for addressing the concerns of these stakeholders and maximizing the socio-economic benefits of the project.
• Consult stakeholders in the proposed project areas and prepare baseline study, a poverty and social analysis that provides a baseline against which envisaged improvements in the communities’ lives can be measured.
• Train relevant DIU staff and other relevant agencies in safeguard related project policies, principals, procedures and requirements.
• Capacitate project implementers to conduct meaningful consultations with the impacted communities during each state of subproject development.
• Develop plans and strategies to ensure compliance with project social safeguard requirements.
• Facilitate compliance with safeguards reporting requirements.
• Prepare monthly plans, reports, field notes, thought papers and other documents.
• Ensure that related plans and other documents are properly disclosed.
• Define strategies for information dissemination to effectively communicate social safeguard programs and strategies.
• Perform other tasks as may be assigned by the District Implementation Unit & Project Management Unit.
• Execution of related action plan in clusters of districts.
• Coordination with PMU / PMC.

Any other work assigned by authorities of project.