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The Senior REA Team Leader takes the lead in social and cultural assessment, workshop facilitation and implementation of a highly participatory approach to watershed assessment and planning. The implementation of Participatory Planning for Resilient Productive Landscapes includes (i) site selection assessment for four watersheds in Nippes department (ii) rapid assessment of 16 micro-catchments within these four watersheds, and (iii) organization and facilitation of participatory workshops that bring watershed specialists together with local stakeholders in targeted micro-catchments. The rapid assessment phase includes evaluation of social, cultural and agroforestry aspects of targeted micro-catchments including grassroots organizations, farm systems, gender issues in natural resource management, and local governance of natural resources. Organization of stakeholder workshops requires community outreach and workshop planning and facilitation.

I. Agronomist
• Identify local production systems, agriculture, animal husbandry, agroforestry, tree crops
• Inventory non-farm employment
• Inventory local commerce, market intermediaries, market networks, value chains
• Assess and tenure arrangements, public and private land, large and small holders, renters and sharecroppers.
• Document agricultural calendar, including rainy seasons, planting and harvest cycle of major crops
• Identify primary cash crops
• Identify important food crops for local consumption
• Analayze income generation and access to food during the slack season for agriculture
• Assesss access to credit, including agricultural lending
• Elicit agricultural concerns of local farmers, including topics such as plant pathologies, access to markets, access to agricultural inputs, changing agricultural strategies
• Document historical shifts in local crop patterns and agricultural strategies

II. Social Scientist
• Develop typology of watershed stakeholders
• Inventory local grassroots organizations, including their geographic coverage and goals
• Analyze sexual division of labor for agriculture, commerce, non-agricultural livelihoods (fisheries).
• Inventory local labor arrangements including work parties (konbit), rotating labor groups (eskwad), daily wage labor (vann jounen), contract labor (djob)
• Elicit evidence of conflict over local resources, including land, water, irrigation, state land and commons (such as including mangroves, pasture or and pilgrimage sites)
• Analyze natural resource governance arrangements:
a. Elicit stakeholder concerns for local governance and rule enforcement, e.g., use of fire for land clearing, uncontrolled grazing, water rights, mangrove protection, and irrigation management
b. Analyze resource governance role of local elected officials and grassroots organizations
c. Assess existing or necessary mechanism for protection of springs, watercourses, waterfalls, natural pools, wetlands, water for irrigation, charcoal and fuelwood harvest, tree harvest rights and restrictions, mangroves and coastal resources

2. Deliverables:
• Field reports based on qualitative interviews and operation of focus groups.
• Facilitate workshop planning together with local stakeholders and grassroots leaders
• Inventory and description of grassroots organizations of targeted micro-catchments.
• Field notes on livelihoods and resilience related to local natural resources including commerce, agriculture, charcoal, pilgrimage sites, mangroves and fisheries.
• Facilitate workshop implementation, including organization and moderation of small discussion groups and small group presentation of findings.
• Documentation of workshop functioning, enrollment, participation, small group reports and findings.

• A university degree in Agronomy or other related field
• A university degree in Social Science or other related field
• Background of experience in field animation, community outreach and non-formal training.
• Field experience with farmers and grassroots organizations
• Work experience with gender issues related to livelihoods, value chains, field-based projects in rural areas, also gender rights.
• Background of experience with data collection, qualitative interviews, and field observations.
• Strong office and organizational skills; demonstrated ability to handle variety of activities with an attention to detail and quality.
• Demonstrate ability to work as an effective team member in a complex and fast paced environment.
• Demonstrate ability to interact professionally with diverse stakeholders and beneficiaries.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written)
• Fluency in French, English, and Haitian Creole is required

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