Nganda Lifetree Agroforestry and Reforestation Project Local Project Coordinator
Kaffrine, Kaffrine, Senegal
Full Time
Experienced
Nganda Lifetree Agroforestry and Reforestation Project Local Project Coordinator
Term: Full time for 12 months (or longer if follow-on funding is secured) Location: Senegal
Specific Project activities of the Lifetree Project include:Qualifications
Term: Full time for 12 months (or longer if follow-on funding is secured) Location: Senegal
Company Summary
Founded in 2006, Terra Global is a woman-founded, woman-run for-profit social enterprise, and small business. Terra Global's mission is to attract private sector capital to Nature-based Solutions (NbS) to produce significant climate change mitigation, community and biodiversity benefits. Terra Global is an industry leader in NbS program development, land-use greenhouse gas and impact quantification, and climate asset creation, with experience in 40 countries at project and jurisdictional scales. Terra Global is the only company with end-to-end knowledge of carbon development and climate finance transactions. We deliver proven expertise working on-the-ground with local partners, while leveraging financial and transaction structuring expertise to equitably balance risk and return between Investors and Investees.Project Background
The Nganda Lifetree ARR Project (“the Project”) is a community-based project in the Nganda arrondissement of Senegal’s Kaffrine region, which aims to enhance sustainable forestry and community resilience by restoring degraded lands through increased forest cover in farms and forests, while improving livelihoods and supporting climate adaptation through a combination of agroforestry, reforestation, and community-driven initiatives. The project will establish forest gardens on smallholder plots, providing windbreaks, nitrogen-fixing trees, fruit crops, and fodder to enhance both productivity and ecosystem health. Additionally, reforestation activities will rehabilitate degraded forests, promoting biodiversity and supporting the return of wildlife. Community-driven initiatives, such as village savings, beekeeping, and local crop commercialization, will bolster local livelihoods and resilience, with training and market access provided to ensure long-term sustainability. The project will be implemented in collaboration with the NGO Mother Trees, which supports farmers, community leaders and forest stewards to restore degraded landscapes with best practices in regenerative agroforestry and forest ecosystem restoration. Collaboration with Mother Trees, local coordinators, and government will secure land tenure for smallholders, enabling the community to thrive while restoring and protecting their natural resources.Specific Project activities of the Lifetree Project include:
- Planting and maintaining 7,000 hectares (1 hectare plots of forest gardens on smallholder land),
- Reforesting and maintaining 10,000 hectares of degraded classified forest reserves by Eaux et Forêts and community forestry committees,
- Forest protection through demarcation and community patrolling,
- Improve food security and increase income through forest gardens,
- Build capacity of farmers’ groups on alternative economic opportunities like beekeeping, food processing, establishing small businesses, community savings clubs, others,
- Improving access to water for farmers.
Responsibilities
The Nganda Lifetree Agroforestry and Reforestation Project Local Project Coordinator will provide technical support and work alongside implementation partners (Mother Trees, Cooperatives and Economic Interest Groups, Community Forest Management Committees, and the Eaux et Forêts) implement and monitor project activities, ensure all activities follow the Carbon Standard (the Verified Carbon Standard (“VCS”) and Climate, Community, and Biodiversity Standard (“CCB”)). This role will lead coordination between the Terra Global International team, implementing partners, and the project participants. The main activities of the Senegal Local Project Coordinator include:Coordinate Field Activities
- Lead local project management on behalf of Terra Global, which includes
- engage local communities and informing them on the Lifetree Project’s implementing and monitoring requirements
- Coordinate implementation activities between Mother Trees, Cooperatives and Economic Interest Groups, Community Forest Management Committees, and the Eaux et Forêts
- Engage the participants to implement agroforestry activities through:
- Meeting with lead farmers and Mother Trees staff to coordinate activities such as nursery establishment, planting and maintenance of each component of the LifeTree system, and harvesting activities
- Supporting the land tenure title registration for farmer participants
- Conducting rapid Participatory Rural Appraisals and/or focus groups to gather information needed to update Project implementation workplan
- Working with Eaux et Forêts and community forestry committees to implement reforestation activities such as nurseries establishment, planting trees in the classified forests, and monitoring results.
Coordinate Office-based Activities
Support and act as a liaison for Tera Global and the Project including:- Support all partners to follow best practice communication with the Terra Global international team, including scheduling regular calls and meetings
- Overall oversight of the Monitoring and Evaluation (“M&E”) processes undertaken by local implementor (Mother Trees) as well Cooperatives and Economic Interest Groups, Community Forest Management Committees, and the Eaux et Forêts)
- Support fiscal management procedures for the Nganda LifeTree Project
- Support the procurement of goods for the local partners
- Project management oversight
- Support translation for the international team both remotely and in country (Wolof-English, French-English)
- Ensure consistent and timely flow of information and data from the field to the Terra Global International team
- Engage with the regional and national Government of Senegal and identify governmental focal points within relevant agencies (e.g., Minister of Agriculture, Forestry Departments) for the success of the Project
Lead Monitoring Data Collection
Work closely with the local partner and local communities, lead field activities to gather, organize and store field-based data for monitoring the Project. These monitoring data needs tasks include:- Collect monitoring data from Mother Trees, Cooperatives and Economic Interest Groups, Community Forest Management Committees, and the Eaux et Forêts, including all field-base data (agronomical, social and biodiversity)
- Prepare quarterly reports to report progress on implementation of activities based on the Project Work Plan
- Digitize and organize field-based data for current and future use and reference
- Work with project partners to set-up and maintain the monitoring processes and procedures
- Develop systems to support project validation and verification on an on-going basis
- Establish local capacity for monitoring with local communities trained in the collection of project data and record keeping
- Gather specific data necessary for the VCS/CCB Project Document and Monitoring Reports for the Project
- Coordinate with consultants to conduct biodiversity and biomass surveys, and social assessments (Household surveys and PRAs)
- Assist stakeholders with Public Comments and, when necessary, assist with translation of specific texts relating to the Validation and Verification of the Project
- Assist in the field audit of the Project, by hosting the Verification and Validation Body (“VVB”) and coordinate logistics of field visits.
Qualifications
Required:
- Must be located in Kaffrine and be a Senegal citizen.
- Minimum 5 years of work experience in natural resource management, agroforestry systems, reforestation
- Proven track record of field work implementing projects with small farmers and community-based organizations (forestry committees, GIEs, others)
- Experience facilitating participatory technical and organizational training topics to illiterate populations;
- Field-level project monitoring experience of community-based projects (especially afforestation, reforestation, and restoration) in Senegal
- High ability to work with MS Office programs especially Excel and Word.
- Able to work independently and self-manage deadlines and deliverables
- Exceptional verbal/written communication skills, especially working across cultures
- Fluency in French, Wolof, and English
Desirable:
- Demonstrated and successful past performance building relationships and negotiating with governmental authorities (local, regional and national), non-governmental organizations (NGOs);
- Open to be part of a remote team
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