Organizational Setting
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted key challenges in the delivery of agriculture development services. Digital technologies playing an increasingly important role in reshaping the agri-food sector and addressing the skills and coverage limitations. Utilization of digital tools such as a Co-operative Officer Training Platform and its applications will enhance the capacity of the Department of Cooperatives in delivering the services required by the co-operative stakeholders.
Following on the digitization strategy and initiative of the Ministry of Agriculture Food Security and Enterprise, this program seeks to address the technological needs as well as digital literacy and baseline knowledge of core co-operative movement foundations amongst technical officers. The Department of Co-operatives intends to optimise its capacity development program for the continuous professional development of its personnel to effectively serve its stakeholders. In an effort to keep the pace of the digitalisation process that is currently being promoted by the e government initiative the FAO intends to contract a consultant to design a comprehensive, self-paced, digitizable Co-operatives Trainers curriculum.ย
The FAO will support the development of a Co-operative officer Training Curriculum and contnt to further strengthen the technical capacity of Co-operative Officers to develop and implement sustainable and climate smart co-operative ventures. Specifically, the FAO intends to ensure that the training curriculum is aligned with the Department of Co-operative law, the departmentโs strategy and action plan and is taken through a consultative process with key stakeholders leading to its finalisation and operationalisation. In this regard, the FAO is seeking to engage the services of a cooperative consultant with extensive experience in technical capacity building to support the review, facilitate consultations with stakeholders, and finalize a curriculum and contents of a cooperative officer training program.
Reporting Lines
The Cooperative Assistant will report directly to the National Program Coordinator, with general oversight from the FAO Country Representative for Jamaica, The Bahamas and Belize. ย
The Cooperative Assistant will also work closely with other members of the Project Management team and FAO personnel to support the proper implementation of the project activities.
Technical Focusย
The Cooperative Assistant with the support of the Department of Co-operatives will develop a digitizable Cooperative Officer training program including a curriculum and its relevant content aligned with the local cooperative laws and global best practices. The Cooperative Assistant technical support is intended to provide a clear and coherent framework to support a digital capacity building program to transform and strengthen the services provided by the Department of Co-operatives. The deliverables are expected to be effective, user centric, interactive, simplified and rational and based on local law and global standards.
Tasks and responsibilities
The Cooperative Assistant will carry out the following tasks:
โข ย ย Develop and submit Inception Report which includes the expertโs understanding of the terms of reference, proposed methodology for development of the training program and the timeline for finalizing required outputs.
โข ย ย Compile relevant information and data to enable the creation of the Digitizable Cooperative Officers training program.
โข ย ย Compile and validate a Cooperative Officer training curriculum and training of trainerโs plan.
โข ย ย Compile and develop a Cooperative Officer Training program content inclusive of training modules, lesson plans and activities ensuring that the content meets international cooperative training standards and best practices, is in line with local context and Belize regulations, is ideal for digitization and that the activities are compatible with gamified learning. ย
โข ย ย Develop a compatible evaluation mechanism to be included in the gamified training plan.ย
โข ย ย Collaborate with the digitization consultant to review, update, and upload the training materials on to the digital platform.
CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING
Minimum Requirements
โข ย ย University degree in Cooperative Enterprise Development, Cooperative governance, Social Business Management or relevant thematic
โข ย ย 5 years of relevant experience in the development and implementation of capacity building for cooperative officers.
โข ย ย Working knowledge of English.
โข ย ย National of Belize or resident in the country with a valid work permit.
FAO Core Competencies
โข ย ย Results Focus
โข ย ย Teamwork
โข ย ย Communication
โข ย ย Building Effective Relationships
โข ย ย Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement
Technical/Functional Skills ย
โข ย ย Work experience in more than one location or area of workย
โข ย ย Extent and relevance of experience in curriculum development
โข ย ย Extent and relevance of experience in training of trainer programs
โข ย ย Familiarity with Belizean Cooperative law
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Selection Criteriaย
โข ย ย Certification in Cooperative Governance, enterprise or social business management ย
โข ย ย Extent of experience in curriculum development
โข ย ย Extent of knowledge and experience in training of trainer programs associated with the Cooperative Sector
โข ย ย Experience in facilitating multi-stakeholder consultations with various target audiences.
โข ย ย Knowledge of Belizean Cooperative lawย