Recruitment of PMU Staff - The West Africa Food System Resilience Program (FSRP)
The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (MAFS) is implementing the West Africa Food System Resilience Program (FSRP) which is a five year, regional, 135 million USD World Bank-ands GAFSP funded project with the goal of increasing preparedness against food insecurity and improving the resilience of food systems in Sierra Leone and West Africa as a whole. The project is aligned with key elements of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the World Bank Group (WBG) Country Partnership Framework for Sierra Leone and the Mid-Term National Development Plan for Sierra Leone and the FEED SALONE flagship programme.
The project will directly impact 943,200 household members, of which at least 40 percent will be women, 40 percent youth, and 5 percent vulnerable groups, including people with disabilities. Direct beneficiaries will also include processors, transporters, traders, and other agricultural (M)SMEs/agribusinesses engaged in the targeted value chains (rice, cassava, and livestock) who will benefit from capacity building (including training, business advisory services, and matching grants where applicable). FSRP also directly benefits public (or quasi-public) institutions like SLARI, MAFS, MoTI, SLMet, NAFSL, SLeSCA, etc. In terms of scope, the FSRP will be implemented in all districts in Sierra Leone and focuses on specific value chains to including Rice, Cassava and Livestock.
The FSRP will be implemented in all districts of Sierra Leone and will focus on the three priority value chains of the Ministry: rice, cassava, and livestock. These value chains were also selected based on their potentials for regional food and nutrition security, and the natural comparative advantage that Sierra Leone has in developing and promoting them.
Sierra Leone’s FSRP is the country’s version of the West African Food System Resilience Programme. For the implementation of this project MAFS is recruiting the under mentioned staff to join Project Management Unit in the field implementation of the project.
Below are the positions urgently required for which this advert is addressing:
1. Procurement Officer
2. Monitoring & Evaluation Officer
3. Communication Officer
Project Title: Food Systems Resilience Program
Title of Assignment: Procurement Officer
Title of Assignment: Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
Project Title: Global Agriculture and Food Security Project (GAFSP)
Title of Assignment: Communication Specialist
Project Title: Food System Resilience Program (FSRP)
Deadline for submission is COB on Friday 28th June 2024
Women are particularly encouraged to apply