Participatory Plantation Forestry Programme (PFP 2) is a continuation of Private Forestry Programme (PFP 1) and is the second of four planned interventions in the sixteen-year programme. PFP 1 started in January 2014 and was continued until 30th April 2019. PFP 2 started on 1st November 2019 as a four-year intervention. The programme area covers nine districts in Southern Highlands of Tanzania and the main operations are centred around three forest industry development clusters of Makete, Njombe, and Mafinga.
Participatory Plantation Forestry Programme (PFP 2) is to promote sustainable and inclusive plantation forestry value chains that contribute to socio-economic development and poverty reduction, focusing on tree-growing smallholders and micro, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the Southern Highlands. It focuses on villages which are already rich in smallholder forestry but where the forest value chains are not yet contributing to poverty reduction in a commensurate manner. It will improve wood markets by supporting diversification and quality improvement of wood products, whilst providing knowledge and facilitation for an enabling environment for tree growers to bring their plantations into scientific, commercial production. The Programme promotes increased incomes through business and employment, with a strong human rights-based approach (HRBA) and respect for the environment.
This assignment calls for a national short-term socio-economist consultant to support PFP 2 National Socio-economist and PMT staff. The requirements of the national short-term consultant are as below.
A socio economist with minimum MSc in sociology, and/or socioeconomics.
- Must be fluent in English and Kiswahili (reading, and comprehension) and demonstrate proven competence to write in English to professional publication standard.
- Proven experience and capability in designing, implementing, and analysing human rights and gender situation assessments.
- Proven experience in quantitative and qualitative methodologies.
- Proven experience and capability in leading human rights impact assessments • Demonstrated familiarity with southern highland, rural development, and organization development.
- Understanding of results-based management including organisation of surveys to collect indicator data, and analysis of indicator data. • Good general knowledge of private sector development and enterprise development in southern highland, Tanzania.
To Apply Send your CV and three samples of your work (professional publication standard) to procurement@privateforestry.or.tz . Deadline 1st April 2021.
For more information please visit: national short-term socio-economist consultant
