Lobbying, Advocacy and Governance Trainer - BRIGHT Project – Office of Programs - Soil Health

About IFDC

IFDC is a public international organization active in 27 countries in Africa, Asia, and America. IFDC uniquely approaches the global issues of food security and poverty by bridging the gap between research and impact, combining science-based innovations, holistic market systems development, an enabling policy environment, and strategic partnerships to assist farmers and countries to identify and scale sustainable agricultural solutions, including improved nutrient use efficiency. These approaches are needed to boost soil health and crop productivity while reducing the environmental impact of fertilizer use. IFDC translates research into action by using locally driven, environmentally sound, and impact-oriented solutions. With our partners, we seek to close the yield gap, eradicate global hunger, safeguard the soil on which our lives depend, and generate economic resilience for farming households and the countries in which they live.

Summary of the assignment

BRIGHT seeks the services of the consultant to develop simple-to-use gender-sensitive training content tailored towards training VVCs in governance, advocacy and lobbying. The consultant will conduct training in the three regions of the project to maximize time efficiency. The activity will be conducted concurrently in the 3 regions. Therefore, the consultant should have a team spread in the 3 regions at the same time.

Responsibilities

• Train a total of 70 BRIGHT staff (47 FEWs, 12 field officers and 11 component leads and managers)  in lobbying, advocacy and governance in Elgon, Kigezi and Rwenzori regions;
• Develop tools and key messages for training VVCs / farmers by BRIGHT staff.

Requirements

Deliverables for the consultant

Duration

The contract assignment is anticipated to be effective from the 2nd May 2025 till the 9th May 2025, unless amended in writing and agreed upon by both Parties. However, the training is expected to take 2 days per region.

Reporting and Work Relationships

The consultant will report to the Project Manager and work closely with the IFDC as well as other project technical staff.

Location

The consultant will be responsible for supporting the BRIGHT project in all its regional offices (Rwenzori, Elgon and Kigezi).

Mode of application

The Team Leader of Interested firm / individual consultants should submit their CV online via the IFDC career page. Additionally, they should send the requested documents to [email protected] copying [email protected] and [email protected], not later than 26th April 2025.

About Program / Project

Building Resilience and Inclusive Growth of Highland farming systems for rural Transformation (BRIGHT) is a four-year project, funded by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (EKN) through the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs under Dutch development policy. The project is being implemented by IFDC, in collaboration with Agriterra, the Uganda Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF), the National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO), district local governments, and private sector actors.

The vision of the BRIGHT project is to promote inclusive economic growth and rural transformation through equitable integration into value chains. BRIGHT aims to build the resilience of 106,560 highland farm households in Kigezi, Mt. Elgon, and Rwenzori regions by supporting Uganda to recover from external shocks in an ever-changing context through absorption, adaptation, and transformation. In so doing, the project will improve the food and nutrition security and incomes of farmers, transition subsistence-oriented farm households to more of a market orientation by supporting them in integrated farm planning and inclusive decision-making, introducing appropriate climate-smart agriculture (CSA) technologies to strengthen local farming systems, ensuring natural resource conservation, and developing strategic value chains

Required Skills

Required Experience