Mangrove Officer at Community Forests Pemba (CFP)

Community Forests Pemba (CFP) is a
Tanzanian non-governmental organization founded and headquartered on
Pemba Island, Zanzibar which has been working with local partners and
its international sister organization, Community Forests International
(CFI), since 2008 to advance shared goals of social, economic, and
ecological prosperity. Together we have planted over 3 million trees,
innovated several new climate-smart community enterprises, and
demonstrated that the best solutions come directly from the people who
need them most.

CFI and CFP are collaborating with a variety of
stakeholders to implement the 2-year, Global Affairs Canada Funded
‘Zanzibar Women’s Leadership in Adaptation Project (ZanzAdapt)” Project.
The project will improve gender equality and nature-based climate
adaptation capacity in vulnerable coastal communities on Pemba and
Unguja Islands, Zanzibar. Project outputs will primarily benefit women
and their households and communities through regenerative livelihood
actions that increase ecological, social, and economic resilience to
climate change.

3. Mission, Vision, Values
Mission: To
overcome poverty and adapt to climate change by sharing knowledge,
advancing sustainable livelihoods, and restoring the natural
environment.

Vision: Zanzibar communities thrive in harmony with the natural world.
Values:
Trust is essential to strong relationships, and relationships are the
foundation of our work. We act with honor and integrity to preserve
trust between all members of our community.Solidarity
Tuko
pamoja – we are together. Everyone is equal and has a role to play in
creating positive change. We believe in sharing our challenges and
working as one.
Impact
We believe that we can change the
world through innovation in Zanzibar. We share our local lessons and
stories widely to maximize our positive impact globally.
Integrity to uphold ethical standards and ensure fair and transparent relationships and dealings with everyone involved.

Mangrove Officer
Mangrove Officer at Community Forests Pemba (CFP) July 2024
4. Job Summary
The
Mangrove Officer will lead gender-responsive mangrove forest protection
and restoration activities to ensure women benefit and become leaders
in community-based adaptation. As the team’s mangrove restoration
expert, the Mangrove Officer will play an important role in awareness,
education, training and technical support in local communities with a
specific focus on uplifting women as leaders in nature-based solutions.
This includes providing comprehensive training and awareness on mangrove
restoration and protection through Training of Trainers (ToT) model
focused on women, providing comprehensive follow-up and physical
resources to ToT’s and community beneficiaries, and leading active
restoration efforts. The Mangrove Officer will also support other
mangrove-related activities including project planning, community
outreach and registration, supporting Community Forests Management
Agreements (CoFMA) activities, data collection, and project Monitoring,
Evaluation, & Learning (MEL).

5. Responsibilities and key performance indicators
Community Training

Increase
technical knowledge and capacity of beneficiaries, primarily women, to
implement community-based mangrove forest conservation frameworks with
livelihood, biodiversity, and climate adaptation co-benefits. 

• Lead the implementation of resource, opportunity, and needs mapping with beneficiaries to develop key extension program content.
• Work
  closely with international Mangrove Conservation Specialists and Gender
  Justice Specialists to develop locally appropriate training curriculum,
  program(s), and educational materials in community-based mangrove
  forest conservation, restoration, and sustainable use.
• Lead beneficiary registration and enrollment in community Ecosystem-Based Adaptation extension support program.
• Implement
  training plan with community beneficiaries (80% women) and deliver
  gender-responsive vocational training and study tours in community-based
  mangrove forest conservation, restoration and sustainable land use to
  key Training of Trainer (ToT) beneficiaries.
• Provide
  in-community troubleshooting and technical backstopping in mangrove
  conservation livelihoods as well as associated community forest
  governance through a “visit and train” model.
• Lead community
  education initiatives to raise awareness about the importance of
  mangroves and their role in ecological resilience.

Mangrove Restoration & Distribution of Physical Resources

Increase
physical resources provided to women to enable them to lead
community-based mangrove forest conservation frameworks and livelihoods
such as ecosystem monitoring, mapping, and communication equipment. 

• Lead
  community mangrove restoration activities including the establishment
  of community-managed mangrove nurseries and tree planting events.
• Provide
  follow-up in the appropriate use, care and troubleshooting of physical
  resources and technologies including guidance and technical backstopping
  on local mangrove restoration nurseries.
• Lead the distribution
  and support of physical resources and appropriate technology to
  beneficiaries in conjunction with vocational and technical training.
• Contribute
  to success stories, key insights, and lessons learned, and improve upon
  technical training and restoration techniques across stakeholders for
  continuous project improvement

Measurement, Monitoring and Evaluation

• Implement monitoring protocols to assess the progress and effectiveness of mangrove restoration efforts.
• Utilize
  GPS, photography, and satellite data to measure, record, and monitor
  changes in mangrove ecosystems and larger CoFMA area.
• Evaluate
  the ecological and social impact of restoration activities, ensuring
  outcomes are sustainable and inclusive including facilitating and/or
  implementing community focus group discussions, surveys, and key
  informant interviews.

Mangrove Program Support
Support
Community Forest Management Officer and others when needed with
mangrove and enterprise-related activities. This includes assisting with
project efforts to increase the legal powers for mangrove forest
management provided to women through Community Forests Management
Agreements (CoFMAs) that enshrine women’s decision-making and access
rights.

• Support in organizing
  community conversations to facilitate participatory land governance
  rights for women to lead community-based mangrove forest conservation
  frameworks and livelihoods.
• Provide technical information and
  support in mangrove restoration, conservation, and support data
  collection and mapping related to the development and stewardship of to
  ensure stewardship and sustainability of CoFMA

Annual Key Performance Indicators

• Provide 70 ToT beneficiaries with technical training in mangrove forest
  conservation frameworks and livelihoods. Deliver 3 intensive off-site
  mangrove conservation and restoration livelihood training days, study
  tours and accompanying follow-up Visit and train program for 70 key ToT
  women.
• Provide 750 mangrove forest beneficiaries* with access to
  gender-responsive physical resources and/or land governance rights for
  the implementation of nature-based climate solutions with biodiversity
  co-benefits.
• Provide 750 beneficiaries with extension support for the application of mangrove forest conservation frameworks and livelihoods.
• +90%
  of total mangrove forest beneficiaries demonstrate a substantial
  understanding of community-based mangrove forest conservation and
  livelihood frameworks following training.
• +80% of total mangrove forest beneficiaries (all women) are provided with physical resources

Help
bring +250 hectares of biodiverse coastal mangrove forest under
gender-responsive protection and restoration frameworks to achieve
adaptation and biodiversity benefits by the end of the project.

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6. Qualifications & Abilities

• Experience
  At least 3 years of professional experience in environmental
  conservation, ecology, community development, or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience in community organizing, local stakeholder and government engagement, and community training.
• Experience working with gender-responsive approaches and understanding of women’s roles in natural resource management.

Core Competencies