African Forum for
Agricultural Advisory Services (AFAAS) is a Continental body that brings
National Agricultural Extension and Advisory Services (AEAS) under one
umbrella. Its mission is to promote
lesson learning and add value to initiatives in agricultural advisory services
through sharing of information and increased professional interaction,
and its goal is to
enhance utilization of improved knowledge and innovations by agricultural value
chain actors for improving productivity oriented towards their individual and
national development objectives. Currently AFAAS is
active in 17 countries. In each of these countries it works through Country
Fora (CF) that bring together diverse public and private sector individuals and
organizations operating at different levels of the national agricultural innovation
systems. These include farmers/ farmers’ organisations, agricultural advisory
service providers, policy makers, and the whole range of actors who support
value chains. The CF provide all these actors a space to share their
experiences, exchange information, providing services to each other and
identify opportunities for AEAS-related innovations in their domains of work.
AFAAS builds the institutional mechanisms for this to happen.
In the countries where such
mechanisms have taken root, AFAAS has embarked on facilitating them to
undertake communication, information and knowledge management (CIKM) as a
service to the members. The KM activities focus on facilitating and building
capacity for: (i) communication and engagement between members, (ii) generation
of content that can be shared between members, (iii) adoption of tools and
platforms for engagement/communication and content generation, (iv) network
sustainability, and (v) governance to ensure that the CF is credible as a
knowledge network. The AFAAS Secretariat has put in place mechanisms to support
the activities. These include a website, a virtual social networking platform
(VSNP) and presence on various social media platforms to support web-based KM.
It also supports non-web based KM activities in the CF such as production of
newsletters, workshops, conferences and marketplaces for information and
services.
AFAAS through the CFs is soliciting services of
CIKM Facilitators to help CFs undertake Knowledge management activities at the
national, facilitate interactions among stakeholders, and between CFs and AFAAS
Secretariat.
II-
OBJECTIVES OF THE ASSIGNMENT
The
objective of the assignment is to support the Cameroon Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (CAMFAAS)'s Secretariats in Cameroon and members to undertake KM activities that
contribute to the AFAAS mission and goal.
III-
SCOPE OF WORK
1
CF
Knowledge Network Governance
a. Sensitise
CF members on the terms and conditions for governance of the CF as a knowledge
network;
b. Ensure
tat all CF content that goes out (to the CF network, the general AFAAS network
and the public) is appropriately certified through the CF quality assurance
mechanisms;
2
Communication
and Engagement
- Sensitise members of
the CF on the website and VSNP as means for communication and engagement;
- Manage the CAMFAAS pages
on the website and the VSNP;
- Continuously
identify areas for improvements and refinements for the website and VSNP
and bring these to the attention of the Communication, Information and
Knowledge Management Officer at the AFAAS Secretariat;
- Conceptualize and
manage the CFs Social media channels;
- Support the CF
Secretariat in carrying out visibility activities at national level and
developing publicity information and materials;
- Develop a system for
managing and sharing information among CFs key stakeholders who include,
the Board, implementing partners and development partners;
3
Content
Development and management
a. Identify,
collect, collate and curate the information content that CF members have for
sharing;
b. Support
the CF Secretariat in managing the processes for enhancing content generation
and sharing by the members;
4
Tools
and Platforms
a. Identify
the CF members’ needs for tools and platforms that can enhance their efficiency
and effectiveness in delivery of services to their clients;
b. Continuously
sensitise the CF secretariat and members on the new tools and platforms and how
they can be accessed;
5
Sustainability
a. Participate
in conceptualising, planning and implementing marketplaces through which the CF
can generate revenue from the services it provides to members
- High rating of the CAMFAAS as a credible knowledge network by members and external stakeholders;
- Enhanced communication,
engagement and interactions of CF members online (AFAAS website, VSNP,
social media, etc) and offline (workshops, newsletters, conferences,
marketplaces, etc);
- Enhanced generation
and sharing of content by CF members;
- Enhanced awareness and adoption of tools and
platforms for increasing effectiveness and efficiency of service delivery
by CF members;
- Increase in revenue generated by the CF through
the services it provides to members;
- Increased visibility of the CF at national level
and beyond;
V-
LIAISON
AND REPORTING ARRANGEMENTS
The KM Facilitators will work under the supervision of
the CF Focal Persons and report to AFAAS Communications, Information and
Knowledge Management Officer.
VI-
WORK STATION
The KM Facilitators shall be based at
the CFs Secretariat.
VII-
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS AND
EXPERIENCE
The CIKM Facilitator (individual or organisation) shall be a member or a
potential member of the CF with a good understanding of the CF and AFAAS
objectives. The required qualifications of the person(s) to undertake the work
are:
i
A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in a
field related to Journalism, Public relations, Communication, or Knowledge
management.
ii
Excellent communication skills;
iii
A track record - spanning at least three
years - that shows ability to manage/ use internet-based KM processes/ tools;
iv
A background in working in
agriculture and/or rural development contexts would be an advantage;
VIII-
DURATION OF ASSIGNMENT
The assignment shall run for one year
from the starting date.
IX-
Submission procedures
Interested candidate (individual or
organization) must submit the following document in English or French:
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An
update CV duly signed by the applicant,
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Passport
size photograph
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Technical
and financial proposition (description of methodology and salaries expectation)
no more than three pages
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All
these must be submitted to camfaas.cmr@gmail.com
with copy to ngouambe@gmail.com with subject line “ICKM Officer for CAMFAAS”
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All
application must be submitted no later than March 13th at 23:59
(Cameroon time zone).
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For
further information email to ngouambe@gmail.com
or call 00237 679717809/222311289/677624121
