The Senior Agriculture and Food Security Advisor will be responsible for, but not limited to, the following detailed tasks:
Lead the implementation of the FtF Initiative at the regional level — design and lead strategies to improve the enabling environment for agriculture, including providing support to partner-country governments, regional trade associations, and regional economic communities, specifically EAC, to harmonize trade, facilitate harmonization and implementation of science-based food safety and nutrition standards, and support improved regulations that support trading of commodities, warehousing and financing systems that increase farmer income and increase trade opportunities;
Oversee technical assistance to improve the regional competitiveness of commodities throughout the regional value chains, including facilitating commercial partnerships, and supporting the evolution of sustainable market information systems and ICT to promote regional trade and increase profitability for farmers and private-sector businesses.
Facilitate private sector engagement and investment among various levels of target value chains including but not limited to producer, processor, wholesaler and exporter levels.
Coordinate operational integration of all components to achieve optimal results and impact.
Consult with USAID’s Regional Agriculture and FtF personnel in Nairobi and bilateral missions as appropriate in designing and executing work plan activities that have been developed in consultation with USAID bilateral missions and formalizing strategic partnerships.
Work closely with COP and EATIH team to ensure an integrated approach in producing deliverables as outlined in the Work Plan and Rolling Milestones and Deliverables document.
Assure timely, organized, integrated, quantifiable reporting on Component 2 activities, initiatives, results, lessons learned, and success stories.
Qualifications:
Degree in Agronomy, or agricultural economics, and advanced degree (s) in agricultural economics and/or trade economics.
Thorough understanding of Feed the Future, from the theoretical and practical perspectives.
Demonstrated experience and understanding of possible reforms to the agri-business environment investment constraints that hinder growth in the sector
Methodical research skills with analytical capabilities to collect distill and interpret data.
Innovative and pragmatic problem solver with demonstrable skills for prioritization and organization of tasks.
Demonstrated leadership skills and the ability to work well within a team
Excellent English report writing and communication skills
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