Job Description
Background
SNV Kenya is bidding within a consortium to deliver advisory epertise within an upcoming dairy project that aims to improve the incomes of smallholder dairy farmers in a number of counties in Western Kenya by ensuring that dairy value chain in the target counties:
Increases average income for farmers from the sales of specific products in the promoted value chain
Increases employment
Increases productivity of small-scale farms
The Position
SNV is recruiting a long-term national expert in either cooperative development or dairy farming. The expert will work under the projects team leader/project manager to assist the project manager in achieving project outcome and output as listed above; implement the support strategy of the dairy value chain component: either in cooperative development or/and agricultural extension or/and training in dairy farming or/and commercial fodder production and ensure close coordination with team leader of this project within SNV and other programme manager(s) within the consortium.
Responsibilities
Achieving project outcome and output
Management of team of short term consultants
Close coordination with programme manager with respect to development and implementation of dairy value chain support strategy
Ensuring implementation of result oriented monitoring and evaluation system
Being in charge of technical implementation of support measures of at least one of the following technical areas: agricultural extension or cooperative development or commercial fodder production
Participation in the international dairy working group of the Project as agreed with the programme manager
Ensuring the connectivity of the dairy project with established practises by applying Capacity WORKS
Supporting the team leader in updating and/or adapting the project design on the basis of the five success factors of Capacity WORKS
Participating in external and internal networks as agreed with Team Leader
Qualifications
General qualifications:
University Degree (at least master degree) in agricultural science, agricultural economics, animal science, cooperative development, agricultural extension
At least 20 years of working experience in rural development projects either in the area of agricultural extension or/and cooperative development or/and dairy farming
Specific qualifications:
Practical knowledge of ATVET approach and excellent training skills
Excellent knowledge of dairy value chain support activities of government and non-government organisations and donors in Kenya and good networking abilities
Extraordinary coordination and communication skills
Fluent (written and spoken) in English
Additional:
Client and partner orientation, efficient work practices, interdisciplinary thinking and training experience are mandatory
Experience of collaboration with GIZ or other donors is an asset
Additional Information
Terms of Appointment
This is a full-time national position with the successful candidate being contracted on a 2-year period.
