Recruitment at a USAID-funded Agriculture Competitiveness and West Africa Trade Hub (AgCompete/WATH) Project

 Employment Nigeria 02-Apr-2018 NIGERIA , Agriculture  


Tetra Tech, aconsulting, engineering, program management, construction management, and technical services provider is recruiting to fill the position below:

POSITION : Senior Technical Advisor and Specialist - Agriculture Competitiveness (AgCompete) Project

 Description

  • Tetra Tech is currently accepting expressions of interest from qualified candidates for Senior Technical Advisors and Specialist positions on the upcoming USAID-funded Agriculture Competitiveness and West Africa Trade Hub (AgCompete/WATH) Project in Nigeria.
  • The purpose of the AgCompete/WATH Project is to improve private sector competitiveness by increasing the agricultural productivity and profitability of smallholder farmers in Nigeria, and by promoting West Africa’s regional and international trade.
  • The Activity comprises of three main components:
    • Design of a Competitiveness Fund for private sector partnerships;
    • Administration of the Competitiveness Fund to develop private sector partnerships and provide grants; and
    • Technical assistance (TA) that directly supports, coordinates, and organizes qualifying recipients (i.e., partners and grantees) to achieve USAID’s trade and food security objectives.
  • The Trade Hub will contribute to both USAID/Nigeria’s Feed the Future objectives related to increasing the agricultural competitiveness of smallholder farmers in Nigeria as well as USAID/West Africa’s objective to increase broad-based growth and resilience.

Tetra Tech is currently accepting applications for specialists in one or more of the following sectors:

  • Agricultural value chain development, including specialists in aquaculture, cassava, cocoa, maize, rice, sorghum, and/or soybean value chains
  • Agricultural production, access to inputs, and extension
  • Post-harvest handling and processing, including warehousing and storage
  • Agricultural product marketing
  • Agribusiness development services
  • Cross-border trade in agricultural products
  • Enabling environment analysis and reform related to agricultural finance, production, marketing, and/or trade
  • Food safety, sanitary, and phytosanitary measures
  • Agricultural Market Information Systems
  • Public-Private Partnerships
  • Access to agricultural finance
  • Capacity building for producer organizations and agribusinesses
  • Gender, youth, and social inclusion
  • Monitoring and Evaluation
  • ICT for agriculture
  • Grants management

Qualifications

  • At least five years of professional experience in one of the above-mentioned specializations required
  • Experience on a donor-funded project required, and a USAID-funded project preferred.
  • Academic degree in a related field required; advanced degree preferred.
  • Effective oral and written communications and presentation skills required.
  • Professional proficiency in English required.
  • For some specializations, experience working for a private enterprise in agriculture, agribusiness, agricultural marketing, business development services, or finance is preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement activities within respective technical areas and in collaboration with local partners, beneficiaries, and project staff, as well as other pertinent USAID and donor-funded implementing partners.
  • Provide technical leadership, management and supervision within respective technical areas, ensuring that activities are properly targeted, technically sound, and compliant with USAID and other regulations.
  • Participate in internal grant review committees and grants management and monitoring.
  • Support project monitoring, evaluation and reporting activities, and financial planning and budgeting activities.
  • Engage in discussions related to respective technical areas with stakeholders, including USAID and local government officials.


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