Advisor and Technical Expert (level II) in the Agriculture Sector, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Are you interested in joining an organisation with a long term commitment to fighting poverty? Would you like to work in a challenging environment and develop an international career focused on demonstrating shared core values that achieve results?

SNV Tanzania is looking for an:

Advisor and Technical Expert (level II) in the Agriculture Sector

Iringa, Tanzania.

(National contract)

SNV is a not-for-profit international development organisation. Founded in the Netherlands nearly 50 years ago, we have built a long-term, local presence in 38 of the poorest countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Our global teams of local and international advisors work with local partners to equip communities, businesses and organisations with the tools, knowledge and connections they need to increase their incomes and gain access to basic services – empowering them to break the cycle of poverty and guide their own development.

Background

SNV has worked in Tanzania since the 1971 and currently has offices in Dar es Salaam, Mwanza, Arusha and satellite offices in Morogoro and Iringa. In alignment with our Corporate Strategy, SNV Tanzania focuses on three sectors namely Agriculture, Renewable Energy and Water, Hygiene and Sanitation (WaSH).

SNV Tanzania is currently implementing a portfolio of agricultural projects with various partners and donors to strengthen value chain actors in red meat, dairy, edible oilseeds and staple foods as well as promoting inclusive business arrangements between smallholder farmers and large enterprises. The objective is to enhance food security, improve the livelihoods of smallholders, and strength the environmental sustainability of agricultural production in the face of a changing climate.

Overview of the Position

The Medior advisor Position will be responsible for providing effective planning, project management, advisory and capacity building interventions to the integrated project to increase the agriculture productivity, SNV Tanzania is seeking the services of an advisor (senior level II) and technical expert for the integrated project. The main focus for this position will be capacity strengthening of the farmers organizations, private sector and private-public partnerships development, project management, resource allocations and quality assurance for the integrated project to increase agriculture productivity the growth corridor area of southern Tanzania.

Key Responsibilities

A: Strategic positioning/Resources mobilization

• Ensure up to date contextual analysis within the agriculture sector projects, clearly identifying and interpreting emerging opportunities, barriers and threats to the SNV strategy and services
• Actively engaged in SNV Tanzania Agriculture country strategy, resulting in the right strategic choices for SNV within the Agriculture sector
• Proactively supporting mobilization of resources in the sector for its advisory support to clients as well as brokering funds for clients with third party financing agencies.
• Play an active role in the consolidation, development and profiling business cases for the project in agriculture productivity and market based solutions for partnerships.
• Support mainstreaming of inclusiveness for empowerment of youth and gender equity in the agriculture project

B. Advisory and technical services

• Actively engaging in the project planning and implementation for the integrated project to increase agriculture productivity and market based solution,
• Actively engaging and connect to national and international donors/customers operating in the southern growth corridor of southern Tanzania by building and maintaining effective relations for increasing the project impact,
• Support Clients/Partners in a multi-stakeholder approach and stimulates building effective platforms and partnerships for the commodities supported by the project.
• Take a leading role in the project operational management, identification of potential donors, coaching of clients and advice to project staff as well as quality assurance in PME,
• Actively engaging relevant national level stakeholders for improved policy environment for agriculture through evidence based advocacy
• Engage, coach and support LCBs to increase outreach and strengthen SNV's localization of CDS agenda
• Facilitate evaluation and impact assessment of the integrated project both at Client/Partner level and beneficiary level.

C. Learning / teamwork

• Engage networks and collaborate with partnerships with similar and complementary initiatives, undertaken by other organizations, institutions and programmes.
• Play and active role in developing and strengthening SNV Tanzania knowledge base in agriculture, at organisational and (through assignment based coaching) individual levels.
• Provide on-the-job technical support and coaching of Local Capacity Builders, for effective delivery of advisory services to clients.

D. Knowledge management/development

• Broker and share national and international best practices on Agriculture with clients, partners and team.
• Document results and best practices in the form of case studies, advisory practice experiences, training materials together with the clients and the team, and present study and research findings at relevant forums.

Candidate profile

• Master's degree in Agriculture related areas e.g. Economics, Agriculture economics, MBA, Agribusiness, Project Planning and Management, Natural resource management, Sustainable development, Agro-economy, Rural development,
• Experience in finance/investments for Agriculture projects, business skills will be an added advantage.
• Proven track record in capacity building, experience in small and medium size enterprise development, business development, and insight into problems and constraints in stimulating private-public partnerships.
• Experience in networking, alliance building and facilitation of multi-stakeholder processes, product development, organisational learning, institutional change processes, and project proposal formulation.
• Strong knowledge of the Agriculture sector in Tanzania and/or Africa will be an added advantage;
• Strong communication, reporting and applied analytic skills are required.
• Experience in economic development, energy or climate smart agriculture is required.

Contract Duration: Two (2) years, with a possibility for extension.

Desired start date: 15th August 2014.

Deadline: 15th July, 2014

How to apply?

Please send your application letter and CV to TanzaniaHR@snvworld.org OR Submit hardcopies at our Offices to the attention;

Job title

Country Human Resources Manager

P.O.Box 3941

Dar es Salaam,

Tanzania,

More information about SNV

For more information about SNV and its work, please refer to our website: www.snvworld.org

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Closing date:

Tuesday, July 15, 2014