Agriculture Market Systems Leader
Job Description
Title: Agriculture Market Systems Leader
Company Name: Abt Associates, Inc.
Vacancy: Not specific
Job Location: Dhaka
Employment Status: Full-time
Educational Requirements:
∎ PhD or MSc degree in a relevant agricultural or social science discipline.
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 7 year(s)
Job Responsibilities:
∎ The Agriculture and Market Systems Leader will enable the USAID Feed the Future Bangladesh Nutrition Activity to strengthen market-based capacities and practices for harnessing agricultural and food technologies to improve diets and nutrition of vulnerable populations. The candidate will be part of a team that tests and perfects private sector driven market systems approaches with colleagues operating in the WASH sector. The position will promote evidence-based, market-oriented methodologies and approaches across the project components to re-inforce the project's integrated approach that emphasizes the empowerment of women, adolescents, and families with children under the age of five. The project is a collaboration between several international and Bangladeshi organizations and the position is part of a multi-disciplinary team under the leadership of the Chief of Party. The position will be based in Dhaka with frequent field travel to the project zone of influence.
∎ Duties and Responsibilities:
∎ Provide technical leadership for design, coordination and analysis of market-based methodologies and approaches to improve nutritious food production, commercialization and utilization;
∎ Support project implementing partners to develop and implement technically sound work plans that incorporate proven agricultural and food technologies and methodologies as well as learning from field activities.
∎ Initiate and manage collaboration with relevant stakeholders in the agriculture and food sectors, specifically private sector enterprises involved in food marketing, agricultural inputs, and service delivery.
∎ Identify constraints, market-based solutions, and incentives to integrate small-scale producers into efficient and nutrition-sensitive market systems.
∎ Foster gender sensitive market systems at all levels, including input and output levels and counsel local market committees and other service providers to ensure that both men & women producers are getting equal access to respective market spaces.
∎ As advised by the project team, design and coordinate market systems analyses to inform project planning, intervention strategies, and evaluations across all project components.
∎ Coordinate training of technical staff from implementing partners and service providers in project methodologies and implementation tools related to agriculture, food, and market systems.
∎ Develop and coordinate demand creation activities for nutritious foods, involving proven Social and Behavior Change Communications and Human Centered Design methodologies.
∎ Foster linkages and collaboration with related USAID-funded projects that support agricultural infrastructure, production, capacity building, and market development.
∎ Coordinate technical reporting of project activities related to market systems, agriculture, and food; and contribute to technical and scientific publications in strategically important areas.
∎ As part of the senior project team, contribute to project planning, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning tools and processes, and reviews.
Additional Requirements:
∎ At least seven years of experience working in international research and development in an area related to nutrition-sensitive agriculture, food systems, or market development. Experience working on similar projects in South Asia will be an asset.
∎ Excellent understanding of latest food-based approaches to nutrition and of methodologies for market systems analysis.
∎ Proven experience in designing, coordinating and implementing market-based interventions working with private sector partners.
∎ Hands-on experience and up-to-date skills in work planning, partnership management, capacity building, and Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning.
∎ Proven track record of delivering high quality technical outputs under tight project deadlines.
∎ Record of scientific and technical publications related to markets, agriculture and nutrition.
∎ Confidence and ability to coordinate technical staff from diverse implementing partners, foster team work, and ensure high standards of excellence.
∎ Excellent English language proficiency, including excellent report writing skills.
Application Deadline: November 30, 2019
Company Information:
∎ Abt Associates, Inc.
Category: NGO/Development
Source: bdjobs.com
Deadline Expired on 30th Nov 2019
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