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Market Systems and Livelihood Specialist
Band: 9
Department: Programs / Rural Resilience Project
Reports To: Deputy Chief of Party
Location: Nigeria/Maiduguri
Job Ref Code: MSL290419
Full JD Link: http://bit.ly/2GR095m
Job Summary:
The Market Systems and Livelihood Specialist will provide strategic guidance in market systems / value chains across the program. S/he will lead the program’s efforts to invest sustainably in agribusiness particularly targeting smallholder farmers. Responsibilities include:
Specific Job Responsibilities
- Provide overall strategic guidance and leadership on viable value chains across the program; ensuring thorough assessments and analysis of commercial viability (return on investment, Cost – benefit, profit margins, cash-flow requirements, supply and demand modelling) of potential value chains before investment.
- Working jointly with other stakeholders and relevant government ministries and department agencies (MDAs), develop sustainable intervention strategies for prioritized value chains.
- Work closely with other project managers to demonstrate and promote commercial viability of selected value chains and agribusinesses.
- Liaise with private sector partners to promote sustainable commercial markets for prioritized value chains.
- Support adoption of appropriate technologies in agricultural production and post-harvest processing to reduce costs and increase commercial viability of selected value chains.
- Ensure compliance with CRS and USAID policies and requirements.
Qualifications and Skills:
- Master’s degree in agriculture, economics, or business administration;
- Minimum of five (5) years of demonstrated experience with USG or other similar development projects focused on market systems and livelihood development, preferably with an understanding of the Nigerian context including gender and youth issues;
- Strong technical experience in market system approach to development.
- Prior experience on donor-funded projects of a similar size (over US$ 10M) and scope in developing countries.
- Demonstrated ability to reach under-served communities and design products for excluded population segments including young women and men.
- Experience programmatic and financial reporting requirements especially on small and medium size enterprises.
- Experience with USAID rules, regulations and requirements is preferred.
- Experience working in sub-Saharan Africa required. Prior experience in Nigeria preferred
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
- Strong computer literacy with a full knowledge of office applications.
Method of Application
Interested candidates should send their expression of interest (EOI) along with a detailed resume as a single attachment on MS word document to tenders.ngr@crs.org using the job title and job code as the subject.
Completed applications should reach us before close of business, Tuesday, May 14, 2019 andOnly shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Note that:
- Use of incorrect email subject will lead to disqualification
- Only applicants who send in their application in the required format will be considered
- Multiple applications will be disqualified
Equal Employer Opportunity:
“CRS is an equal –opportunity employer, does not discriminate based on race, color, religion and we are committed to gender sensitive programming and management’. etc.
Qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply”
Statement of commitment to protection:
‘’CRS’ recruitment and selection procedures reflect our commitment to protecting children and vulnerable adults from abuse and exploitation’’.
Date Posted: 2019-05-01 11:42:39
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