Senior Technical Advisor and Specialist - Agriculture Competitiveness (AgCompete) Project at Tetra Tech Company

Project Summary/Job 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

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.

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.