Programme Advisor, Alliances for Action (IICA 3)

The Programme Advisor coordinates Alliances for Action partnerships and programme activities across Africa and internationally, promoting inclusive and sustainable agricultural value chain development. The role involves implementing and evaluating programmes, facilitating workshops, coordinating policy development, and supporting inclusive agribusiness development.

Responsibilities

• Implements and evaluates assigned programmes/projects activities; monitors and analyzes programme/project development and implementation; reviews relevant documents and reports; identifies problems and issues to be addressed and initiates corrective actions; liaises with relevant parties; ensures follow-up actions.
• Performs consulting assignments, in collaboration with the client, by planning facilitating workshops, through other interactive sessions and assisting in developing the action plan the client will use to manage the change.
• Researches, analyzes and presents information gathered from diverse sources.
• Coordinates policy development, including the review and analysis of issues and trends, preparation of evaluations or other research activities and studies.
• Generates survey initiatives; designs data collection tools; reviews, analyzes and interprets responses, identify problems/issues and prepares conclusions.
• Organizes and prepares written outputs, e.g. draft background papers, analysis, sections of reports and studies, inputs to publications, etc.
• Provides substantive backstopping to consultative and other meetings, conferences, etc., to include proposing agenda topics, identifying participants, preparation of documents and presentations, etc.
• Initiates and coordinates outreach activities; conducts training workshops, seminars, etc.; makes presentations on assigned topics/activities.
• Leads and/or participates in large, complex field missions, including provision of guidance to external consultants, government officials and other parties and drafting mission summaries, etc.
• Coordinates activities related to budget funding (programme/project preparation and submissions, progress reports, financial statements, etc.) and prepares related documents/reports (pledging, work programme, programme budget, etc.).
• Coordinates and support development of Alliances for Action and associated methodologies and support systems for inclusive agribusiness development, including facilitation of industry and producer networks and co-creation with partners.
• Coordinate the implementation of activities on nutrition-sensitive and/or agricultural value chain development, human rights and environmental due diligence and Responsible Business Conduct.
• Performs other duties as required.

Requirements

• Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in business administration, management, economics or a related field. A first-level university degree in the above subjects in combination with an additional two years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• A minimum of seven years of progressively responsible experience in project or programme management, administration or related area is required.
• Experience in agribusiness, nutrition, food and agriculture desirable.
• Experience in supporting producer organizations, entrepreneurs and MSMEs, promoting sustainable production and commercial alliances desirable.
• Experience in value chain development desirable.
• Experience in evidence based participatory approaches that promote inclusive agribusiness systems and policy support frameworks for development desirable.
• Experience in agri-business, value addition, supplier development and market dynamics in agri-food is an asset.
• Knowledge of Alliances for Action approaches for project implementation.
• Knowledge of value chain and private sector development concepts, as well as development theory.
• Understanding and direct knowledge of the countries Public Sector functioning and dynamics.
• Understanding and direct knowledge of the agribusiness sectors.
• Ability to identify issues, analyze and participate in the resolution of issues/problems.
• Ability to conduct data collection using various methods.
• Conceptual analytical and evaluative skills to conduct independent research and analysis, including familiarity with and experience in the use of various research sources, including electronic sources on the internet, intranet and other databases.
• Ability to apply judgment in the context of assignments given, plan own work and manage conflicting priorities.
• Fluency in English is required.

Skills

• Project Management
• Programme Management
• Agribusiness Development
• Value Chain Analysis
• Sustainable Production Consumption
• Commercial Alliances
• Producer organization development
• Entrepreneurship Support
• MSME Development
• Participatory Approaches
• Policy Support Frameworks
• Agri-food Market Dynamics
• Data Collection
• Research and Analysis
• Alliances for Action Implementation
• Private Sector Development
• Public Sector Knowledge
• Analytical Skills
• Workshop Facilitation

Languages

English