Job Description
About CNFA:
Founded in 1985, CNFA manages a portfolio of agriculture and private sector development projects worldwide. CNFA applies market-system approaches that engage local stakeholders to strengthen value chains and increase incomes, competitiveness, and employment for SMEs and entrepreneurs across sectors. CNFA programs strengthen the organizational and technical capacity of agribusinesses, cooperatives, and associations to support local entrepreneurs and SMEs and promote the uptake of improved technologies and techniques to enhance productivity, sustainability, and increase access to finance. We also facilitate strong business linkages between smallholders and suppliers of quality inputs, service providers, buyers, and profitable markets to employment opportunities and economic growth holistically to include entire communities.
Program Background
CNFA is currently seeking qualified candidates in the following technical areas for an upcoming USAID-funded program to supporting Albania’s EU Accession through Market Competitiveness. The purpose of this program is to help accelerate Albania’s accession to the European Union (EU) through improved competitiveness and EU market integration. The Activity will help Albania meet the criteria for accession and ensure that the approximation legislation needed to align with the EU Acquis are impactfully modeled through support to agri-food value chain(s).
CNFA is currently seeking applications for the following types of professionals with a minimum of 7 (seven) years of experience in their respective specialty to support this project. Please indicate the area(s) of expertise for which you would like to apply in your application:
Key Qualifications:
About CNFA:
CNFA is a not-for-profit organization based in Washington, D.C., dedicated to stimulating economic growth in the agricultural sector by nurturing entrepreneurship, private enterprise and market linkages. CNFA specializes in fostering private sector investments in training, new technologies and marketing as a means to increase the overall competitiveness of agricultural value chains, to expand exports, and to develop skills in the rural workforce. CNFA assists smallholders in increasing household-level food security and nutrition through improved agricultural practices, introduction of new varieties, diversification of crop production, food preservation and storage, development of farmer-based organizations (FBOs) and strengthened linkages to markets.
