Consumer Commodity Management Expert - Ethiopia

Job Description

Consumer Commodity Management Expert. The Mitchell Group (TMG), an international development consulting firm based in Washington, DC, is currently seeking applications from qualified Commodity Management Expert candidates to propose for a Food for Peace study on Somali regional commodities, an activity for USAID in Ethiopia. To note, this opportunity is in the proposal stage and will be considered for the proposal stage and successful award of the contract.

Required Skills and Experience:

The Consumer Commodity Management Expert will be responsible for various data collection and analytical works as directed by the Team Leader. The expert will be for planning, managing, and supervising the commodity review. S/he serves as a key member of the Consumer Commodity Preference Study Team.

The candidate must meet the following criteria:

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in a social science discipline such as Accounting and Finance, Business Administration or another field relevant to Consumer Commodity Review and Assessment;
• Five years of experience with data collection procedures, surveys, and analysis and interpretation of databases and managing the logistics of Evaluation, Assessments and Reviews;
• Experience in overseeing field supervisors and enumerators; coordinating field logistics, schedules, and equipment; and managing the data collection and data quality control in the field; and
• Good communication skills and the ability to interact with Ethiopians and expatriates, and fluent in the regional languages, Oromiffa and Somalie.

Please send relevant CV/resume to recruitment@the-mitchellgroup.com. In the subject line, please indicate “Consumer Commodity Management Expert - Ethiopia”. CV/resumes will be reviewed as they are received, early application is encouraged. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. No phone calls please.

About the Organization

The Mitchell Group, Inc. (TMG) is a global solutions leader providing meaningful impact and sustainable solutions to development efforts affecting the lives of ordinary people. We are a veteran-owned business with over 30 years of international development program experience. TMG has performed highly successful, long-term contracts for US government clients such as USAID and National Institutes of Health (NIH) in supporting their various projects in multiple countries on 6 continents throughout the world. Many of those projects have been in Africa, where TMG has worked in 38 of its countries and currently has offices in Ghana, Burkina Faso, Niger, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, and Ethiopia. Through these projects, TMG has gained broad, multi-sector experience in managing more than 100 US government contracts. We work with a large group of highly qualified experts whose specialized skills provide expertise to perform services in various technical areas, logistical management, financial management, administration, project management, MIS services, capacity building, training, and other sectors.

TMG has been a leading contractor in assisting the US National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and other domestic and international agencies with their important international biomedical research efforts to find cures for such human scourges as Malaria, AIDS and Ebola. TMG has also assisted USAID in successfully performing major contracts implementing its international development programs in such functional areas as Monitoring and Evaluation, Education and Training, Health Services, Countering Violent Extremism, Disaster Management, Agriculture and Food Security, and Outreach and Communications.