Key Expert 3 – Senior Coffee Agronomist skilled in EU/EDF procedures (Technical Assistance to Support EU-Coffee Action for Ethiopia)

Job Description

Expected duration: 42 months

Expected start: January 2020

Project description:

Provide technical support to the EU-café grant project lead and co-applicants to strengthen their planning and coffee sector management capacities required for the successful implementation of coffee development, research, value chain development, and market promotion and regulation.

Requirements:

Qualifications and skills

• At least a first degree from an accredited university; preferably MSc or equivalent in coffee agronomy (best agronomic practices), extension systems (best extension practices), Geography, or Environmental Sciences
• In-depth understanding of EU/EDF procedures that qualifies to provide support and capacity building on operational and financial management or EU Action Grants including procurement procedures
• Fluent in English.

General professional experience

• A minimum of 8 years hands-on experience in supporting coffee agronomy, extension and/or value chain development undertaking, of which 4 years are in coffee-growing countries
• Proven experience in supporting the establishment of grassroots level agribusiness organizational arrangements to enhance coffee productivity, quality and marketing
• Proven understanding of the GI protocol development for agricultural products
• Proven experience in developing and/or establishing workable agricultural extension systems
• Proven experience in assisting EU financed Action Grants under the EDF financial instrument.

Specific professional experience

• Work experience in best agronomic and extension communication practices and value chain development including marketing
• Experience in farm-level agribusiness collective organizational arrangements
• Experience in GI protocol development for agricultural products
• In-depth understanding of EU/EDF procedures to support and building capacities of beneficiaries in operational and financial management or EU Action grants including procurement procedures.

Kindly apply by sending your CV to Josephin.robinette@particip.de by Friday, 2 August.

Please note that only applicants who meet the minimum criteria will receive a response.

About the Organization

Particip GmbH - Your Partner in Change was founded in 1989 and is now an independent, internationally-recognised consultancy company, offering the expertise and the know-how gained in over thousand assignments worldwide.
The management of change is the central focus and raison d'être of our company.

As a multi-cultural company, our services focus on international development and include monitoring and evaluation, capacity and organisational development, technical assistance, policy advice, development of management guidelines at policy, programme and project level, and studies, surveys and analyses - all services covering a broad variety of sectors and themes.

Our inter- and multidisciplinary teams work for international organisations such as the European Commission, the World Bank, the Council of Europe, etc. as well as for a large number of national public and private organisations such as ministries and development organisations.