2012 NGO Regional Jobs- Senior technical Advisor in Agriculture

Location: Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Tanzania, United States
Organisation: CARE - USA 
Deadline- 13 March 2012 
Senior technical Advisor in Agriculture 
CARE USA is seeking an experienced Senior Technical Advisor (STA) for Sustainable Agriculture to support primarily our women-focused agriculture program, Pathways. The incumbent will be responsible for providing technical and programmatic support to Pathways and contribute to CARE USA agriculture strategy more broadly, specifically related to climate smart agriculture with a specific focus on addressing constraints and opportunities of the CARE impact groups, specifically women and youth. S/he will assist in the development of appropriate guidance and approaches to programming and ensure the systematic sharing of lessons across Pathways countries as well as CARE’s global Agriculture portfolio and with external partners. By working closely with the Director of the Economic Development Unit, the incumbent will contribute to the implementation of CARE’s Sustainable Agriculture strategy which is tightly linked with CARE’s Market Engagement Strategy. Both strategies contribute to advance CARE’s work in Food & Livelihood Justice. S/he will help build partnerships and relationships with organizations working in sustainable agriculture issues. 
Principal Responsibilities:
  • Contribute to the analysis of underlying causes of poverty and support the launching of Pathways programs with particular emphasis on sustainable intensification and gender sensitive agriculture for the relevant impact groups, particularly women and youth.
  • Help CARE staff and partners to understand the actual and potential roles of sustainable agriculture for the country office impact groups and long term agriculture and food security programs.
  • Integrate sustainable agriculture approaches with CARE’s economic development and market engagement strategy in agriculture-related programs.
  • Ensure sustainability criteria are well integrated into market-led and agriculture value chain development initiatives and both are gender sensitive.
  • Work closely with CARE’s Climate Change Team to incorporate climate change adaptation and mitigation elements into Pathways programs.
  • Work closely with resource development, country offices, Pathways team and CARE International members to increase funding for Pathways countries from foundations, corporations, and other donors.
  • Facilitate and support a strong learning and knowledge sharing community around sustainable agriculture practices in CARE
  • Serve as a key spokesperson on issues related to agricultural production policy and programming in women’s equitable engagement and sustainability in agriculture.
  • Represent CARE’s work in Sustainable Agriculture under the Pathways Program in relevant internal and external forums.

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10 years experience enhancing donor-funded partner organizations’ capacities in strategic planning, financial, administrative, organizational and programming management. Skilled in donor partner organizational assessments and partner capacity building. A 10 years experience in managing development donor-funded projects in the thematic areas of poverty-reduction, governance and democracy, conflict transformation and integration of Gender, Justice and Peace issues into mainstream programs (HIV/AIDS, Agriculture, Water and Sanitation, Emergency)

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