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At the heart of Pact is the promise of a better tomorrow. The promise of a healthy life. Of a decent livelihood. Of sustainable natural resources that benefit communities. Now more than ever in its 42-year history, Pact is helping millions of people who are poor and marginalized discover and build their own solutions and take ownership over their future.
Pact enables systemic solutions that allow those who are poor and marginalized to earn a dignified living, be healthy, and take part in the benefits that nature provides. Pact accomplishes this by strengthening local capacity, forging effective governance systems, and transforming markets into a force for development.
Department Overview
Pact seeks an Agriculture/Livelihood Advisor for the proposed USAID-funded five-year Growth Through Nutrition Activity to improve the nutritional status of women and young children of Ethiopia. This position is contingent on award.
Position Purpose
Reporting to the Chief of Party, the Agriculture/Livelihood Advisor will be responsible for technical leadership of the agriculture and livelihood components of the program, ensuring the implementation of high-quality, evidence-based interventions, and managing a team of senior staff and sub-partners to ensure quality, timeliness, and efficiency of all activities and products generated under the project.
The Agriculture/Livelihood Advisor will play a pivotal role in guiding the implementation of technically sound and innovative approaches, in close collaboration with Government of Ethiopia and Feed the Future partners, to increase household production of nutritious and diverse foods; increase availability and affordability of nutritious foods in the markets; improve technologies for food storage, preservation, and processing; develop SBCC approaches to influence household production and consumption practices; and increase assets and steady income for vulnerable households.
Key Responsibilities
• Coordinate and oversee the quality of all technical activities, providing direction, feedback and support to ensure success.
• Ensure program adherence to internationally accepted technical norms and standards of practice.
• Provide input into and ensure that all donor reporting requirements on program impact are met.
• Assist implementing partners/grantees in setting up reporting and tracking systems to provide required information in an efficient and timely manner.
• Facilitate continuous quality assessment and improvement and ensure that program best practices are documented and disseminated throughout the program cycle.
• Ensure effective coordination and communication and standards of practice among each partner organization.
• Ensure high quality program delivery and the cost-effective use of USAID and Pact resources
• Provide regular written/oral program progress updates, as requested.
• Establish and manage Pact’s local technical training activities.
• Ensure that the most up-to-date information regarding the programs or initiatives are shared via a range of mechanisms including reports, newsletters, and the Internet.
• Perform any other relevant duties as assigned by the COP.
Basic Requirements
Skills and Abilities
Leadership
• Ability to sustain interpersonal and professional relationships with internal colleagues and contacts in donor and peer organizations
• Deep understanding of Pact’s strategy and how efforts contribute to the greater good
• Ability to consistently work within internal process and procedures
• Strong interpersonal and team building skills
• Proactive engagement in corporate initiatives
Project Management
• Strong planning and time management skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including the ability to effectively present complex ideas to diverse audiences
• Ability to problem-solve difficult issues
• Ability to multitask with ease, adapting to frequently changing priorities
• Strong negotiating and conflict resolution skills
• Proficiency in developing and managing a budget
Technical Skills
• Strong agriculture and livelihoods experience, as well as experience in at least one of the following fields: Health, Nutrition, and/or Behavior Change Communication.
• Strong knowledge and understanding of donor policies and regulations
• High competence using common desktop applications and internal systems
• Demonstrated proficiency in supervising staff, including providing honest feedback
• Ability to mentor others
Preferred Qualifications
• Advanced degree in a related field of study such as agriculture, food security, food science, and/or food technology.
• Minimum of seven years’ experience developing and managing agriculture and livelihood programs, preferably in rural settings.
• In-depth understanding of agriculture value chains (including livestock) as well as food storage, preservation, processing, and safety.
• Significant expertise providing technical assistance to project/host country government staff working on agriculture, livelihood, and/or food processing activities.
• Knowledge and understanding of resiliency building approaches targeting food insecure and nutritionally-at risk households.
• Experience in dairy and/or poultry, fruit, legume, vegetable and tree crop production and processing, and/or food microbiology is a plus.
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