The International Potato Center (CIP) is a not-for-profit international agricultural research-for-development organization with a focus on potato, sweetpotato, and Andean roots and tubers. CIP is launching a new going-to-scale project building on our successful research work on nutritious orange-fleshed sweetpotato in sub-Saharan Africa. CIP is seeking an Agricultural Value Chain Specialist to be based in Maputo, Mozambique.
The Agriculture Value Chain Specialist will be responsible for the implementation of a going-to-scale project in Mozambique to improve nutrition benefits from with pro-vitamin A rich orange-fleshed sweetpotato. This will require managing complex multi-disciplinary partnerships with government, non-governmental implementation organizations and private sector partners and working closely with other CIP scientists based in Malawi, Rwanda, and Kenya.
The International Potato Center (CIP) is a not-for-profit international agricultural research-for-development organization with a focus on potato, sweetpotato, and Andean roots and tubers. CIP is launching a new going-to-scale project building on our successful research work on nutritious orange-fleshed sweetpotato in sub-Saharan Africa. CIP is seeking an Agricultural Value Chain Specialist to be based in Maputo, Mozambique.
The Agriculture Value Chain Specialist will be responsible for the implementation of a going-to-scale project in Mozambique to improve nutrition benefits from with pro-vitamin A rich orange-fleshed sweetpotato. This will require managing complex multi-disciplinary partnerships with government, non-governmental implementation organizations and private sector partners and working closely with other CIP scientists based in Malawi, Rwanda, and Kenya.
Duties and responsibilities:
- Oversee and coordinate project activities and partnerships in specific districts of Mozambique.
- Provide technical support to national partners to ensure production and multiplication of high quality foundation planting material.
- Manage the collaboration with private sector food processing companies and implement partners from the NGO sector to ensure timely delivery of quality.
- Contribute to monitoring and evaluation (M&E), and impact assessment at country and regional levels.
- Develop and report against country-level project work plans as part of the regional project management system.
- Produce and contribute to scientific publications, policy briefs and other information materials, and participating in regional and international forums.
- Participate in national agriculture and nutrition forums to contribute to evidence-based planning and policy development.
- Coordinate and participate in periodic capacity building and training events for implementing partners and wider stakeholder groups.
- Supervise and/or facilitate associated in-country research activities by national research institutions, CIP and regional or international partners.
The employment contract will be for a three-year term (with a three month probation period) with the possibility of renewal, subject to availability of funding.
Applicants should apply by email, sending a cover letter summarizing their relevance to this position, a full C.V. and the names and contact information of three referees knowledgeable about the candidates professional qualifications and work experience to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., copied to Jan Low (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). The reference name of the position should be clearly marked on the subject line of the email message. Screening of applications will begin on December 19, 2013 and will continue until the post is filled.
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