SNV Netherlands Development Organization is looking for:
Global Sector Coordinator AGRICULTURE
Based in Accra – Ghana
International contract
SNV is an international not for profit development
organisation, funded from public and private sources, working in 38 countries
in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. SNV specializes in supporting the
resourcefulness of development actors by developing local capacities, improve
performance and services, strengthen governance systems, help create access for
excluded groups and make markets work for the poor. Our global team of advisors
uses their specialist sector and change expertise in Agriculture, Renewable
Energy and WASH to facilitate sustainable change in the livelihoods of millions
of people living in poverty.
Agriculture is the bulk of SNV’s work globally. In
agriculture, SNV aims to increase incomes, employment and food security for
millions of poor people, strengthen the environmental sustainability and meet
the challenges of a changing climate. By adopting inclusive business and
systemic value chain approaches around selected product groups (milk and meat,
staple food crops and cash crops), SNV aims to improve productivity, quality
and value-added and trigger collaborative relationships that are profitable and
mutually beneficial for small holder farmers and their business partners. To
this effect SNV is engaged in providing advisory services, knowledge networking
and evidence based advocacy.
OVERVIEW OF THE POSITION
The Global Sector Coordinator Agriculture is responsible for
co-leading the development of SNV’s global sector strategy in Agriculture.
SNV’s three interlinked thematic areas in its Agriculture sector are;
Sustainable Markets, Food Security and Climate Smart Agriculture. This position
would lead on ‘Sustainable Markets’ and co-lead on Climate Smart Agriculture.
SNV works closely with national and international agribusinesses in all its
programmes and a thorough understanding of the workings of key global commodity
chains is essential.
This position reports to the Managing Director Agriculture
and works in close collaboration with the other Global Sector Coordinator –
Agriculture, the Renewable Energy and WASH sector Global Coordinators, Country
Directors, Country Sector Leaders and the Sector HR Advisor.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Leads
on global sector strategy development in ‘Sustainable Markets’ and co-leads
on Climate Smart Agriculture;
- Initiates
and coordinates business development for the sector by providing sector
information, market- and donor intelligence, supporting proposal
development, and ensuring the quality of project design;
- Builds,
maintains and leverages relationships with relevant global stakeholders
and sector institutions to improve SNV’s positioning and profiling in the
sector;
- Identifies
and develops innovative knowledge products in collaboration with
agriculture staff, country directors and relevant knowledge centers;
- Stimulates
internal and external knowledge exchange, leads on learning towards
improving our practice;
- Formulates
sector performance benchmarks and metrics, and initiates activities to
ensure high quality of performance of SNV’s agriculture sector;
- Represents
SNV’s Agriculture sector at high level international events;
- Works
closely with the Sector HR Advisor to ensure continuous professional
development of staff by providing advice on recruitment, mobility and
learning and development plans;
REQUIREMENTS
- Master’s
Degree in a relevant discipline e.g. agriculture, agricultural economics,
agribusiness, international trade, marketing or any other related field;
- Over
10 years of experience in the sector in an international, multi country
context, including advisory work and knowledge development;
- Proven
experience in Business Development;
- Extensive
network in key global commodity chains and relevant networks and a
thorough understanding of its workings;
- Proven
track record in facilitating market linkages between the poor and
medium/large private sector companies (inclusive business models);
- Experience
in Climate Smart models relating to CC and commodities;
- Strong
interpersonal and influencing skills; experience of working in a matrix
organization;
- Excellent
communication (writing and oral) skills, presentation and debating skills
with experience in profiling an organisation in an international setting;
- Proven
experience in learning, innovation and knowledge development;
- Work
experience in West-Africa is a plus;
- Demonstrated
Experience of gender mainstreaming in agriculture projects;
- Entrepreneurial,
result-oriented and driver for change.
Languages: Proficiency in English and fluency in
French is required. Working knowledge of Spanish is an advantage
Contract Information
Starting date: ASAP
Contract type: International
Length of contract: for 2 years, with possible
extension
How to apply?
Please apply by clicking on thehttp://snv.devhire.devex.com/jobs/328469 and
completing your application in our in-house recruitment system before 30
October, 2013.
Closing date:
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Type of contract:
International
