Senior Research Associate

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• Coordinate and maintain fluent working relations with stakeholders, partners, and collaborators.
• Assist with the management of the project in a technical way in close coordination with supervisors.
• Contribute to the timely delivery of project results and reporting, adhering to established timelines.
• Carry out and contribute to the implementation of activities following the project’s scope of work.
• Travel frequently within the country to engage partners and key stakeholders, perform field activities and training, and attend project meetings.
• Collaborate with the project manager to monitor local supply expenses and ensure alignment with work plans and budgets.
• Prepare internal reports for monitoring purposes on the status of the project and periodical reports to be.
• Submitted to the donor with findings, achievements, and advances on the project’s activities.
• Maintain regular contact and coordinate activities with different actors, beneficiary companies or communities, and groups of producers.
• Contribute effectively and proactively to address problems and propose appropriate solutions to unforeseen situations that could arise during the project.

• Organization and planning.
• Teamwork and collaboration.
• Attention to detail.
• Flexibility and adaptation to change.
• Adherence to procedures, policies, and directives.
• Effective communication (oral and written).

• Bachelor’s degree in agricultural-related fields. Master’s Degree desirable.
• Demonstrated practical experience in export value chains, experience in the coffee value chain is a plus.
• Demonstrated experience doing quantitative analysis of large datasets.
• Demonstrated experience writing academic papers as well as evidence of publication in peer-reviewed journals.
• Experience working with growers, producer associations, communities, and other key groups as well as the private sector in rural and urban areas, preferably in Honduras.
• Proficiency in managing and coordinating activities with institutions from different administrative levels.
• Skilled in handling and use of virtual tools and applications.
• Excellent management of Microsoft Office package.
• Predominant language at duty station. Intermediate level of English.

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