National Program Advisor "agricultural advisory services" (m/f/d) - Tenders Global

National Program Advisor “agricultural advisory services” (m/f/d)

Centrum für internationale Migration und Entwicklung (CIM)

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Job description

The objective of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) in Cambodia is to promote sustainable and inclusive agricultural development, foresty management and fisheries management to contribute to food security, poverty reduction and economic growth.

Advisory services at community level are being discussed. To this end, the government plans to hire 1,600 so-called Commune Extension Workers (CEWs). These are to work closely with the target farmers and agricultural cooperatives. Once the current pilot phase has been completed, at least one CEW will be recruited for each municipality nationwide from 2024.

Your Tasks

  • Support planning processes, budgeting and implementation of the reform processes for the national advisory services
  • Monitoring, reporting and evaluation 
  • Providing professional advice and technical input for stakeholders at national and municipal level
  • Moderation of networking with relevant stakeholders and partners to utilize learning experiences
  • Integration of relevant cross-cutting issues (gender equality, nutrition-sensitive agriculture and climate-smart farming systems) into the reformed advisory services

Your profile

  • At least a master*s degree in institutional development, agricultural extension and strategic planning and management or similar 
  • profound general professional experience related to strategic plannig and development in agriculture extension
  • Several years of relevant professional experience in strategic planning and operational guidelines development 
  • Strong experience in stakeholder management  including governmental organization and private sectors in rural extension
  • Experience in inclusive value chain development in agriculture facing climate change challenges
  • Business fluent in English  

Our benefits

  • Varied work with individual responsibility in an international field
  • Teamwork with other development cooperation organisations
  • Professional preparation for overseas deployment
  • Placement to a local employer as an Integrated Expert for an initial period of two years – an extension is possible
  • Attractive monthly allowances as well as a local salary and social benefits

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About us

The Centre for International Migration and Development (CIM) is your ideal partner for finding a responsible position in the field of development policy. We place highly qualified staff with employers in Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe. Your role is to pass on their knowledge where they are especially needed. In cooperation with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH (www.giz.de) CIM has been combining development and labour market policy expertise since 1980.

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