SNV Netherlands Development Organisation Advisor and Technical Expert (level II) in the Agriculture Sector Job Vacancy in Tanzania

visors work with local partners to equip
communities, businesses and organisations with the tools, knowledge and
connections they need to increase their incomes and gain access to basic
services – empowering them to break the cycle of poverty and guide their own
development.

• Ensure up to date contextual analysis within the
  agriculture sector projects, clearly identifying and interpreting emerging
  opportunities, barriers and threats to the SNV strategy and services
• Actively engaged in SNV Tanzania Agriculture
  country strategy, resulting in the right strategic choices for SNV within
  the Agriculture sector
• Proactively supporting mobilization of resources
  in the sector for its advisory support to clients as well as brokering
  funds for clients with third party financing agencies.
• Play an active role in the consolidation,
  development and profiling business cases for the project in agriculture
  productivity and market based solutions for partnerships.
• Support mainstreaming of inclusiveness for
  empowerment of youth and gender equity in the agriculture project

• Actively engaging in the project planning and
  implementation for the integrated project to increase agriculture
  productivity and market based solution,
• Actively engaging and connect to national and
  international donors/customers operating in the southern growth corridor
  of southern Tanzania by building and maintaining effective relations for
  increasing the project impact,
• Support Clients/Partners in a multi-stakeholder
  approach and stimulates building effective platforms and partnerships for
  the commodities supported by the project.
• Take a leading role in the project operational
  management, identification of potential donors, coaching of clients and
  advice to project staff as well as quality assurance in PME,
• Actively engaging relevant national level
  stakeholders for improved policy environment for agriculture through
  evidence based advocacy
• Engage, coach and support LCBs to increase
  outreach and strengthen SNV’s localization of CDS agenda
• Facilitate evaluation and impact assessment of
  the integrated project both at Client/Partner level and beneficiary level.

• Engage networks and collaborate with partnerships
  with similar and complementary initiatives, undertaken by other
  organizations, institutions and programmes.
• Play and active role in developing and
  strengthening SNV Tanzania knowledge base in agriculture, at organisational
  and (through assignment based coaching) individual levels.
• Provide on-the-job technical support and coaching
  of Local Capacity Builders, for effective delivery of advisory services to
  clients.

• Broker and share national and international best
  practices on Agriculture with clients, partners and team.
• Document results and best practices in the form
  of case studies, advisory practice experiences, training materials
  together with the clients and the team, and present study and research
  findings at relevant forums.

• Master’s degree in Agriculture related areas e.g.
  Economics, Agriculture economics, MBA, Agribusiness, Project Planning and
  Management, Natural resource management, Sustainable development,
  Agro-economy, Rural development,
• Experience in finance/investments for Agriculture
  projects, business skills will be an added advantage.
• Proven track record in capacity building,
  experience in small and medium size enterprise development, business development,
  and insight into problems and constraints in stimulating private-public
  partnerships.
• Experience in networking, alliance building and
  facilitation of multi-stakeholder processes, product development,
  organisational learning, institutional change processes, and project
  proposal formulation.
• Strong knowledge of the Agriculture sector in
  Tanzania and/or Africa will be an added advantage;
• Strong communication, reporting and applied
  analytic skills are required.
• Experience in economic development, energy or
  climate smart agriculture is required.