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East Africa Trade and Investment Hub
USAID Sector Specialist Jobs in Kenya
Objectives and Duties:
The sector specialist will work closely and support the Director for Agriculture and Agri business in identifying cross border trade bottlenecks, designing targeted solutions and executing innovative strategies to facilitate and accelerate regional trade in staple foods in Eastern Africa.
Tasks and Responsibilities:
Advises on the design of strategies and policies related to structured agricultural markets, trade finance and trade policy in the Eastern Africa region;
Develops concepts, methodologies, guidelines and indicators for agricultural market development;
Advises EAC partner states through reviews and the provision of technical advice and capacity development on agricultural marketing, agricultural market policies, trade finance and post-production and trade technology and investment development:
Analyses the constraints and opportunities related to regional trade in staples food from surplus to deficit areas with emphasis on the functionality of markets, support services, trade policies, market institutions and organizations, risk management systems and private sector engagement;
Organizes and facilitates discussions on agribusiness investment-related policy issues involving representatives of the private and public sector, with a view to reach consensus on improved policies;
Provides technical assistance and advice to agribusiness investment projects in the field of marketing;
Provides technical assistance to EAC and EAC partner states with respect to: agricultural value chain development, agricultural supply chain management, private sector development, business development services and marketing;
Analyses and provides technical advice on regional and international trade facilitation, policy and investment promotion;
Develops and maintains strong partnerships with private sector organizations, cooperatives, partners, collaborators and financial institutions;
Draft concept notes, various memos and reports for internal and external consumption;
Assist with development of SOW for short term technical assistance (STTA), supervision of consultants and quality assurance of products of STTA;
Represent the Hub in meetings, presentations, and other dialogues with Governments, RECs, other partners, collaborators and donors organizations
Qualifications
Advanced university degree in Agribusiness, Agricultural Economics, Market Economics or other relevant discipline related to Agricultural trade or Agribusiness Development
Five to seven years of relevant experience in the areas of agricultural market development, agricultural economics and management or related field
A good
knowledge of international and regional trade, and/or regional integration, preferably in the Eastern Africa region;
Extensive relevant experience working in similar donor funded regional projects, preferably
USAID-funded projects, in the Eastern and Southern Africa region;
Extensive knowledge of agricultural markets and regional agricultural trade;
Extensive relevant experience in working collaboratively with institutional and private sector partners and stakeholders in a multi country setting;
Extensive relevant experience in organizing international meetings, seminars and training courses in the technical general area of agro industries development;
Extensive knowledge in strengthening women’s and youth participation in regional staple foods value chains;
Excellent English writing and communication skills;
Ability to use the latest ICT technology and computer software programs.
Deadline 18th July
For more information and job application details, see; USAID Sector Specialist Jobs in Kenya
USAID Info Systems Technical Advisor Jobs in Kenya
Responsibilities
Develop a reporting platform that integrates various routine data systems
Provide ongoing support for the established data management structures, successful retrieval of routine data and data demand and information use
Develop service provider training tools
Collaborate with NASCOP to analyze and determine data relationships and attributes, data flow, and data output and reporting capabilities
Strengthen NASCOP capacity to effectively manage the electronic enhanced data analysis system to monitor patients using routine data
Requirements
Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Health Informatics, Information Technology, or related technical field.
Masters degree in relevant field will be an added advantage
3 years of professional experience with knowledge of ETL and data warehouse concepts and proces
Strong understanding of database structures, theories, principles, and practices is required
Experience with NASCOP approved EMR and the use of SQL Server, MySQL, and PostgreSQL
How to Apply
All applications including a current CV, telephone number and referees (either current or former supervisor) should be sent to the Director- Human Resources, ICAP jobs@icapkenya.org on or before, July 7, 2017. Do not send certificates. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
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