Rural Development Advisor Peat4people (P4P)

GIZ Uganda is recruiting a Rural Development Advisor to provide advisory service to relevant stakeholders and private sector actors.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Climate Change, Environmental Science, Agriculture or a related field
  
• 5 years of professional experience, of which at least 5 years in a comparable position.
  
• At least 5 years’ experience in providing advisory services in agriculture value chains, private sector development and related fields
  
• Proven experience working in or in close cooperation with small-holder cooperatives and associations.
  
• Experience working for or in cooperation with the private sector
  

How to Apply:

Applications and CVs should be in one document and a maximum of 5 pages only and sent electronically, quoting the position and reference number.

Please include name and contact of three references. One official reference from your current workplace is a MUST.

Eligible candidates are encouraged to apply to the Head of Human Resources by email to vacancy@futureoptions.org

Knowledge and advisory services

• Provide technical expertise and advisory services on private sector development with focus on expansion of cooperation with the private sector and cooperation with SME), particularly within pilot projects on paludiculture.
  
• Advise on product innovation management and creation and implementation of marketing strategies.
  
• Support the preparation of financing strategies and pilot activities focused on selected mechanisms such as carbon markets, biodiversity credits, and payments for ecosystem services.
  

Partnership coordination

• Cooperate and maintain regular contact with the Ministry of Water and Environment (MoWE), relevant parties from local government, civil society, research institutes, private sector and international agencies.
  
• Support the coordinate between the consortium members (FAO UGA and GMC when on ground)
  
• Participate and contribute to relevant processes, fora, events and meetings on the national and sub-national level.
  
• Support the planning and implementation of study tours, visiting delegations, exchange visits, missions and other official events as required.
  

Project coordination

• Support the preparation of terms of reference for service contracts or financing agreements in line with GIZ rules and regulations and supervise contracted third parties.
  
• Support the analysis and documentation of lessons learnt and impact assessment
  
• Take the lead in conceptualization the baseline and oversee the experts carrying out the baseline study
  
• Coordinate the implementation of project activities with members of the steering team, partners and contracted third parties.
  
• Provide monitoring data and contextual knowledge to contribute to reporting and public and internal communication.
  
• Organize internal and external events and meetings.
  

Other Duties/Additional Tasks

• Perform other duties and tasks at the request of management.