Advisor, Agriculture and Food Security

Chemonics seeks an Agriculture and Food Security (AFS) Advisor that will provide expertise and technical direction and guidance on proposed, new, and ongoing AFS projects primarily to Chemonics' West and Central Africa & Haiti (WCAFH) Business Unit (BU) and to other regional BUs as required. The AFS Advisor will be a professional who brings business development, program implementation and management, and evidence and learning expertise in the growing challenges facing developing countries around the world in addressing complex food insecurity problems and impacts of increasing economic, conflict, and climate shocks. The advisor will have experience with resilience, food systems, market systems, value chain, and nutrition approaches.

The advisor will work primarily with proposal leads, project directors, chiefs of party (COP), and technical leads to develop and, as applicable, implement best practice and innovative AFS approaches that are tailored to the country and client context, with particular emphasis on resilience, agriculture transformation, market systems, and nutrition. While performing these duties, the advisor will, as applicable, contribute to technical approaches in proposals, with inputs on interventions, expected results, outcomes, and outputs; monitoring indicators and targets; partnering; staffing; and other relevant matters. Likewise, on new and existing projects, the advisor will, as applicable, contribute to the development and implementation of annual work plans; monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) plans; and other technical deliverables. The advisor will collaborate as needed with colleagues in the AFS Practice to ensure alignment and cohesion of technical guidance and thought leadership. The advisor will report to the Senior Advisor of the global AFS Practice.

Responsibilities : Project Management

• Participate in meetings between project management units (PMUs) and in-country project offices to stay abreast of technical progress and contribute to solving any challenges.
• Participate in and / or lead periodic technical meetings between PMUs and project staff.
• Serve as an AFS technical advisor and resource to project directors and COPs.
• Conduct reviews of technical deliverables prior to USAID submission.
• As needed, mentor COPs and / or key personnel who are new to the position or new to Chemonics. Also, mentor Chemonics staff who have a desire to deepen their AFS knowledge and skills.

Technical

New Business Development

Management and Leadership

Requirements :

Apply by January 13, 2025. No telephone inquiries, please. Finalists will be contacted.

Chemonics is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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Chemonics is an equal opportunity / affirmative action employer and does not discriminate in its selection and employment practices. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, age, or other legally protected characteristics. Military veterans, AmeriCorps, Peace Corps, and other national service alumni are encouraged to apply.

Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision

Chemonics will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by Chemonics, or (c) consistent with Chemonics legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

The Salary Range for this position is expected to be : $103,680 - $129,600.

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Salary : $103,680 - $129,600