Cereals Expert

Part of your key responsibilities will be as follows:

• Coordinate and implement the project’s approach to inclusive cereal value chain development and extension focused on improving sustainable cereal production, and ensure related project targets are achieved.
• Provide training, guidance to and monitor of contracted implementing partners involved in extension.
• Seek collaboration and synergies with local and national stakeholders, SMEs, companies, government administration and institutions, other projects, etc.
• Implement the M&E approach as developed by the project for the production component.
• Contribute to project strategy and implementation plans with the other project experts.
• Ensure inclusion and sustainability are built into the extension approach at county level.
• Represent and position SNV and the project at various local and national platforms.
• Develop regular implementation plan
• Timely reporting to the Project Manager
• Contribute to conflict sensitive implementation to ensure that interventions are managed in a way that promotes peace and avoids exacerbating local tensions.