ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

•  Coordinate and oversee all District/Sub-Metropolitan/Municipality/Rural Municipality level Activity partners and components.
• Bear primary responsibility for ensuring that the defined district targets are achieved.
• Assist in identifying training participants and monitor training programs organized by private sector partners,
• Liaise between Partners, Managers and communities in the field.
•  Liaise with district/Sub-Metropolitan/Municipality/Rural Municipality level relevant governmental and nongovernmental agencies regularly for agreements on mutual support wherever useful.
•  Coordinate with municipalities /district level coordination committees and hold alliance meetings with Activity partners as needed.
•  Report regularly on Activity progress made.
• Ensure annual and other field-based planning activities,
•  Represent the Activity at district and municipality levels.
•  Explore opportunities for working together with other USAID projects at the district and other development partners for improving input supply system for the rural poor at the district.
• Explore opportunities for establishing input-output oriented market linkages between local level entrepreneurs and market actors.
• Assist in conducting studies/surveys that are being carried out in the field by monitoring team of Activity.

OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES:

•  Ensure a safe and equitable workplace, create opportunities, and offer support to women and those from disadvantaged groups.
• Support relevant activities included in the forthcoming direct support by USAID to the Government of Nepal.
•  Other tasks as assigned by the supervisor and Activity management.

QUALIFICATIONS AND REQURIEMENTS:

Education: At least a Bachelor’s degree in agronomy, horticulture, agri-economics, agribusiness, or related field.

Required Experience:

The ideal candidate will have the following experience:

• At least 3 years field experience in implementation of market-oriented agriculture program, monitoring, documentation and reporting.
• Experience in working closely with the rural communities, private sector, municipalities and other local government agencies.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Ability and willingness to work under cross cultural environment.
• Experience in using Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Language:

•  Capable of preparing reports in English and Nepali.

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