Tasks and responsibilities

•    Contribute economic, social and/or environmental-specific expertise to the implementation of value chain upgrading strategies in one or more of the selected country value chains in liaison with the national teams, and complementing the inputs of various specialists, and other team members;
•    Support and monitor the value chain development activities of the project, facilitating linkages between stakeholders, including the formation of Multi-stakeholder Partnerships, and the organization of workshops;
•    Collaborate closely with consultants (national and international) responsible for value chain activities and ensures the implementation of a sustainable systems-based value chain approach;
•    Develop and maintain partnerships with country and regional stakeholders who can contribute to achieving FISH4ACP and NAVAC value chain objectives;
•    Support the regular M&E of the programme at country and project level;
•    Support global learning across the project by exchanging information with related value chains, share lessons learned and best practices to improve the methodology, and its application for potential fisheries and aquaculture projects going forward;
•    Develop and maintain partnerships with relevant institutions, country and regional stakeholders who can contribute to achieving FISH4ACP, NAVAC and other value chain project objectives;
•    Collaborate closely with project managers and country focal points to design and maintain databases to effectively store and manage project-related data as well as develop budgets and expenditure monitoring systems;
•    Perform other related duties, as required.

CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING

Minimum Requirements

•    Advanced degree in economic development, agribusiness, evaluation, fisheries and aquaculture, food science/technology, food industries, international development studies or a related field or Bachelor’s degree with 2 years of relevant work experience.
•    At least 10 years (for category A) five years (for category B) or two years (for category C) of relevant experience in funding applications and project development and management international, capacity building, assessment, value chain, economic, programme development, social and/or fisheries/aquaculture development.
•    Working knowledge of English, French or Spanish and limited knowledge of one of the other FAO official languages (Arabic, Chinese, Russian).