Technical Advisor – Challenge Fund for Agriculture & WRMU

Place and Schedule

Full time; Project office in Grenada, occasional regional or international missions

Duration

April 2025 until June 2026, with possibility for extension

Main Duties

• Manage the monitoring of the implementation of the Challenge Fund for Agriculture (CFA)
• Actively support the implementation of the CFA, also and especially in the field
• Extensive maintaining a good flow of communication and information between all stakeholders involved especially the MoAL, GDB and the beneficiaries.
• Support in the establishment of the Water Resources Management Unit (WRMU)
• Support stakeholder workshops design and implementation for the WRMU
• Support the Development of lessons learnt in close coordination with the Technical Advisor for Outreach component 5
• Steering of local and regional consultants and oversight of all respective procurement processes within the respective activities

Profile requirements

Qualifications

• University degree in environmental science, economics, business or international management or similar

  Professional Experience and required competences

• 4 years of professional working experience in public advisory services or in the private sector, with a focus on climate change, environment or agriculture

• 2 years of experience in the agriculture sector

• First-hand experience in working with data collection and analysis

• Experience in the agricultural sector and interacting with farmers

• Good understanding of farmer needs in Grenada

• Experience with PR products, events and office operations

• Excellent organizational and analytical skills

Languages, applications and other competences

• Strong communication and networking skills
• Excellent teamplayer and proactiveness
• Very good working knowledge of ITC technologies and computer applications (e.g. MS Office, MS Teams)
• Valid driver’s license or willingness to acquire one
• Willingness to upskill as required by the tasks to be performed – corresponding measures are agreed with management
• Candidate must be a Citizen of Grenada or be allowed to work in Grenada.