ICRAF Agricultural Economist in Nairobi 129 views

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

·       Lead a participatory appraisal of existing vegetable business networks in different parts of the country.

·       Conduct baseline, mid-term, and end line evaluation studies of the project, using both quantitative and qualitative methods.

·       Facilitation of participatory monitoring and evaluation processes of vegetable business networks using regenerative agricultural technologies, post-harvest practices, and circular agri-business practices.

·       Monitoring and evaluation of vegetable seed supply systems in liaison with private seed companies.

·       Carry out profitability studies of vegetable production and vegetable businesses.

·       In liaison with stakeholders, colleagues and partners, promote innovations and processes that improve efficiencies in the vegetable value chains.

·       Promote youth and gender empowerment in vegetable business networks through implementing partners.

·       Document evidence and lessons learned into high quality documents or media for dissemination.

·       Liaise with Media Officer and media partners to influence behavioral change of producers towards adoption of generative technologies and circular agri-business practices.

·       Interact with policy makers and produce research briefs to influence policy towards a more enabling environment for vegetable business networks and sustainable agricultural practices.

·       Technical progress and other evaluation reports of grammatically correct and scientific standards.

·       Facilitate partner meetings and learning events.

·       Perform any other duties assigned by the Kenya Country Director.

Requirements

·       Master’s degree in agri-business, socioeconomics, or other related sciences.

·       Minimum three years’ experience in an international non-governmental organization (NGO) or company. 

·       Proven experience in participatory appraisals, qualitative and quantitative evaluation studies, baseline studies, and impact assessments.

·       Proven ability to extract evidence and lessons learned from evaluation exercises and turn these into high quality documents for dissemination.

·       Proven experience in profitability studies.

·       Affinity with youth and women empowerment approaches, and planetary health.

·       Experience in policy dialogues, advocacy, and media use is an advantage.

·       Experience with the commercial seed sector or research on seed systems is an advantage.

·       Excellent computer skills in MSu2010office applications (Word, Excel, Power point).