Technical Lead at Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture (CNFA)

Duties and Responsibilities:

•  Lead the technical design process, in coordination with other members of the proposal team and make recommendations for approaches and interventions that will address key challenges identified;
•  Develop a network of key contacts and conduct either virtual or in-person interviews (per COVID-19 requirements) with key market system actors and local partners as part of the design process;
•  Provide written deliverables to contribute to proposal sections in close collaboration with and as requested by the Lead Technical Writer;
•  Conduct research on existing development challenges in the Kenyan agricultural context;
•  Make recommendations regarding partner and staff selection;
•  Contribute to the MEL plan, indicator selection, and target setting; and
•  Support other needs as requested by the proposal team.

Job Requirements

Key Qualifications:

•  Minimum eight (8) years of experience in agriculture and agribusiness development is required, experience in Kenya preferred;
•  Degree in related field required, Master’s degree or PhD preferred;
•  Experience designing and/or managing agriculture market systems development projects is required;
•  Strong writing and communication skills desired;
•  Professional written and spoken fluency in English is required; Fluency in Swahili is strongly preferred.