Jobs at International Fund for Agricultural Development

Duties and responsibilities

Governance and Coordination

•  Provide guidance and technical advisory to national agencies supported by the AATI for their annual planning for agricultural transformation initiatives and in the execution of plans
•  Support cadence of AATI country engagements
•  Draft terms of reference for AATI advisory board and technical team including identification of relevant members.
•  Undertake review of AATI country governance and update AATI country support model.
•  Participate in the establishment and review reporting lines and relationships between AATI Central Unit and AATI country delivery units.
•  Participate in the identification of new countries for AATI engagement and ensure that relevant diagnostics are conducted.
•  Prepare regular reports on AATI implementation for the AATI steering committee and for AATI donors.
•  Prepare agendas and supporting material for meetings of the steering committee and advisory council meetings
•  Take part in the development, review and execution of AATI annual work plans and budgets.
•  Develop and finalize Resource Mobilization Plan.

Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E)

•  Prepare AATI results framework and ensure regular reporting against the framework
•  Conduct a comprehensive review of AATI pilot countries and make recommendations for the reallocation of resources where needed.
•  Document lessons learned from AATI engagements with countries and lessons drawn from the establishment of country delivery units.
•  Support the implementation of the reporting framework including financial reporting to donors.
•  Draft the AATI annual report on achievements and utilization of resources.
•  Act as the main focal point for all elements relevant to the execution of the Budget and the workplan.

Requirements Education:

•  Advanced university degree in agriculture, rural development, development economics or related fields. The advanced university degree may be substituted by a first university degree (Bachelor or equivalent) plus at least four additional years of relevant professional experience, over and above the minimum number of years of experience as stipulated below.

Experience:

•  At least 5 years of professional experience in monitoring and evaluation, programme management or related field.

Skills:

•  Project/programme management- design, implementing, monitoring and evaluation
•  Ability to coordinate and communicate effectively with different stakeholders
•  Teamwork
•  Fluency in ICT

Language:

•  Excellent written and verbal communication in English and French.

Deadline: 08/29/2022

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Duties and responsibilities

Communications

•  Develop and finalize AATI communications strategy and guidelines and ensure periodic updates;
•  Develop visual and multimedia products based on AATI work and priorities;
•  Create and deliver communication products including written, audio, photographic, film and other material as appropriate;
•  Identify opportunities to develop visually appealing stories highlighting AATI’s work and relevant achievements;
•  Act as AATI’s focal point for the development and clearance of visual and multimedia products with the initiative’s founding partners;
•  Guide the production of multimedia material with AATI central team, partners and external consultants;
•  Maintain guidelines on AATI branding and visual identity, including AATI’s Brand Identity Manual;
•  Maintain content on the AATI’s website and other online presences;
•  Propose improvements to the user experience on AATI’s website (design and structure of the pages, use of visual material, etc.);
•  Responsible for the day to day management of AATI’s social media platforms;
•  Identify opportunities for AATI engagement at regional/international events & conferences and develop relevant communications outputs.
•  Propose new ways to engage target audiences based new trends in multimedia.

Partnership Engagement

•  Develop and finalize AATI partnership engagement strategy and guidelines and ensure periodic updates;
•  Develop and maintain a landscape mapping of Africa agriculture stakeholders;
•  Develop and maintain a list of potential partners for outreach and identify relevant contact points;
•  Provide inputs to outreach/publicity material geared towards partners and donors;
•  Assess external opportunities for resource mobilization and identification and mapping of current and potential donors;
•  Organize resource mobilization events in support of the AATI
•  Organize partnership engagement events
•  Conduct post event follow ups with partners and or donors

Other Duties

•  Perform other related duties as requested by Deputy ED and/or ED.

Requirements

Education:

•  Advanced university degree from an accredited institution in journalism, communications or social sciences. The advanced university degree may be substituted by a first university degree (Bachelor or equivalent) plus at least four additional years of relevant professional experience, over and above the minimum number of years of experience as stipulated below.

Experience:

•  Minimum of five years of relevant experience in highly disciplined and demanding communication environments, with experience in the media and public information and communications is required. Experience in donor and/or partnership engagement is required.

Skills:

•  News-writing, headline-writing, re-writing and editing skills
•  Proven social media skills
•  Ability to coordinate and communicate effectively with different stakeholders
•  Ability to engage in partnership building events
•  Teamwork
•  Fluency in ICT

Language

•  Excellent written and verbal communication in English and French.

Deadline: 08/29/2022

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Duties and responsibilities

1. Identification and Development of Delivery Tools

•  Develop approach for diagnosing countries’ demand for delivery tools relevant for AATI’s work
•  Conduct analysis or mapping of existing delivery tools within countries identified for potential engagement by AATI and identify where there might be a need to develop new tools
•  Coordinate the deployment of delivery tools from other partners where necessary
•  Prepare and deploy case studies and best practice guides on AATI country delivery units
•  Establish a repository of delivery tools being deployed in countries and ensure that the repository is constantly updated based on feedback from countries.

2. Capacity Building

•  Perform diagnostics to determine the demand for learning support from pilot countries
•  Identify options for capacity development including identification of potential partners who can support in capacity building and develop relationships with capacity building providers where necessary
•  Develop knowledge management framework including potential experts, partners, and delivery models
•  Develop and implement a dissemination plan of AATI knowledge and learning resources through appropriate platforms
•  Identify, test and review multiple learning approaches that AATI can utilize in the achievement of its goals
•  Facilitate the launch of AATI’s learning and training programme and ensure that activities are regularly implemented in relevant countries.

Requirements

Education:

•  Advanced university degree in agriculture, rural development, development economics or related fields. The advanced university degree may be substituted by a first university degree (Bachelor or equivalent) plus at least four additional years of relevant professional experience, over and above the minimum number of years of experience as stipulated below.

Experience:

•  At least 5 years of professional experience within international institutions in capacity development, knowledge management and related fields.

Skills:

•  Knowledge and understanding of theories, concepts and approaches relevant to the identification and development of delivery tools related to agricultural transformation.
•  Ability to coordinate and communicate effectively with different stakeholders.
•  Teamwork.
•  Fluency in ICT.

Language:

•  Excellent written and verbal communication in English and French.

Deadline: 08/29/2022

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Job Profile Requirements

Organizational Competencies:

Level 2:

• Building relationships and partnerships - Builds and maintains strategic partnerships internally and externally
• Communicating and negotiating - Acquires & uses a wide range of communication styles & skills
• Demonstrating leadership - Leads by example; initiates and supports change
• Focusing on clients - Contributes to a client-focused culture
• Learning, sharing knowledge and innovating - Challenges, innovates & contributes to learning culture
• Managing performance and developing staff - Manages wider teams with greater impact on others and on the organization
• Managing time, resources and information - Coordinates wider use of time, information and/or resources
• Problem-solving and decision-making - Solves complex problems and makes decisions that have wider corporate impact
• Strategic thinking and organizational development - Staff in management and/or strategic leadership roles
• Team working - Fosters a cohesive team environment

Education:

• Advanced university degree in any of the following disciplines: Public Administration or Business Administration, Economics, Finance, Management or other related fields
• The Advanced university degree may be substituted by a first university degree plus at least four additional years of relevant professional experience over and above the minimum required number of years of experience, as stipulated below.

Experience:

• Advanced university degree (Master or equivalent) – with minimum 8 years of relevant work experience
• First university degree (Bachelor or equivalent) – with minimum 12 years of relevant work experience

Position specific experience:

• Experience in preparation and management of contracts and assets, including familiarity with complex Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Proven experience with the management of service providers beyond contract management of one, or more, of the following areas of specialization: Accommodation, Assets (physical equipment), Facilities, Fleet, Protocol, Privileges and Logistics.

Languages:

• Excellent English for IFAD Regional Office in ESA region (Working knowledge of another IFAD Language would be an asset)

Deadline: 09/02/2022