Project tile:

EDF- Ex-ante assessment for future support under the next phase of the trade and agricultural support programme

Location:

Tanzania

Financed by:

European Commission

Status:

tender

Position:

Team leader

Description:

The overall objective of this project is to prepare the second phase of Trade and Agricultural Support Programme (TASP) that addresses key supply side constraints and better exploits market access opportunities by small holder farmers (including women) and businesses for key products and services

Based in Dar es Salaam, the Team Leader shall have the responsibility of coordinating all project's activities, field research and data collection. He/she will supervise the draft of all reports, Identification and Action Fiches, call for proposal for NSAs and Sustainability Assessment. He/she will supervise the facilitation of workshops and seminars. All key and non-key experts will report to him/her and he/she will ensure correct debriefing after activities. He/she will hire and manage support staff as required. He/she will ensure first level administrative control of the project's expenses and will eventually elaborate minutes and reports for the Contractor. He/she will work full time on the project.

Start/Duration:

The intended commencement date is the 4 January 2010 and the period of implementation of the contract will be four months. from this date

Qualifications/Experience:

Qualifications and skills  

• Academic background as agronomist or economist or equivalent
• 10 years project management experience
• Fluency in written and spoken English is essential. Speaking and reading Kiswahili is an asset
• Excellent drafting, analytical and communication skills
• Excellent team-leading abilities
• Computer literate.

General professional experience

• Ideally 10 years of relevant experience in project management
• Preferably at least two years of working experience related to agriculture project management in African countries
• Relevant experience in conducting economic feasibility studies will be an asset
• Relevant experience in East African countries is an asset.

• Relevant experience in EDF procedures
• Knowledge of Value Chain Approach and Sub-sector mapping tools
• Deep understanding of in-country and international trade dynamics   

Languages:

Perfect in English

Nationality:

EC member states

Contact:

If you are interested in a co-operation, please send your current CV to the following e-mail address, quoting the project title in the reference: