Supporting Seed Systems For Development Coordinator Job at Catholic Relief Services - Career Opportunity in Tanzania

Vacancy title:
Supporting Seed Systems For Development Coordinator

[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Nonprofit, and NGO , Category: Social Services & Nonprofit ]

 

Jobs at:

Catholic Relief Services

Deadline of this Job:
26th May 2019  

Duty Station:
Within Tanzania , Dar es Salaam , East Africa

Summary
Date Posted: 17th May 2019 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed


JOB DETAILS:
  Catholic Relief Services is the official international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States. CRS works to save, protect, and transform lives in need in more than 100 countries, without regard to race, religion or nationality, CRS's Agriculture and Livelihoods team supports farming communities using our Pathway to Prosperity approach, which enables rural families to increase their productivity within sustainable landscapes, achieve a living income and build more resilient communities,
SUPPORTING SEED SYSTEMS FOR DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR-(534D Policy Coordinator) - Dar es Salaam based (1 position).

Job Responsibilities:
• Supervise Consultants on literature review of seed policies - both at a global level and for 534D geographies. Focus on specific policies such as:
• liberalizing seed quality options;
• expanding market frontier for seed sales (by actors and venues);
• free seed distribution policies, and;
• extent of seed counterfeiting.
• Conduct institutional landscapes to understand different seed initiatives active in a country / region and help identify points for coordination, collaboration, and colocation;
• Identify data needs and develop options to generate and cultivate an evidence-base necessary to make informed decision-makings;
• Coordinate among 534D partners to ensure policy is integrated within their portfolios;
• Facilitate policy dialogues and discussions with S34D consortium partners, national partners, regional, and international partners;
• Work with consultants to supervise and develop seed policy road maps for S34D focus geographies;
• Lead facilitation process with 534D partners by informing them about findings from the seed policy road maps;
• Inform on-the-ground programmatic implementation through use of the information generated from seed policy road maps, ongoing policy dialogues, and stakeholder workshops;
• Co-lead with data management and analyses necessary for creating and managing the evidence base;
• Coordinate with S34D Data Analyst in maintaining and updating the policy evidence-base
• Play a lead role in maintaining repository of knowledge base for anecdotal and qualitative evidence and stories that inform policy formulation and implementation;
• Provide technical assistance to S34D partners related to policy matters;
• Lead development of policy briefings and infographics for USAID and various stakeholders;
• Support implementation S34D Policy Learning Agenda and aide study designs,
• Together with the MELPAS Advisor, serve as the public face for 534D in policy-related fora;
• Liaise with national-based 534D policy central links to stimulate coordinated policy think-networks;

Job Skills: Not Specified


Qualifications
• Master's degree in International development, Public economics, Agricultural Economics, Regulatory economics or any other related field
• At least five years of demonstrated experience in managing seed system programs - especially in seed policy domain. Program management experience will be a plus.
. Subject matter knowledge of informal and formal seed systems in developing nations preferred,
• At least three years demonstrated expertise in facilitation and coordination with an array of stakeholders is required
• Excellent communication skills - both verbal and written - are required,
• Knowledge of data management and data visualization tools skills are preferred.

Job Education Requirements: Not Specified


Job Experience Requirements: Not Specified

 

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Job application procedure
  Note: All applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of application.
Interested and qualified applicants are requested to submit their applications to CRS Human Resources Manager at TZ_HR@crs.org  by 17h00 EAT on 26 May 2019.
Only submissions that meet the following criteria will be reviewed
• Subject line must read "S34D Policy Coordinator"
• CV must be in Word or PDF format and not exceed 4 pages.
• Cover letter summarizing qualifications and motivation.
• Cover letter must be in Word or PDF format and not exceed 2 pages.
Disclaimer: This job description is not an exhaustive list of the skill, effort, duties, and responsibilities associated with the position.
CRS' talent acquisition procedures reflect our commitment to protecting children and vulnerable adults from abuse and exploitation.


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Job Info
Job Category: Corporate / Organisation Coordinator jobs in Tanzania
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: 26th May 2019
Duty Station: Dar es Salaam , Tanzania
Posted: 17-05-2019
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 17-05-2019
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 17-05-2065
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