Expression of Interest For Matching Grants Specialist

Expression Of Interest Are Invited For Matching Grants Specialist Component 1. Promoting Climate Smart Agricultural Practices And Advisory Services. This Component Aims At Strengthening The Adaptive Capacity Of Smallholder Farmers To Adjust And Modify Their Production Systems To Minimize The Potential Future Impacts From Climate Variability. The Project Includes A Program Of Matching Grants Provided On A Competitive Basis To Rural Businesses For Introducing And Testing Technological Innovations And Improved Business Practices (Sub-Component 1.1). Each Grant Includes A Technology Transfer Element To Demonstrate And Disseminate The Findings To A Broad Audience. Component 2. Improving Agricultural Commercialization And Nutrition. This Component Will Build On Component 1 By Addressing Financial Constraints In The Agricultural Sector So That The Training And Advisory Services Provided Under Component 1 Is Complemented With Much-Needed Financing To Help The Farming Community Undertake Productive And Profitable Investments. Component 3. Project Management, Coordination And Monitoring And Evaluation It Is Responsible For: Implementation And Coordination, Financial Management And Procurement, Communication, Visibility And Awareness Programs, Environmental Management And Safeguards, And Monitoring And Evaluation. Component 4. Contingency Emergency Response Component (Cerc). This Is A Zero Allocation To Partially Cover Emergency Response Via Implementation Of Key Activities By The Appropriate Agencies To Respond To The Emergency. Experience And Skills: At Least Five Years Of Relevant Experience In Management Or Implementation Of Financial Support Programmes Using Competitive Approaches, Or Similar Operations, Preferably Linked To Smallholder Agriculture/Rural Business Development Projects; Experience In Agricultural Marketing And Agribusiness Operations Linked To The Smallholder Sector. Demonstrated Knowledge Of Financial Management, Accounting, Monitoring And Supervision Of Such Programmes And Skills In Preparation Of Reports And Other Supporting Material. Experiences With Running Workshops And Similar Processes And Providing Training Would Also Be Important. Knowledge Of The Region And Of Lesotho And The Lesotho Agricultural And Agribusiness Sector Would Be An Advantage. Excellent Analytical Skills Effective Planning And Organisational Skills Effective Leadership, Team Building And Problem-Solving Skills Ability To Work Effectively Under Stress And With Minimal Supervision Sensitivity To Cultural And Gender Differences; And Computer Literacy (Especially In Excel, Word And Outlook) Effective Inter-Professional And Inter-Cultural Communication Skills, Including Verbal, Listening And Writing Skills And The Ability To Set Out A Coherent Argument In Presenting And Discussing Issues At One-To-One And Group Interactions In Fluent English And Sesotho Proficiency In English And Sesotho