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TERM: 

Full-time

JOB DESCRIPTION: 

The Austrian Development Agency (ADA), the operational unit of the Austrian Development Cooperation (ADC), is looking for a Field Officer (locally contracted, full-time, f/m) for the project "EU Green Agriculture Initiative in Armenia" (EU-GAIA) to work in the three Northern Marzes in Armenia with duty station of Vanadzor. Under the overall supervision of the EU-GAIA Project Team Leader the incumbent will be responsible for implementing and monitoring of all activities under the Specific Objectives 1, 2 and 4 as well as monitoring of Specific Objective 3 of the Action. The Field Officer will support value chain studies and market analysis, support identification of the beneficiary agribusinesses, liaise with local and marz administration, extension service providers and other local stakeholders. He/ she will organize capacity development activities, training, demo farm visits and other events and serve as the resource persons conveying local context and interacting with the beneficiaries. The Field Officer will also assist the Project Manager and component leaders in terms of reporting on the Project internal M&E indicators progress and data collection. The position is based in the EU-GAIA Field Office in Vanadzor (North Armenia).

RESPONSIBILITIES: 

- Support effective implementation of the Specific Objectives 1, 2, and 4;
- Monitor the effective implementation of Specific Objective 3;
- Conduct identification of agribusinesses willing to participate in the Project and organize capacity development measures in cooperation with the other team members;
- Support identification of the farmers and agribusinesses willing to be organic;
- Liaise with marz and local authorities, extension service providers and other local stakeholders to assure achievement of the Project results;
- Support identification of the potential demonstration sites for introduction of the green technologies and good agricultural practices and maintain regular contact with the demo site owners to arrange visits of the farmers to the demo sites;
- Support identification of the partnerships with the post-harvest operators;
- Support exchange of experience and dissemination of the information among the farmers and other stakeholders;
- Constantly monitor the local environment and ensure data collection within assigned scope of duties ensuring compliance to gender safeguards, environmental and social standards;
- Support field visits from Yerevan office and Project partners;
- Perform other job-related duties as required by the Team Leader.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: 

- Higher education in Agriculture, Environment, Agricultural Economics, Public or Business Administration, or equivalent work experience;
- At least 3 years of relevant working experience, preferably in agriculture development projects; knowledge of inclusive market system development is an asset;
- Good knowledge of Armenian agriculture and local context;
- Understanding of international development cooperation principles and quality standards is highly desirable;
- Demonstrated gender awareness and sensitivity, and an ability to integrate a gender perspective into tasks and activities;
- Good written and oral communication/ reporting, presentation skills in English and Armenian languages;
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; ability to work in multinational and multicultural environment;
- Demonstrated gender, diversity and environmental competence, ability to integrate the gender perspective into tasks and activities;
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, especially Outlook, Word and Excel;
- Adherence to the highest standards of ethics and integrity;
- Flexibility to adjust working hours to actual workload, as required;
- Ability to work under pressure and travel in the marzes up to 60% of the work time;
- Valid driving license category B with at least 3 years of safe driving experience.

APPLICATION PROCEDURES: 

Interested candidates are welcome to send their Cover Letter and CV, as well as other relevant documents to: ****************@***.**.** with the subject line "Field Officer". Women are particularly encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence and no application fees or information with respect to bank account details are required by ADA for the recruitment process. Please note that in the event of an invitation for an interview, ADA is unable to reimburse costs incurred. Candidates must expect that references from previous employers will be requested by ADA. Please refrain from phone calls. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

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ADDITIONAL NOTES: 

ADA retains the discretion to re-advertise the vacancy, to cancel the recruitment, or to offer an appointment with a modified job description or for a different duration.

ABOUT: 

The Austrian Development Agency (ADA) has been delegated by the European Union (EU) to implement a strategic project focusing on development of Green Agriculture in Armenia (EU-GAIA). The overall objective of the action is to contribute to the realization of shared and balanced inclusive growth in the Northern provinces of Armenia through boosting green agriculture and enhancing local value added by focusing on the following specific objectives:
Specific Objective 1: The policy, legal and institutional environment is conducive to green agriculture development;
Specific Objective 2: Selected agribusinesses have better access to infrastructure, green technologies, good agricultural practices and markets;
Specific Objective 3: Selected agribusinesses are more competitive through access to inputs, equipment, infrastructures and services;
Specific Objective 4: Selected organic agribusinesses are more competitive through access to inputs, equipment, infrastructures and services.
The Project which is worth 11.7 Mio. Euros will be implemented over a period of 42 months. To support the ADC Office for Technical Cooperation in Yerevan (OTC) in ensuring a successful implementation of this Project, ADA is recruiting an experienced Field Officer to work in Vanadzor office starting from April 2020.