Terms of Reference

International Long-term Expert

for AN Agroforestry project in ZAMBIA

Background

UNIQUE is a leading consulting firm for sustainable natural resource management, with a specific focus on forestry, agriculture and climate change. Since establishment in 1998, we have carried out over 700 assignments in more than 60 countries. UNIQUE’s headquarter is located in Freiburg, in the Southwest of Germany. We have offices in Uganda, Paraguay, Vietnam and Kyrgyzstan. Our team consists of forestry and agricultural engineers, economists and political scientists. With almost 60 permanent staff members, we have a large and diverse team of experts. This allows us to deliver high quality consultancies in different fields of relevance for the land use sector.

UNIQUE is seeking to recruit the services of an international long-term expert with agroforestry and capacity development experience for a long-term project in Zambia. The selected candidate will be contracted for the lifetime of the project (probably 3-4 years) and will be based in Zambia (the exact location will be determined later).

Tasks and responsibilities

The major responsibilities and tasks of the international long-term expert will be:

• Overall project management, in line with clients’ standards and expectations, and preparation of work plans and project status reports.
• Training, mentoring and supervision of project team members plus coordination of external consultants.
• Financial planning and management, procurement and monthly accounting.
• Monitoring of results and progress of project implementation.
• Coordination of cooperation with clients and partners and with UNIQUE’s headquarter.
• Provision of organizational and technical advice to project partners for the development and implementation a Training and Demonstration Centre on Agroforestry.
• Advising project partners on capacity building of local agricultural extension services and of smallholders.
• Training of local agricultural extension services and of smallholders.

Required qualifications and expertise

• Master's degree (or higher) in Forestry, Agriculture, NRM, Economics, Geography, Social Science or related fields.
• Minimum of 8 years of professional experience in an international work environment (e.g. in an agroforestry organization, a consulting firm, bilateral or multilateral development agency, NGO).
• Experience in managing large-scale projects.
• Experience in advising on organizational development, ideally with regards to the establishment of training centers.
• Experience in designing and conducting capacity development measures and trainings in agroforestry.
• Experience in working with public institutions in developing countries (or countries in transformation).
• Being familiar with processes, standards and instruments for reporting, financial management and procurement.
• Experience in providing advisory services on technical issues or organizational development.
• Outstanding socio-cultural competences as well as coordination, communication and writing skills.
• Fluency in English (German language skills would be a plus).

UNIQUE's salary and benefit package is competitive.

Please send your application (CV and motivation letter) to:
Jana Rauch (jana.rauch@unique-landuse.de)
by April 30, 2017.