Chief Technical Advisor/ Team Leader in Tanzania
NIRAS International Consulting
Area: Lindi and Mtwara
Application Deadline: 13/04/2011
Position Description:
Niras is seeking a Chief Technical Advisor (CTA)/ Team Leader for the Lindi & Mtwara Agri-business Support (LIMAS) Programme in Tanzania.
The CTA will be responsible for the TA component and the overall project management, in coordination with the District Project Management Teams. He/she will lead and coordinate the technical assistance team of the project as part of Finnish-Tanzanian bilateral cooperation in the regions of Lindi and Mtwara in Tanzania.
The incumbent shall play a leading role in the implementation of the project and be responsible of the overall management including the financial management. He /she will be responsible for completing the logical framework indicators with appropriate quantitative and qualitative figures during the Inception Phase, and preparing realistic annual workplans and accompanying budgets based on the total LIMAS budget.
He/she will coordinate the service providing agencies in their planning and together with his team shall provide assistance in the implementation. He/she will assure that all the relevant procedures and laws as well as instructions of the Steering Committee are adhered to.
The CTA together with the District Executive Directors assures that the Steering Committee meetings are carried out as planned and that all the required documentation is submitted to the members in time. He/she will be responsible of the achievement of the agreed goals and will report back to the decision making bodies and propose corrective approaches to the implementation, should they be needed.
His/her duties will include the implementation of the project component related to agribusiness development, in particular
• Training on the pertinent subjects
• Be responsible for the implementation of the Business information points in Newala and Liwale districts
• Setting up the Local Economic Development forum in the two districts. When the CTA is on leave or long-term duty travel, the acting role will be given to the International Agronomist Expert, or in alternative, the consultancy company provides a Deputy Technical Adviser, to ensure that the project has a competent Technical Adviser in place 12 months a year.
Qualifications and capacities :
• The proposed Chief Technical Adviser (CTA) shall have at least a Master’s degree in agribusiness development or other related discipline, with a two year minimum working experience in management positions. • He/she shall have excellent command of written and spoken English
• Working experience and knowledge in the agribusiness development projects where 15 years in addition to the minimum requirements gives the maximum points and out of which 8 years are to be acquired in a developing country context
• A proven track-record in managing or coordinating multi annual development cooperation programmes in a developing country including developed skills in capacity building and skills transfer
• Previous relevant working experience in Sub-Saharan Africa, preferably in East-Africa
• Ability to work and communicate in an international environment and in communities of diverse cultures and ability to work in a multi-sectoral team
Duty station: Newala – Mtwara Region
Duration of the contract: 4 years
Application Instructions:
Online application. To apply for this job, please go to the Website Link below.
http://www.devex.com/en/jobs/266656/applications/chief-technical-advisor-team-leader-2/new_get?a=u
