Azerbaijan_Strengthening of agricultural advisory services

Qualifications and skills

• At least Master’s degree in a relevant discipline such as agriculture, horticulture, agricultural economics or other relevant field related to this contract or a bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline as described before and 3 years above the required general professional experience in a field related to this contract;
• Good spoken and written English;
• Working knowledge of Azerbaijani, Russian or Turkish is an asset.

General professional experience

• Professional experience of at least 10 years but preferably 15 years working in the area of research and development or education & training or provision of advice in the agriculture and/or rural development sector;
• Professional experience acquired while working in the agriculture and/or rural development sector in EU member state(s) and country(ies) covered by the IPA regulation and/or former Soviet Union Country(ies) is an asset.

Specific professional experience

• At least 5 years professional experience in agricultural advisory service development and/or delivery while working as full time staff member of an agricultural advisory service;
• In the past 5 years at least two assignments as short term expert or one assignment as key expert/component leader for agricultural advisory services in a technical assistance project or twinning;
• In the past 5 years professional experience in developing training content and/or delivering training to agricultural advisors is an asset;
• In the past 5 years professional experience in having developed and/or delivered agricultural advisory services targeting smaller farmers or agricultural cooperation structures or farming communities is an asset;
• Professional experience in service development and/or delivery while working for an agricultural advisory service in an EU member state is an asset.