Support to Agricultural and Food Policy Implementation

The overall objective of the project of which this contract will be a part is to strengthen the capacity of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food (AIAPF) to implement its new National Agriculture and Rural Development (ARD) Strategy and Action Plan (2015-2020) and therefore its capacity to translate risks and opportunities of the Association Agreement and DCFTA into effective ARD policies and programmes, comply with its obligations under the said agreements and effectively guide, support and monitor the implementation of its EU Approximation agenda.

Key experts have a crucial role in implementing the contract. The key experts should spend a minimum of 90% of their time in Ukraine during the whole duration of their assignment. No working days outside Ukraine can be invoiced to the Contracting Authority, except cases of the approved mission abroad. The Project team will involve three Key experts, one of them assuming the function of the Team Leader.

All experts must have fluency in English, PC Literacy and excellent writing and communication skills.

Qualifications: 

Key expert 1(KE1): Team Leader:

ARD policy, regulatory & institutional reform expert

The minimum recommended input of KEI is 570 working days. The expert will be responsible for the overall management of the project and the TA team.

 

Qualifications and skills

  • University level of education in agriculture, agriculture economics or relevant subject or a minimum of 10 years of professional experience relevant to the duties in these ToR (on top of years and experience as described under General professional experience).

  • Masters or PhD in one of the above or another relevant subject area will be considered an advantage.

  • Good command of Ukrainian and/or Russian language will be considered a significant asset.

    General professional experience

  • Professional experience of at least 10 years working in the area of defining and implementing agriculture, food and/or rural development policy, legislation and institutional reform and/or sector support programmes.

  • Experience in EU member states, potential candidate, candidate countries and/or ENP countries and preferably in transition economies, working on institutional, policy and regulatory reform.

    Specific professional experience

  • Previous management team leader experience of at least 3 technical assistance projects.

  • At least 5 years' experience in the assessment, consultation, elaboration, implementation and monitoring of agricultural, food and/or rural sector strategies, programmes and/or targeted policy interventions.

  • Relevant experience in public finance management, ministerial institutional reform and/or legal approximation in transition countries will be considered an asset.

     

Start / Duration: 

The intended start date is 01 February 2016 and the period of implementation of the contract will be 30 months from this date.

If you are interested in this tender, please send you most recent CV to:

Barbara.Braun [at] afci.de

Thank you!