Myanmar_Strengthening of Public Financial Management at the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation

The technical assistance will consist in:

  • Support to the rolling out of the Myanmar PFM reform strategy at Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation;
  • Support Government of Myanmar in achieving the results of the variable tranche indicators under budget support related to public financial management.

These focus on achieving more effective and measurable nutrition-sensitive service delivery in the agriculture sector at national and state/region level (Shan, Ayeyarwady).

In June 2018 MOALI launched its sector Agricultural Development Strategy (ADS) with the ambition to reform the rural sector, including through better service delivery, planning and targeting and with five main overarching priorities: (i) improved food security and nutrition, (ii) increased smallholder farmer´s income, (iii) reduced rural poverty, (iv) enhanced trade competitiveness, (v) and strengthened and ensured farmers’ rights.

Qualifications: 

Required Expertise:

  • Project Management
  • EU Team Leading / project management experience
  • Knowledge of EU (including EDF) procedures
  • Development of project management frameworks and continuous monitoring and evaluations of the project implementation
  • Review of project conceptual frameworks to identify key inputs, processes, outputs and impact
  • Experience managing project in sub-Saharan Africa

 Education:

  • Post graduate degree in health or agriculture/food security preferably with focus on nutrition and food security.

 Professional experience:

  • Experience in management of projects in similar areas of nutrition and food security;
  • Demonstrated working experience in projects and programmes, supported by the international community in the areas of nutrition and food security and related public health topics;
  • Experience in managing teams and coordinating inputs from a range of technical specialists and areas of expertise;
  • Proven experience in the implementation of similar nutrition projects covering at least the following areas - (Programme Coordination and Capacity Development; Nutrition M&E/MIS and Nutrition Education and Communication);
  • Knowledge and understanding of different models of capacity building;
  • Excellent interpersonal skills required for high level strategic engagement with ministries, departments and agencies, development partners and other stakeholders and in multicultural work environments;
  • Good writing and presentation skills, and ability to communicate effectively to diverse audiences
Start / Duration: 

open

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