Posted by: FEWS NET
Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Category/Specialization: Consultant, Economics-Development
Job Description:
FEWS NET
Famine Early Warning Systems Network
USAID’s Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) is a leading global provider of objective, evidence-based food security information and analysis. FEWS NET collaborates with international, regional and national partners to provide timely and rigorous early warning and analysis of potential, emerging, and/or evolving food security issues in order to inform decisions and guide response. More information on FEWS NET can be found at www.fews.net.
Chemonics International Inc., based in Washington, DC, has been contracted by USAID to manage FEWS NET technical and field activities. In an effort to understand current and to foresee future market anomalies, the FEWS NET project relies on a broadly defined Markets and Trade Knowledge Base, which includes market context documents (Market Fundamentals Reports), special reports, and databases of historical market information (including production, food balance sheets, and prices). The Markets and Trade Knowledge Base largely serve as baselines, against which to assess the existence and extent of market-based anomalies that could contribute to food insecurity. Most recently, FEWS NET has been tasked with also providing USAID with market response decision support, including but not limited to assessing the impact of potential food assistance programs on a given country’s local economy. Over the remainder of the current contract, FEWS NET III plans to produce Market Fundamentals Reports for up to 10 countries, globally.
Chemonics seeks applications from qualified and experienced professionals for the following short-term consultant position
Agricultural Economist (Consultant)
The main activities of the agricultural economist will include finalizing a field assessment agenda, methodological approach, and assessment tools; acquiring knowledge of past and current conditions in the focus country relevant for food aid programming; reviewing any market assessments in the focus country conducted in the past five to ten years; compiling data on food aid deliveries; and reviewing and carrying out markets assessments. In collaboration with a research team made up of Washington-based and regional FEWS NET staff and local consultants, the consultant will also:
Review existing guidance and methodologies used to assess market structure, conduct, and performance
Review and analyze all existing secondary data (including price data, agricultural production and trade statistics, and other market data) and reports (including existing market studies) on selected commodity markets and country (or countries) of interest
Compile available data on any food aid deliveries in the past five years
Assure that local consultants obtain relevant data (including price data, agricultural production and trade statistics, and other market data) and reports (including existing market studies) from government and non-government offices for use in research by the team in a timely fashion
Identify remaining information gaps and develop field assessment plan to fill those gaps through interviews with key informants and focus groups
Conduct in-depth meetings with key informants about the current state of the commodity markets of interest. This will include but will not be limited to facilitating 2-3 day workshops with groups of key informants of specific geographic or thematic expertise related to the commodity markets of interest to USAID
Draft sections of the Market Fundamentals report, with guidance from the Home Office Technical team
Provide general support to the team to ensure the successful completion of the Market Fundamentals and market response analysis reports. This may involve making phone calls to set up interviews, data entry, as well as other forms of ad hoc logistics and technical support over the duration of the contract
Job Requirements:
Minimum Qualification and Selection Criteria
Applicants should hold at least a Master’s Degree in Economics or a closely related field and should possess extensive experience in agricultural market analysis and/or food security analysis
Applications should have direct work experience with the implementation or research of local and regional procurement, cash, and voucher programming is highly desirable. (USAID Food for Peace, USDA, WFP, etc.)
Experience conducting external evaluations of food assistance programs is highly desirable
Experience with major donor organizations or research institutions involved in food assistance or food security analysis (e.g., USAID, USDA, WFP, IFPRI, Universities) is highly preferred
Experience facilitating technical workshops and/or focus group interviews
Proficiency in the assessment focus country official language and English is required
Demonstrated ability to work with international and multi-disciplinary team members with minimal supervision
Past professional experience in the assessment focus country is highly desirable
How To Apply:
The full vacancy announcement for the above position can be found at www.fews.net/vacancies
Interested candidates should send their CV and cover letter in English to: EthiopiaEMAConsultants@gmail.com by March 6, 2016.
This position is based in Ethiopia and open to all qualified candidates eligible to work in Ethiopia.
Please note the position title in the subject line of your email
No telephone inquiries. Only short listed candidates will be contacted
Please do not apply online if other application instructions are stated.
Please do not accept payment requests at any of the recruitment phases!
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