National Consultant on Small Ruminant Value Chains.

Vacancy Number: UN21/02268

Location:Chisinau, Moldova
Application Deadline: 01 Aug 2021, 23:00 (GMT+2:00)
Reference to the project: Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations
Expected Duration of Assignment:40 days
Supporting Documents:
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Background

Organizational Setting

FAO is implementing a two-year technical cooperation project in Moldova entitled “Support to smallholder producers, in particular livestock farms”.  The project is aiming to strengthen national capacities for a better decision making in supporting smallholders and family farmers while addressing the consequences of COVID-19 and 2020 drought.

Tasks and responsibilities:

The National Consultant on Small Ruminant Value Chains will carry out duties to collect information on small ruminant value chains in Moldova, and to support the International Consultant in the development of a thorough value chain analysis of the small ruminant sector in the country.

  • Collect and analyse all available data relevant to the small ruminant value chain in the Republic of Moldova
  • Assist the International Consultant on Small Ruminant Value Chains to develop a data collection strategy on small ruminant value chain, with particular focus on the number and requirements of value chain actors who need to be interviewed
  • Contribute to the development of the survey programme, survey questionnaire and data collection protocol on the assessment of small ruminant value chain
  • Contribute and review the recommendations on how to improve small ruminant value chain Moldova.
  • Support the data collection and stakeholder consultations on small ruminant value chain
  • Assist the International Consultant on Small Ruminant Value Chain to train the staff of the Service Provider on data collection
  • Consult with the LoA Service Provider on data collection on value chain to achieve the best possible results of the value chain analysis
  • Perform any other duties required

    HOW TO APPLY

    To apply, please send your CV with all relevant details to FAO-Moldova@fao.org by 1st of August 2021 inclusive, mentioning in the subject line of the email the position you wish to apply. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

    Vacancies will be removed from the recruitment portal at 23:59 Central European Time (CET) on the deadline for applications date. We encourage applicants to submit the application well before the deadline date.