Project Title:

Technical assistance to support the implementation, monitoring, and follow-up of the AGRINVEST

Location:

Angola

Position:

Key expert 3: Agronomist and M&E Specialist – Category 2

Qualifications and Skills:

• Degree in Agronomy, Agricultural Engineering, or any other relevant field, or 10 years of experience in fields related to these sectors.
• Specialized training in monitoring and evaluation.
• Computer literacy.
• Fluency in Portuguese (minimum C1) and English (minimum C1), oral and written.

General Professional Experience:

• At least 5 years of professional experience in agriculture, agronomy, or rural development, including experience in technical assistance, advisory services, and extension work with farmers or agribusinesses.
• At least 3 years of experience in agricultural investment programs, as well as proven experience in training farmers and technical staff on improved agricultural practices.
• Proved experience in designing and implementing monitoring and evaluation frameworks.
• At least 3 years of specific experience in developing and implementing performance indicators and M&E systems for agricultural projects including data collection, analysis and interpretation of quantitative and qualitative data.

Specific Professional Experience:

• Minimum of 3 to 4 years of experience in a dual role combining agronomic expertise and M&E responsibilities (monitoring, data collection, results tracking, reporting).
• Proven experience in agricultural project monitoring & evaluation: setting indicators, baseline/end-line data, field visits, reporting on outcomes/impacts.
• Experience in agronomic assessments, crop performance, soil/irrigation/fertiliser management, value-chain linkages, and translating agronomic data into project-level indicators.
• Familiarity with report writing, data analysis, stakeholder consultations, and use of digital tools/applications for field monitoring.
• Experience with EU-funded or donor-financed agricultural projects is an advantage.

Location: Luanda-based (preferably in MINAGRIF, but still to be confirmed).
Estimated Duration & Input: 48 months – minimum 230 working days per year.

Project Title:

Technical assistance to support the implementation, monitoring, and follow-up of the AGRINVEST

Location:

Angola

Position:

Key expert 2: Agro-Economist – Category 1

Qualifications and Skills:

• Master’s degree in Agribusiness, Agricultural Economics, Rural Development or any other relevant field, or 10 years of experience in fields related to these sectors.
• Additional training in Entrepreneurship, Agricultural Marketing, value chain development, private sector strengthening, market analysis, linking farmers with markets or equivalent 5 years of experience in these sectors.
• Computer literacy.
• Fluency in Portuguese (minimum C1) and English (minimum C1), oral and written.

General Professional Experience:

• At least 8 years of experience in agricultural financing and the development of agri-SMEs.
• At least 5 years of experience in value chains development and promoting entrepreneurship including strengthening stakeholders’ (farmers organizations, NGOs, private sector…) capacities in the agricultural sector.
• Experience with EU procedures and financing instruments is an advantage.

Specific Professional Experience:

• Minimum 4 to 5 years of experience as an Agro-Economist or in a similar expert role within donor-funded technical assistance or investment programmes.
• Proven experience in agricultural value chain analysis, market assessments, or agribusiness investment studies.
• Experience in cost-benefit analysis, feasibility studies, or financial/economic modelling for
  agricultural or rural investment projects.
• Demonstrated experience in designing or implementing programmes that support private
  investment in agriculture, including public-private partnerships (PPPs) or blended finance
  mechanisms.
• Experience with monitoring and evaluation (M&E) frameworks, and contribution to policy
  dialogue on agricultural investment or economic development.
• Familiarity with EU procedures, project cycle management (PCM), and results-based
  management (RBM) is a strong advantage.

Location: Huambo-based
Estimated Duration & Input: 48 months – minimum 230 days input per year.

Project Title:

Technical assistance to support the implementation, monitoring, and follow-up of the AGRINVEST

Location:

Angola

Position:

Key expert 1: Team Leader & Institutional Coordination – category 1

Qualifications and Skills:

• Master’s degree in economics, social sciences, public administration, international development or any other relevant field, or 20 years of experience in fields related to these sectors.
• The candidate must demonstrate skills in leadership, coordination of multidisciplinary teams, communication, and negotiation, with at least 5 years of experience as a team leader.
• Full computer literacy.
• Fluency in Portuguese (minimum C1) and English (minimum C1), oral and written.

General Professional Experience:

• At least 12 years of experience in coordination of technical assistance on socio-economic development projects, with proven experience in managing international teams and complex, multidimensional projects, preferably in sub-Saharan Africa.
• At least 5 years of experience, or across 10 assignments related to the implementation of financing instruments (grant schemes, loans and guarantees), preferably in the agrifood sector.
• Experience with EU procedures and financing instruments will be a significant advantage.
• Experience related to value chains in strategic corridors is an advantage.

Specific Professional Experience:

• Proven experience as Team Leader (or equivalent senior role) in at least 2 (or more) technical assistance/consultancy assignments, preferably each of at least 12 months duration (or equivalent full-time input).
• Demonstrated experience in designing, implementing, monitoring and reporting on large-scale agribusiness / investment / grant programmes in developing countries (especially in Sub-Saharan Africa).
• Experience with institutional coordination: working with donor delegations, ministries, public agencies and private sector actors to ensure programme coherence, stakeholder engagement, governance, monitoring & evaluation.
• Strong experience of using or supporting financial instruments such as grant schemes, blended finance, or similar public-private financing mechanisms in agribusiness or rural development.
• At least several years of recent experience (e.g. within the last 5-10 years) working in a partner country context (ideally Angola or a comparable Sub-Saharan Africa country) in the agribusiness sector or value-chain development.

Location: Luanda-based (preferably in MINAGRIF, but still to be confirmed).
Estimated Duration & Input: 48 months – minimum 230 working days per year.

Project Title:

Improvement of legislation, control and awareness in food safety, animal health and welfare and phytosanitary in Ukraine (ILCA III)

Location:

Ukraine

Position:

Key expert 2: Senior legislation expert, minimum of 720 working days

Qualifications and Skills:

• At least a Master’s Degree (or equivalent) in food safety or sciences, or veterinary medicine or science, or animal husbandry, or phytosanitary, or agronomy / agricultural engineering, or in law, or directly related discipline, or bachelor in the same field plus four years of relevant professional experience, or in the absence of a relevant University degree eight years of relevant professional experience;
• Education in veterinary medicine or plant health will be considered an asset;
• Advanced English language skills of at least level C1 (understanding, speaking, writing) required. Language skills in Ukrainian or Russian of at least B2 (understanding, speaking, writing) will be considered an asset.

General Professional Experience:

• At least 10 years of professional experience relating to the definition, implementation or review of legislation, regulatory frameworks, institutional set up, and related capacity building in fields related to agriculture and rural development.

Specific Professional Experience:

• At least 5 years of professional experience relating to legislation and regulatory development in SPS sectors;
• At least 2 years of professional experience in the legal alignment with EU legislation of national legislation (of EU candidate countries or non EU countries at the time of the assignment) in the sectors mentioned in criterion 2.4;
• Recent experience (i.e. within the past ten (10) years) of participating in the implementation of technical assistance projects, each project of minimum 12 months duration and each assignment in each of these projects of minimum 6 months duration, in support to the implementation of EU acquis in the SPS sectors (re. chapter 12) in EU candidate countries or EU Member States will be considered an asset.

Project Title:

Improvement of legislation, control and awareness in food safety, animal health and welfare and phytosanitary in Ukraine (ILCA III)

Location:

Ukraine

Position:

Key expert 1: Team leader, minimum of 740 working days

Qualifications and Skills:

• At least a Master’s Degree (or equivalent) in food safety or sciences, or veterinary medicine or science, phytosanitary, or directly related discipline, or bachelor in the same field plus four years of relevant professional experience, or, in the absence of a relevant University degree, eight years of relevant professional experience.
• Advanced English language skills of at least level C1 (understanding, speaking, writing) required. Language skills in Ukrainian or Russian of at least B2 (understanding, speaking, writing) will be considered an asset.

General Professional Experience:

• At least 10 years of professional experience relating to food safety, implementation of veterinary activities, legislation or projects, or relating to activities in the phytosanitary or plant health sector. Such professional experience working as an employee at central government level or as an expert in a project in support to central competent authorities (central government ministry, department, agency or authority in the area mentioned above) will be considered an asset.

Specific Professional Experience:

• Proven management experience as Team Leader (or equivalent) in at least 2 technical assistance or consultancy projects, each assignment of minimum 12 months’ duration;
• At least 3 years of professional experience in an EU candidate country (i.e. at the time of the experience) in support to the approximation or implementation of EU acquis in the SPS sectors (re. chapter 12) mentioned in criterion 1.3;
• Relevant recent experience (i.e. within the past ten (10) years) in an EU member state or in an EU candidate country (i.e. at the time of the experience) in support to the development or implementation of SPS11 policy or related public administration reform will be considered an asset.