The Centre for Coordination of Agricultural Research and Development for Southern Africa (CCARDESA) is a new Sub Regional Organisation (SRO) headquartered in Gaborone, Botswana. It enjoys substantial support from Member States of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), agricultural stakeholders in the SADC Region and development partners. CCARDESA is in the process of establishing its secretariat. It is a not-for-profit SRO which coordinates the implementation of agricultural research and development (R&D) in the SADC region. CCARDESA’s goal is to contribute to sustainable reduction in food insecurity and poverty in the SADC region as pronounced in SADC’s Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan (RISDP), the Dar es Salaam declaration on food security, and the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) developed by the African Union’s New Partnership for Africa’s Development (AU-NEPAD). CCARDESA operates within the framework of CAADP Pillar IV which has the objective of enhancing the livelihoods of African farmers and pastoralists and is spearheaded by the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA). Hence FARA is supporting the institutional development of CCARDESA as well as strengthening its linkages with other umbrella bodies contributing to CAADP Pillars. The strategic objective of CCARDESA is to increase smallholder productivity and competitiveness through the implementation of Pillar IV of CAADP for the SADC region based on the Framework for African Agricultural Productivity (FAAP).
Funding for CCARDESA is expected to be received initially from Development Partners. Subsequently Member States and Stakeholders are expected to make contributions.
The CCARDESA Board of Directors now wishes to recruit highly qualified and competent individuals to fill the following key positions:
- Programme and Grants Manager
- Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator
- Research and Advisory Thematic Coordinator
- Finance Manager
- Administration Manager
- Procurement Officer
Job Descriptions
Please see attached document.
Applications
Applications with comprehensive curriculum vitae, together with the names, addresses, e-mail addresses, telephone and fax numbers of three referees should be sent by email to:
The Chairman,
CCARDESA Staff Search Committee,
CCARDESA Secretariat,
Private Bag 00357,
Gaborone.
E-mail Address ccardesa_apply@fara-africa.org
Receipt of applications sent by email shall be acknowledged promptly by an auto-reply, and if not applicants are advised to send a hard copy by courier. Women are encouraged to apply.
Location
Successful candidates will be based at the CCARDESA Secretariat in Botswana.
For further information, you may contact: Dr. Patrick Tawonezvi; CCARDESA Secretariat,
E-mail: ptawonezvi@sadc.int.
Applications will be accepted up to 30th March 2012, only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.
NB
Please use the reference code indicated for each position on the attachement as your subject when sending the applications, CVs and other related documents.
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