Food Security Specialist

IBTCI is currently seeking a Food Security Specialist for a multi-year award IDIQ for USAID for Water and Development (WADI). This Project will provide a broad range of technical assistance to USAID’s E3 Bureau of Water. Through this IDIQ the Office of Water will facilitate Missions’ access to cross-cutting services in the water sector, including Data Collection and Management, Assessment and Analysis, Strategic Planning and Program Design, Capacity Building and Institutional Strengthening and Performance Monitoring and Evaluation for the implementation of their field programs.

Specifically USAID hopes to achieve the following strategic objectives:

• Improve health outcomes through the provision of sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH)
• Manage water in agriculture sustainability and more productively enhance food security.

POSITION SUMMARY

This position will be used throughout the life of IDIQ depending on needs of specific projects. The Specialist will be responsible for providing technical support to program implementation in one or more of the following technical areas:

• Soil and Water Conservation
• Irrigation and Drainage Management
• Agrometorological Forecasting
• Vulnerability Analysis
• Freshwater and Marine (Nearshore)
• Fisheries Management
• Freshwater and Marine Aquaculture
• Livestock
• Poultry and Horticulture
• Fisheries and Coastal Ecosystem Management

QUALIFICATIONS

• An advanced university degree in relevant subject areas, preferably in Food Security Management or relevant field.
• The candidate should have overseas development experience, familiarity with international development work
• At least 8 years of relevant work experience in one of the listed technical areas above
• Fluency in English

TO APPLY

Please send an updated CV to recruiting@ibtci.com with the subject line “WADI- Utility Specialist”. No phone calls please. Only final candidates will be contacted. IBTCI is an equal opportunity employer.

Organization Description

International Business & Technical Consultants, Inc. (IBTCI), a U.S. based international development consulting company established in 1987, has worked in over eighty-five countries and has implemented over one hundred and fifty projects. IBTCI has served governments, private sector companies and several donor agencies in the practice area of Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) across many sectors including education, health, economic growth and democracy & governance.