Agricultural Economist

• Facilitation of monitoring and evaluation processes of vegetable business networks engaged in regenerative agricultural technologies and post-harvest practices.
  ·       Train business coaches and partners to collect quality data.
  ·       Implement, monitor, collect and report data.
  ·       Conduct preliminary analysis.
  ·       Participatory M&E processes with farmers, partners, and researchers.
  ·       Report findings and conclusions
  
• Manage an on-line database of vegetable business networks (VBNs), VBN members, business coaches and project eventsin AkvoFlow.
  
• Facilitate profitability studies of vegetable production and vegetable businesses.
  
• Conduct end-line evaluation study of the project.
  
• In liaison with stakeholders, colleagues, and partners, promote innovations and processes that improve efficiencies in the vegetable value chains.
  
• Promote youth and gender empowerment in vegetable business networks through implementing partners.
  
• Document evidence and lessons learned into high quality documents or media for dissemination.
  
• Liaise with Media Officer and media partners to influence behavioral change of producers towards adoption of generative technologies and circular agri-business practices.
  
• Produce research briefs to influence policy towards a more enabling environment for vegetable business networks and sustainable agricultural practices.
  
• Technical progress and other evaluation reports of grammatically correct and scientific standards.
  
• Facilitate partner meetings and learning events.
  
• Perform any other duties assigned by the Kenya Country Director.
  
  

Requirements

• Master’s degree in agri-business, socioeconomics, or other related sciences.
  
• Minimum three years’ experience in an international non-governmental organization (NGO) or company.
  
• Proven experience in qualitative and quantitative evaluation studies, baseline studies, and impact assessments.
  
• Proven ability to extract evidence and lessons learned from evaluation exercises and turn these into high quality documents for dissemination.
  
• Proven experience in profitability studies.