Agriculture Economist

Associates in Development (AiD) Pvt. Ltd

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Posted date	22nd September, 2022	Last date to apply	2nd October, 2022
Category	Community & Social Services
Type	Full Time
Status	Closed

Agriculture Economist

About AiD

Associates in Development (AiD) Pvt. Ltd. is an international consulting organization with its Head Office in Islamabad, Pakistan and affiliated offices in the UK and the US. Established in 1992, the firm provides development and management consulting services in the areas of 1) Engineering and Infrastructure, 2) Social Sectors and 3) Environment. Widely respected for high quality multi-disciplinary work, our clients include large multi-lateral and bi-lateral donor organizations, major public sector agencies, and a varied range of globally active consulting and contracting firms. Geographically, the company work spans all four provinces of Pakistan including Newly Merge Districts (NMD's) of EX-FATA, Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), Gilgit Baltistan (GB).

Project Background

The Government of Pakistan has designed and initiated a six-year project titled "Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Irrigated Agriculture Improvement Project (KP-IAIP)" through the PIU KP- IAIP Directorate General OFWM Agriculture Department. KP-IAIP is aligned with the National Water Policy and the KP Agriculture Policy and Strategy (2015 -25) and aims “to improve the performance of irrigated agriculture on smallholder farms in its implementation area”. The key objectives will be achieved through a) improving on-farm water management system by upgrading watercourses, introducing advanced irrigation technologies, and strengthening capacity of communities, farmers, and OFWM staff; and b) increasing agriculture productivity as well as promoting agro-processing and value addition.

Job Details

Position	Agriculture Economist
Seniority Level	Key Expert
Contract Type	Full-time
Duration of contract	22 months (Intermittent Inputs spread over 38 months’ time)
Location and Number of Positions	District	Base Station	Number of Positions
	25 Districts of KPK	Peshawar	01
Qualification Requirements	The Agriculture Economist will have BSc in Agriculture Economics At least 10 years of professional and post qualification experience at national/international level in marketing & Agri business in public/private sector preferably in community driven development projects funded by international donors. The expert must be well versed with cost benefit analysis, supply demand analysis with respect to agriculture"
Job description	Carefully review KP-IAIP’s PC-1 and component-specific strategies to develop an in-depth understanding of programme’s technical scope and implementation mechanisms Technically assist the team in the design of M&E methodology Assist the M&E team in developing M&E questionnaires Assist with quality assurance of data collection process and descriptive analysis of data Provide technical assistance to the M&E team for evaluation of the work of water users associations Conduct primary data collection with senior institutional stakeholders at the provincial and district levels, including at the impact assessment studies stage Lead the delivery of technical sessions in trainings of field data collection staff and KP-IAIP’s implementation teams Participate in the meetings with client to present the key findings Assist the technical team in drafting recommendations and review efficacy of actions taken for course correction Any other relevant tasks assigned by the Team Leader

Application Submission Guidelines

Application Submission Deadline	5 PM, Sunday, October 2^nd, 2022
Submission Method	Applications are to be submitted online at Brightspyre.

AiD Pvt. Ltd. is an equal opportunity employer.