Job Opportunity as a National Consultant for Market Needs Assessment in Jordan at FAO

FAO offers a job opportunity as a national consultant for a market needs assessment. The overall objective of this assignment is to understand how to provide small farmers with a new channel to promote their agricultural products (fresh and processed) through annual agricultural fairs of three governorates of Jordan, allowing them to sell their products for better prices, making contact with the private sector and benefitting from better farm returns. Under the overall supervision of the FAO Representative and direct supervision of the project coordinator and program officer. Geographic areas were selected based on the mutual agreement between the ministry of agriculture and FAO representation in Jordan. Based on the above information and in order to have a better-informed decision for agricultural livelihood interventions, The FAO representation in Jordan is interested in recruiting a national consultant to undertake a market assessment for smallholder producers of local food and agricultural commodities.

Eligibility:

You must have: 

• Advanced university degree in Agriculture, Marketing, Economics, Policy and Management, or other related fields.
• Working knowledge (level C) of English and Arabic.
• More than 5 years of international work experience in designing and conducting market assessments.
• More than 5 years of working in the agriculture sector.
• Food security livelihood and value chain experience.
• More than 2 years working in local economic development.
• Demonstrated work experience in report formulation including experience with logical framework preparation, project management, preparation of results-based work plans and budgets preferably with good knowledge of the FAO’s results-based management framework.
• Completed relevant education level.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, as well as analytical skills, and the ability to write clear and concise reports in English. Proficiency in English is essential and familiarity with FAO regulations.
• Written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Please note that all candidates should adhere to FAO Values of Commitment to FAO, Respect for All, and Integrity and transparency.
• Previous work experience as well as organizational skills including the ability to work in a diverse environment, multitask and work under pressure; reliability including good attendance and punctuality.
• This activity would lead to preparing reference data and information on various issues related to agricultural fairs, covering: Fairs organization, management, requirements, staffing, and promotion of farmers produce.
• FAO does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview meeting, processing).
• National of Jordan.

The required FAO core competencies: 

• Results focus.
• Teamwork skills.
• Communication skills.
• The ability to build effective relationships.
• Knowledge sharing and continuous improvement.

Your Responsibilities:

You will be responsible for: 

1. Preparing an analysis of problems, needs, and interests of small farmers, particularly related to marketing their products in the first governorate, which will be identified by MoA.
2. Full utilization of the existing institutional arrangements (public, private sectors, agricultural cooperatives and NGOs) operational in the governorate will be tapped.
3. Feasible partnership arrangements and support mechanisms will also be explored which could provide an enabling environment for the successful operation of the project.
4. Develop data collection methodology including the sampling and the tools.
5. Conduct a market assessment on the selected products, studying challenges, opportunities, and practical recommendations to strengthen the marketing of the selected items including creating the linkages among the market actors and the available marketing channels.
6. The assessment should include studying the institutional arrangements of the public, private sectors, agricultural cooperatives, and NGOs.
7. Provide recommendations that can lead to successfully establish the agricultural fairs and specific recommendations that can formulate the shape of the training that will be targeting the AF participants. 
8. Agricultural fairs evaluation.
9. Conduct pre, during, and post evaluations of the agricultural fairs, and provide recommendations after each AF to be considered in the following fair.
10. Compile all the evaluation process in a final report.

About the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO):

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Its goal is to achieve food security for all and make sure that people have regular access to enough high-quality food to lead active healthy lives. With over 194 member states, FAO works in over 130 countries worldwide. It believes that everyone can play a part in ending hunger.

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