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Job Description
The position will support the training of staff, the provision of technical assistance; and ensuring that common strategies and Mercy Corps approaches are applied consistently in all communities. S/he will coordinate closely with the MEL team to ensure that systems are in place to track, analyze and report results.
Responsibilities
- Conduct research into relevant market systems and trends to identify opportunities for livestock interventions.
- Assist in stakeholder analysis of selected commodity chains and identify and establish contact with potential firms and other market actors.
- Liaise with the Results Measurement (MRM TEAM) team on the development of appropriately tailored research tools and methods for the collection and collation of relevant intervention information from the field.
- Assist to update and supervise MRM TEAM aspects of the intervention activities, including establishing baselines, indicators, and results.
- Support the conduct and/or update of market assessments, involving direct stakeholders as well as public and private sector actors working within the target value chains and market systems.
- Assist in collecting baseline data related to interventions targeted for study or implementation by the project.
Qualification
- Bachelor’s degree. Master’s degree preferred.
- Minimum of three (3) years of demonstrated experience with USG or other similar development projects focused on market systems and livelihood development, with a solid understanding of context including gender and youth issues.
- Demonstrated ability to work and coordinate effectively with a wide variety of stakeholders, including government, community-based organizations, and the private sector.
- Technical experience in market system development approach to development.
- Experience with supporting assessments, monitoring and evaluation, and other learning efforts is required.
- Ability to work independently.
- Demonstrated strengths in analytical skills and report writing.
- Excellent oral, written, and computer skills.
- Fluency in English; fluency in Hausa is required
Location: Gombe, Nigeria.
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