Job Opportunity for Agriculture Advisor at GIZ India in Bengaluru

About the Organization

GIZ has two registered offices in Germany, one in Bonn and one in Eschborn, near Frankfurt am Main.

We also have two representations, one in Berlin and one in Brussels. Regional offices in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg and Munich/Feldafing support Germany’s federal and state government departments in the field of international cooperation.

The company also operates from about 90 offices around the globe, some of which we share with other German development organisations.

Job Responsibilities:

• Supporting Team Leader in coordinating the tasks with project partners at state level.
• Providing support in steering the implementation of the project to achieve project goals and outcomes in all the three project states.
• Managing the field operations of the project in close cooperation with implementing partners/consultants/ agencies, and team members.
• Supporting the dissemination of project outcomes to implementing and cooperating partners.
• Support in organising technical dialogues and statuary consultations with government and other cooperating partners.
• Supporting the project team in developing various knowledge products and actively support knowledge management platform.

Education Qualification/Required Skills & Experience

• Master’s degree in Agriculture/Rural Development/Agribusiness Management/Natural Resource Management or other related fields.
• At least 7 to 8 years of experience in implementation and management of sustainable agriculture projects both through state government and civil society organisations.
• Prior experience in cooperating/collaboration with farmer organisations (FPCs/ SHGs and their cluster level federations promoted under DoA and SRLM.
• Experience in establishing agriculture value chains.
• Well versed with the operational structures and the relevant schemes of the Central and State Department of Agriculture and other cooperating departments like Rural Development (MGNREGA, SRLM), Fisheries, Animal Husbandry both in state and at district level is necessary.
• Competencies to support the project in mainstreaming the initiatives of the project with state government are desirable.
• Team player and good inter-personal, communication and networking skills.
• Demonstrated skills in office computer use – word processing, spreadsheets, databases, and communication software

How to apply

Please send your application in GIZ application form https://www.giz.de/en/worldwide/28418.html along with the following to hr-india@giz.de with the reference number in the subject line.

a statement of suitability for this position
expected salary and notice period
A maximum of 2 pages notes on one of the topics given below:
Institutionalization of agroecological principles’ adoption in Indian agriculture. What does this mean and how it can be addressed?

                     Or

Marketing systems vis a vis agroecological transformation processes. How it can be addressed? Share your views.

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