Company: Alma Consulting
Vacancy: Institutional and capacity development specialist
Project duration: National expert (2 person month)
Requirements:
- a bachelor’s degree in water resources management, irrigation engineering, social science or a related field;
- at least 7 year’ experience in institutional assessment and capacity development, in particular, working with international development agencies;
Specifically, the specialist will:
- undertake a comprehensive project stakeholders analysis considering the interests and opinions of players affected by the project. Identify key stakeholders, their relationships, their interest and perceptions, their dividers and connectors, etc. Here, stakeholders involved in or affected by irrigation are considered, including different levels of government and its agencies, the private sector and civil society;
- collect information on overall institutional arrangements for water and agriculture management in Azerbaijan and NAR, and identify areas for improving collaboration among various agencies for irrigation agriculture development;
- conduct institutional assessment of the executing and implementing agencies in irrigation management and project implementation, and identify needs for capacity development and training, including consulting services for improved irrigation management under the project;
- assess the performance and effectiveness of WUAs in NAR and the project area, and recommend measures to strengthen them under the project;
- assess institutional arrangements for O&M of irrigation schemes in Azerbaijan and NAR; and
- undertake other tasks as deemed necessary by the team leader.
Alma Consulting is looking for “Institutional and capacity development specialist” expert. Experts are requested to send their CVs to [email protected]
