Position: Enabling Environment Director (Hot Job)

Job Description

• Work with private sector, GON, and USAID to identify, assess, and prioritize system-level enabling environment barriers to agriculture competitiveness. Barriers that need to be addressed may exist at the municipality, provincial and/or national levels. For example, barriers may be related to food safety standards, grading, storage and warehousing, rural infrastructure management, finance, etc.
• With input from the private sector, GON, and USAID select and provide support for enabling environment issues that are high priority to KISAN II stakeholders. Support activities will include developing a clear policy road map for each issue, identifying key milestones to be achieved over the life of project, identifying partners at the firm, industry, government and donor levels, and describing assessments that will need to be undertaken by the project to inform stakeholders.
• Assess the advocacy capacity of private sector industry associations, and identify capacity building needs that will strengthen their capacity to inform government priorities and investments in the agriculture sector.
• Foster strong relationships with GON counterparts at the municipal, provincial and national levels. Work with them to evaluate capacity gaps and identify areas where KISAN II assistance is needed. This should be a participatory process, and focus on how the ability of GON to facilitate private-sector led agriculture growth can be strengthened.
• Facilitate donor coordination efforts related to policy, identifying areas where KISAN II can leverage efforts of other donor programs and avoiding unnecessary duplication of efforts.

Job Specification

• Experience working with the Government of Nepal and/or the private sector to improve the enabling environment related to agriculture.
• Strong communication skills, both oral and written with fluency in both English and Nepali required. 

Apply Instruction

Position is open to individuals of any nationality; however, this is a local hire position so international hire allowances will not be provided.

Disclaimer: This position is contingent upon donor approval.

Applicants must submit a cover letter and current CV to [email protected]