Senior Agriculture Advisor

The incumbent is the Mission's lead technical advisor responsible for managing, coordinating, monitoring, and evaluating USAID/Rwanda agriculture and food security value chain programs to implement the Feed the Future Initiative.  This complex work program involves: technical oversight and guidance of implementing partners; coordination with other development partners, commercial, and public institutions involved with enhancing national food security and increasing employment in the private sector; leading coordination across the range of USG actors involved in Feed the Future implementation; ensuring regular and effective communication and coordination with Bureau of Food Security and Africa Bureau on Feed the Future implementation, including effective monitoring and evaluation; and representing and negotiating Rwanda's Feed the Future program across the full range of GoR, bilateral and multi-lateral international donors, and USG stakeholders.   A key component of this position is to advise, mentor, and coach Economic Growth Office staff on the full range of technical and program/project management responsibilities related to the implementation of USAID/Rwanda's Feed the Future Strategy.