Community organizer and SME development expert

Organization: Chemonics International

Website: Chemonics

Title: Community organizer and SME development expert 

Location: Georgia

Compensation: Not Listed

Description:
Chemonics seek a long-term community organizer and SME development expert for the anticipated four-year, $20-25 million USAID-funded New Economic Opportunities project in Georgia. The project will improve rural incomes; reduce poverty levels; increase food security; address critical, small-scale household and agricultural water constraints in targeted communities; enable targeted internally displaced persons' communities to maintain their households sustainably; and assist communities distressed by natural or other disasters.
Responsibilities include:

• Lead project activities aimed at forming groups and community organizations (e.g., associations, youth groups, NGOs) and providing them with technical and grants assistance 
• Lead project activities to assist households and individuals in subsistence food production
• Lead project activities to design and implement demand-based skills, vocational, and technical training
• Provide subsidies for agricultural inputs, promote community based agri-businesses, and other small-scale enterprises
• Improve agricultural practices by targeted technical assistance
• Travel to targeted communities and oversee local project activities

Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in social work, agricultural economics, microeconomics, or related field
• Prior experience in community organization and capacity-building
• Proven ability to manage donor assistance programs aimed at ameliorating the condition of vulnerable households and individuals
• Prior successful experience collaborating with government officials, donor agencies, and other stakeholders to achieve programmatic results
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Previous successful USAID project experience preferred
• Fluency in written and spoken English required; Georgian or Russian preferred

To Apply:
Send electronic submissions to NEO@chemonics.com by August 15, 2010. Please submit application, including a cover letter and three professional references. Include the position title in the subject line. Submissions will be reviewed on an ongoing basis. No telephone inquiries, please.

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