Oportunidades - agricultura em Timor

Rural Engineer, RDP III PMU
Date Posted: 19 Aug 2008
Organization: GTZ
Country/Region: Timor
Apply By: 10 Sep 2008
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Job Level: Senior-Level
Tender - Rural Development Programme Phase III, Programme Management Unit Dili, Timor-Leste
EC-Tender: TA to the Government of Timor-Leste to assist the management of the "Rural Development Programme (RDP) Phase III" Programme Management Unit
The overall objective of the project is to contribute to poverty alleviation and socio-economic development in particular in the poorer rural areas in Timor Leste.
The purpose of this contract is to contribute to the development of national policies and strategies in the selected topics while establishing associated activities in Manufahi District (extension services, agribusiness activities and rural roads) to act as a model for development. While doing so, the programme will consolidate and expand on activities of the previous RDP I and II while providing transition to programme activities under the 10th EDF.
Tasks of the Project are:
- To assist the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF) in ensuring overall monitoring of the programme
- To prepare reports and programme estimates
- To enhance visibility of the RDP III - To improve agricultural production
- To improve rural services to the private sector
- To foster sound environmentally agro-forestry practices - To contribute to rural roads improvement
- To build management capacity of MAF and other Ministries
For the position of a Rural Engineer we are looking for a candidate with the following qualifications and skills:
- University Degree in Civil or Rural Engineering (or equivalent)
- Process Management competences (facilitation of stakeholder involvement, agenda setting, process organisation and timing of contributions, shared learning and communication, sutainable institutional and organisational outcomes)
- Progamme and Project Cycle Management (PCM) competences
- Strong administrative and organisational skills
- problem solving and forward looking capabilities
- Excellent analytical skills
- Excellent communication skills, team management skills
- Experinence in budget planning an monitoring analysis - Needs to be fluent in English. Knowledge of Bahasa Indonesia, Portuguese and/or Tetum would be an advantage and have the ability to communicate technical ideas ot non-experts.
General professional experience:
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in the field of Rural Infrastructure
- Knowledge of EDF/ALA procedures is an asset
- Knowledge of the region is an asset
- Knowledge of Portuguese, Tetum and/or Bahasa Indonesia is an asset
Specific professional experience:
- Preferably 5 years experience in the field of Rural Roads projects
- Good experience in labour intensive rural road rehabilitation projects
- Sound knowledge and experience in developing and implementing rural road rehabilitation projects
- Sound knowledge and experience in implementing/developing road maintenance systems - Capacitiy to implement a rural road prioritization survey
- Experience in ACP and/or Asian countries If your profile suits these requirements we would highly appreciate if you would send us your application. The intended commencement date is January 2009. The period of execution of the contract will be 48 months.
This is a full-time assignment (900 man-days within a 48 month contract period)
To apply, please make use of our online-application facility under www.gtz.de/jobs

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