VACANCY NOTICE
CRS is an international NGO based in the United States that works in over 100 countries to promote human development by responding to major emergencies, fighting diseases, and poverty, and nurturing peaceful and just societies. CRS Nepal has been implementing multi-sector emergency response and recovery (earthquake, monsoon, and COVID) programs in the affected districts and communities of Nepal. CRS Nepal is also implementing a USAID-financed livelihood technical assistance program, Farmer to Farmer (F2F), in Bagmati Province, Lumbini Province, Karnali Province and Sudurpaschim Province. Similarly, CRS Nepal has been coordinating the reconstruction through the leadership of the National/Nepal Housing and Settlements Resiliency Platform (NHSRP), previously known as the Housing Recovery and Reconstruction Platform (HRRP) since March 2017 to provide technical and information management support to relevant national, provincial, and local governments.

Farmer-to-Farmer Project Overview
CRS Nepal is supporting the agriculture and livelihoods sector in Nepal with multiple research projects on cash crops and goat value chains and its ongoing USAID Farmer-to-Farmer (F2F) program. The F2F Program, which  is funded by USAID, provides technical assistance from United States (U.S) expert volunteers to farmers, farmer groups (cooperatives and associations), agribusinesses and other agriculture sector institutions. The main goal of the program is to generate sustainable, broad-based economic growth in the agricultural sector through voluntary technical assistance. A secondary goal is to increase the U.S. public’s understanding of international development issues and programs and international understanding of the U.S. and U.S. development programs. CRS has been implementing F2F in Nepal since 2018 and is expecting the next phase of F2F programming to start in Oct 2023 and run until September 2028.

CRS Nepal Invites applications from eligible and interested candidates for the following position:

Project Coordinator (1- Based in Lalitpur, Nepal):

JOB SUMMARY:
As the coordinator for the Farmer-to-Farmer program, you will facilitate the achievement of project objectives by coordinating and reporting on all project activities and providing technical guidance and advice to staff and implementing partner(s). Your coordination and relationship management skills will ensure that the project for which you are responsible applies best practices and constantly works towards improving the impact of its benefits to those we serve.

Basic Qualifications
> Bachelor’s Degree in any discipline is required.
> Minimum of 4 years of work experience in project support, ideally in the field of agriculture and for a development-focused non-governmental organization (NGO).
> Experience in participatory action planning and community engagement is required.
> Experience monitoring projects and collecting relevant data is required,
> Experience using MS Windows and MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) is required.

Application Deadline: 24 August 2023

HOW TO APPLY
click [ HERE ] to view original vacancy for more details and application procedure.