Chemonics Technical experts

Chemonics seeks short-term technical experts for the USAID-funded worldwide Leveraging Economic Opportunities (LEO) project.  LEO aims to deepen and widen the capacity of USAID staff and its development partners to use evidence-based "good practices" to design new projects and activities to promote inclusive market development, effectively manage their implementation, and evaluate their results based on the following objectives:

• Advancing knowledge and evidence on frontier issues
• Improving the quality of project and activity designs based on evidence
• Improving project implementation
• Improving methodologies for evaluation of systemic change

Experts are sought in the following technical areas:

• Facilitated value chain development with an emphasis on agriculture and non-agricultural commodities 
• Policy and business enabling environment
• Access to finance 
• Microfinance
• Gender and youth inclusion
• Learning
• Capacity development
• Project monitoring and evaluation

Qualifications:

• Advanced degree in a relevant field required
• Experience working on donor-funded projects; USAID project experience highly preferred
• Minimum eight years of experience required in one of the technical areas listed above; private sector experience desirable
• Experience building the capacity of local partner organizations
• Demonstrated leadership, versatility, and integrity
• Experience working in Africa and Asia preferred
• Proficiency in English required; proficiency ​in other languages desirable

​​Application Instructions:

Send electronic submissions to leotechnical@chemonics.com​ by June 9, 2013. Please include the name of the position in the subject line. No telephone inquiries, please. Finalists will be contacted.

In addition, please download and complete Chemonics’ equal employment opportunity self-identification form and submit it separately to EEOselfidentify@chemonics.com with only "LEO technical expert" in the subject line. If you prefer not to disclose your sex, race, or ethnicity, you may check “I do not wish to complete the information requested.” Thank you for completing the form and supporting our equal employment opportunity reporting requirements.

 

Chemonics is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in its selection and employment practices on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, or other non-merit factors.​​