Overview
Provide overall strategic and technical advisory support to the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment in areas including nutrition-sensitive and climate-smart agriculture, livelihood approaches, resilience building, and food systems transformation.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide overall strategic and technical advisory support to the MAE.
- Guide the integration of nutrition and climate change into agricultural policies, programmes, and investment frameworks.
- Support the design, implementation and monitoring of programmes related to nutrition-sensitive and climate-resilient agriculture and food systems transformation.
- Gather and promote knowledge products.
- Provide technical advice to the current WFP project portfolio.
- Support formulation and implementation of strategies promoting diversified, nutrient-dense, and climate-resilient production systems.
- Support development of tools, training materials, and on-the-job mentoring and training.
- Facilitate cross-sectoral coordination.
- Provide high-level advisory support to government in engaging with development partners.
- Lead and coordinate with the MAE the development of a transition strategy.
- Guide evidence generation.
- Support development of monitoring frameworks and indicators.
- Oversee documentation and dissemination of best practices, lessons learned, and knowledge products.
Required Experience
- Minimum 15 years of progressively responsible experience in agriculture, rural development, or food systems programmes.
- Proven experience working with government institutions, specifically the Ministries of Agriculture and Environment, in technical advisory roles.
- Demonstrated experience in designing and implementing nutrition-sensitive and climate-resilient agriculture programmes.
- Experience in food systems transformation, including value chain development and market linkages.
- Strong track record in multisectoral coordination across agriculture, nutrition, and related government sectors.
- Experience working with international organizations (e.g., UN agencies, IFIs such as IFAD, ADB, and World Bank) is highly desirable.
- Experience in Lao PDR and understanding on the culture are advantages.
Qualifications
Advanced university degree (master’s or higher) in Agriculture, Agricultural economics, Food Systems, Nutrition, Environmental Science, Climate Change, or a related field.
