The Team Leader shall have 10 years relevant experience in rural/agriculture development projects
- Education
Masters level in agriculture, agricultural economics, agribusiness, rural or social development, or a similar area of study
- Experience
solid proven experience in monitoring and evaluation of rural development projects;
proven experience in working with small and medium enterprise development, livelihood
approaches, rural diversification, and inter-institutional collaboration; § fully understanding of principles and working methods of project cycle management and
evaluation tools;
he should have at least one long-term project management assignment in an international cooperation programme;
relevant regional experience in Central America and/or the Caribbean
experience in the sugar sector would be considered an asset
- Language skills
full working knowledge of English and have excellent report writing skills. Conversational skills in Spanish will be an asset;

Expert 2: Agricultural Economist Sugar Expert (Senior)
The Agriculture Economist Specialist shall have 10 years relevant experience in rural/agriculture development projects, preferably dealing with the sugar sector
- Education
He should have a formal qualification at the Masters level in agricultural economics, economics or trade or a similar area of study.
- Experience
He/she shall have:
good communication, presentation and social skills;
experience in strategic planning and development of assistance programmes;
the expert should have proven extensive experience working in the sugar sector, ideally, in
the private sector dealing with sugar production, research and development, trade or marketing;
the expert should have international experience in carrying out identification and programming missions, preferably for EC funded projects and should be conversant with the project cycle methodology
Experience in Central America and/or the Caribbean would be considered an asset
- Language skills
Fluency in English and excellent report writing skills. Conversational skills in Spanish will be an asset;