Research Triangle Institute (RTI) has over 30 years' experience assisting governments, communities, and the private sector. As a not-for-profit, independent research institute based in North Carolina, USA, RTI has roughly 6,000 employees with global experience implementing international development projects. RTI's Sustainable Growth & Resilience (SG&R) technical unit within the International Development Group brings together RTI experts and capabilities across food security, agriculture, energy, environment, water, governance, and economic opportunity. SG&R will leverage RTI's experience designing and delivering multisectoral programming and technical solutions to respond to climate change, build resilience, and promote economic growth around the world.

SG&R's Global Agriculture, Water, and Environment division is working to mitigate and address the impacts of climate change and build resilience in impacted communities through policy and governance support, capacity building for local actors, and support for responding to natural and human-caused disasters.

Project Description

The purpose of the anticipated USAID/Agriculture activity focused on increasing domestic production of critical agricultural value chains to increase food security and reduce dependence on imports.

Candidates should be fluent in English and have a minimum of 10 years of experience in the emergency and disaster preparedness sector. We are currently accepting CVs/resumes for technical experts and specialists with experience in the one or more of the following areas:

• Mechanisation, improved seeds, storage, and other measures to improve yields and reduce post-harvest losses
• Agriculture sector knowledge management
• Efficiency and production of critical crops for domestic consumption
• Content development for web-based access/social media for enhanced farmer information and training purposes.
• Disaster Preparedness and Resilience
• Risk-informed disaster policy formulation, planning, and budgeting
• Expanding early warning capacity to include risk assessment related to medium to longer term threats that have an impact on food security.
• Increasing availability of public information regarding risks and threats to the food systems and improving collection of related data.
• Support for shorter term recovery planning from unanticipated events or disasters that threaten the food system in the transition between emergency response and development activities.
• Monitoring and evaluation

As a global employer of choice, RTI is committed to and belonging in the workplace and the communities and markets where we serve our mission. We value diversity of thought, culture, background and perspective and welcome applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, creed, citizenship status, disability, protected veteran status, or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws or RTI policy.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Further information is available here.

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