Territorial Coordinator - Agro-Economics Expert

Cowater International Inc.

Role and responsibilities: 

• Under the hierarchical supervision of the team leader, the coordinator will work closely and in consultation with the ANDZOA Department Head and the project's technical advisors and experts. They will be responsible for establishing the clusters (CCCA and UCZ) at their designated sites, participating in the development of technical and commercial studies, business plans, and investment and financing plans to ensure their operational readiness. Furthermore, the coordinator will be responsible for the smooth running of project activities within their assigned territory and for supervising the operational teams within their area of ​​assignment. They will guarantee the efficient and consistent implementation of the project within the established deadlines, objectives, and allocated budgets.

Specific tasks include, but are not limited to:

• Support for the establishment of clusters
• Supporting the component aimed at the creation and development of CCCAs and UCZs in the RBA, including the configuration of production zones;
• Supervise the development of technical and commercial studies for the clusters;
• Support consultations with the relevant stakeholders;
• Oversee the development of investment and financing plans for clusters;
• To guide and supervise the facilitators on all aspects related to the project;
• Report regularly on the progress of activities related to the development of clusters and periodically produce reports on the progress of the component's activities;
• To supervise, in a participatory manner, business plans and feasibility studies for each CCCA and UCZ with the national and international experts who will be recruited;
• Working closely with various experts and consultants to validate and implement all approaches to gender integration and other aspects related to the project;
• Supporting the mapping of formal and informal aspects of the upstream argan sector;
• Participate in carrying out the studies programmed within the framework of the project;
• Participate in the development of a roadmap for the marketing of argan products;
• Supervise technical assistance for improving practices related to the collection, preservation and storage of raw materials for CCCAs.

Operational coordination

• Ensure the planning, supervision and monitoring of project activities in the territory to which he or she is assigned and ensure, in collaboration with the facilitators, technical advisors and project experts, that gender and environmental aspects are integrated into all project activities and communications;
• Ensure the mobilization of the necessary resources for the proper conduct of project activities in the field;
• develop monthly and weekly work plans with the facilitators;
• To provide supervision, coordination and training for the project's operational team in the territory and to maintain relations with field partners;
• Oversee travel and logistics for field activities;
• Help identify capacity building needs and organize the delivery of training or mentoring;
• To monitor the quality and relevance of deliverables produced within the project by operational teams and other consultants and experts involved;
• Actively participate in the strategic planning of the project;