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The Rural Development Advisor will be responsible for:

• Regulatory Guidance: Provide comprehensive guidance on EUDR requirements, helping SMEs and cooperatives understand necessary regulations and compliance processes.

• Training and Capacity Building: Develop and deliver training to enhance understanding of EUDR compliance among stakeholders, focusing on documentation, registration, and reporting requirements.

• Stakeholder Engagement: Facilitate communication and collaboration between SMEs, cooperatives, and relevant regulatory bodies to promote compliance and share best practices.

• Best Practices Promotion: Identify and promote best practices in compliance and sustainability for SMEs within the coffee marketing sector.

  
  

Specific Tasks

The Rural Development Advisor performs the following tasks:

Knowledge and advisory services

• Strengthen the capacities (management, leadership, governance, financial management and service development) of producer cooperatives and SMEs engaged in coffee marketing as well as supporting their readiness to negotiate with partners.

• Technical advice to SMEs and cooperatives for the development of bankable projects to be proposed to the private sector and financial institutions for ensuring the professionalization of stakeholders in the value chain.

• Linking SMEs and cooperatives with financial institutions to facilitate their access to credit and savings

• Identify and adjust resources, toolkits, and guides that aid SMEs and cooperatives in navigating EUDR compliance.

• Strengthen capacities of cooperatives to use traceability and geolocation tools for efficiency and effectiveness in data capture, management, and monitoring compliance.

• Forster linkages for SME’s and cooperatives with networks and sector associations for business continuity.

Partnership management and coordination

• Cooperate and maintain regular contact with relevant parties from local government, civil society, research institutes and the private sector

• Participate and contribute to relevant processes, fora, events and meetings on the national and sub-national level.

• Support the planning and implementation of study tours, visiting delegations, exchange visits, missions and other official events as required.

Project management and coordination

• Support to develop an adapted Theory of Change, overall workplan and annual workplans.

• Support the preparation of terms of reference for service contracts or financing agreements in line with GIZ rules and regulations and supervise contracted third parties.

• Coordinate the implementation of project activities with members of the implementing team, partners and contracted third parties.

• Provide monitoring data and contextual knowledge to contribute to reporting and public and internal communication.

• Support the organization of internal and external events and meetings.

Other Duties/Additional Tasks

• Perform other duties and tasks at the request of management.