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Cardno International Development seeks highly motivated and experienced individuals interested in being considered for illustrative positions for an upcoming USAID-funded Rural Competitiveness Activity (RCA) in Moldova. This Activity will accelerate the transformative, climate-resilient economic development of rural Moldova by further stimulating the competitiveness of key economic sectors – wine industry, high value agriculture, and tourism – to act as drivers for sustainable economic growth. The Activity will be implemented across three objectives: Objective 1 - Productivity and Market Access in Target Sectors Improved; Objective 2: Key Value Chain Supporting Functions Improved; and, Objective 3 - Enhanced Sector Enabling Environment to sustain growth and drive innovation.

Cardno is seeking professionals in the fields of:

Sectoral Expertise: Contributes to activities to strengthen key sectors, including high-value agriculture, tourism, and wine. Must have demonstrated experience working with producers in high-value and certified organic agriculture and rural development, potentially including fruits, grains, nuts, and vegetables, medicinal and aromatic plants, honey and apiaries, wine and viticulture, and tourism.

Export Promotion: Contributes to activities focused on expanding SME exports through improved market alignment. Builds linkages between international buyers and distributors. Must have knowledge and understanding of key barriers to export. Responsible for building SME capacity to identify new market opportunities through research. Must possess strong skills in export promotion, market linkages, and SME competitiveness. Experience directly consulting private sector firms on export related issues is preferred.

Market Access: contributes to identifying and building innovative mechanisms and market shaping interventions necessary to bring products and services to the target sectors. Contributes to activities that facilitate and establish linkages and building partnerships between associations and their members with domestic and international markets. Provides technical assistance, training and support to associations and training support organizations. Must have knowledge and experience with market identification and development, sustainable agricultural and tourism value chain development, supply chain management, private sector development, business development, local, regional and international trade policies, and promotion of investments. Responsible for maintaining and developing strong partnerships with cooperatives, partners, collaborators, rural finance institutions and any other associated stakeholders. 

Functional Expertise: Contributes to activities across a range of business support services, with an emphasis on provision of such services to associations in the agriculture, wine, and tourism sectors. Relevant business support functions may include financial services and credit, sustainable agriculture, workforce/skills development, IT, legal and regulatory compliance, PR and marketing, and management services, among others.

Gender/Youth: Contributes to project design and implementation to ensure active participation of women and youth in all activities. Provides technical and advisory services on women empowerment, gender equality and youth inclusion. Responsible for assisting youth and women market actors in accessing market opportunities.

• Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning: Contributes to all aspects of MEL, as well as approaches to overall CLA and adaptive management. Works on a team to increase systemic improvements to break through barriers to progress in achieving program outcomes, and ensures that work plan targets are met in a timely manner. Supports the design of the evaluation methodology and protocols for both performance and impact evaluations to support systemic improvements by providing critical information and evidence to inform problem definitions, impact measurements, and programmatic decisions at all levels.
• Finance & Operations: Supports all financial aspects of program, including grants management, project procurement, budgeting, and financial reporting. Ensures strong financial management and internal controls of program funds. Serves on a team to implement proper approval procedures and ensures that contractual documentation is appropriately filed (electronically and in hard copy). Must have experience and knowledge of USAID rules and regulations.
• Communications Manager: works across program activities to develop and implement comprehensive external engagement and communications campaigns. Through direct engagement with the program's stakeholders, s/he will plan and coordinate the dissemination of announcements; research and recommend media engagement opportunities; write and edit copy for reports, websites, announcements, fact sheets, and other materials for a variety of internal and external audiences; and work alongside communicators and technical staff at USAID and Cardno to align and support their efforts.

Applicants should indicate the technical discipline to which they are applying.

Qualifications:

Senior-level Positions

• Minimum education: Bachelor's degree in a relevant field
• Preferred education: Master's degree in a relevant field
• Minimum of 8-10 years of experience in relevant field
• Experience leading donor funded programs in similar context required; USAID Experienced Preferred
• Excellent written and oral communications skills required
• Fluency in Moldovan/Romanian required; excellent written and spoken English also required

Mid-level Positions  

• Minimum education: Bachelor's degree in a relevant field
• Preferred education: Master's degree in a relevant field
• Minimum of 4-7 years of experience in relevant field
• Experience contributing to donor funded programs in similar context required; USAID Experienced Preferred
• Excellent written and oral communications skills required
• Fluency in Moldovan/Romanian required; excellent written and spoken English also required

Junior-level Positions  

• Minimum education: Bachelor's degree in a relevant field
• Minimum of 0-3 years of experience in relevant field
• Experience contributing to international donor funded projects a plus
• Excellent written and oral communications skills required
• Fluency in Moldovan/Romanian required; excellent written and spoken English also required

Equal Opportunity statement for U.S. based applicants: Cardno International Development has a long-standing policy of Equal Opportunity in employment. Our practice is to fill positions by selecting applicants who can perform the work in a competent and professional manner. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status. This position will require proof of COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of employment and reasonable accommodations will be considered. If at any time you need an accommodation during the application process, please contact Human Resources at recruit@cardno.com.

Cardno International Development provides practical, innovative, and sustainable results in international development with over 50 years of history in 150 countries. As facilitators of locally led drivers of growth Cardno ID focuses on capacity building and empowerment, enabling long-term solutions and inclusive development.

Visit our website at www.cddid.com to learn more about Cardno International Development.