Short-term Junior Expert – Agriculture and Climate Adaptation (National)

North South Consultants Exchange is searching for an:   Short-term Junior Expert – Agriculture and Climate Adaptation (National)

APPLICATION GUIDELINES:

To apply, please send your CV to recruitment@nsce-inter.com  by 30 November 2026 with the following email subject line: "Short-term Junior Expert   – AIP II CSA Upper Egypt"

Note. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until a suitable candidate is identified.

The Project overview

 North South Consultants Exchange (NSCE) is looking for candidates for a long-term development project in agriculture and climate smart agriculture in Upper Egypt, covering the Beni Suef, Minya, Asyut and Sohag governorates. The project runs for approximately 30 months, from 2027 to September 2029. It uses a Living Lab approach with Farmer Field Schools to strengthen the climate resilience of smallholder farming communities. It aims to build the capacities of 6,600 smallholder farmers to reduce production losses from extreme weather, adopt climate-adaptive production methods and increase their income, and to train 200 rural stakeholders through Training-of-Trainers.

Role of the Expert

  This post is position 2 of 8 short-term junior expert positions with national experience in agriculture and climate adaptation. Up to 3,972 expert days in Egypt are planned for the whole group of 8 junior experts, and the number of experts and days actually used may differ from this plan.

• Facilitate the design, planning and implementation of the technical activities on agriculture best practices, climate smart agriculture (CSA) and the interactive demo plots.
• Coordinate the technical provision of innovative climate approaches in CSA.
• Coordinate field visits and implementation technical support.
• Facilitate the Training-of-Trainers (ToT) programmes and matchmaking events.

The expert is evaluated based on the following 3 criteria:

Expert Minimum Requirements

 Required qualifications

• University degree (e.g. master's or German Diplom) in agriculture.

Required experience

The expert should demonstrate:

• 3 years of professional experience in the agriculture sector.
• 3 years of professional experience in agriculture best practices, including climate adaptation solutions.
• 3 years of professional experience in Egypt.
• 2 years of experience in development cooperation projects.
• Soft skills: Team skills, initiative, communication skills, sociocultural and intercultural skills, efficient partner- and client-oriented working methods, and interdisciplinary thinking.

Languages

• Arabic: C2 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

• English: B2 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.