Agricultural Solutions Consultant

Job Title: Climate Smart Agriculture Solutions Specialist Description: We are seeking a skilled Climate Smart Agriculture Solutions Specialist to support the identification, evaluation, and deployment of climate-smart technologies across select agricultural value chains. Key Responsibilities: Identify and evaluate climate-smart technologies suited to selected value chains. Work with solution providers and agribusinesses to assess the performance of climate-smart technologies in terms of productivity improvement, input efficiency, and resource reduction. Develop metrics and methodologies to estimate greenhouse gas emission reductions attributed to specific technologies or farming practices. Translate agronomic and sustainability benefits into financing metrics to support tailored loan product design for financial institutions. Support stakeholder engagements, including farmer groups, anchor firms, and lenders, to identify barriers to technology adoption. Continuously track and apply relevant global and national best practices in sustainable agriculture, climate-smart agriculture, and digital agri finance to strengthen project implementation. Collaborate with financial institutions, government agencies, and other stakeholders to promote innovative and scalable agri finance models, exploring opportunities for adoption and scale-up of digitally enabled and climate-smart aligned financing models where relevant. Work closely with departments, teams, current and potential clients, government counterparts, and key stakeholders to identify investment opportunities in productive, inclusive, and resilient agriculture, including climate-smart and digital innovations as applicable. Conduct workshops, training sessions, and awareness programs to build capacity among financial institutions, agribusinesses, and other stakeholders on climate-smart practices and financing solutions. Prepare comprehensive reports, case studies, and policy briefs to document project outcomes, good practices, and lessons learned. Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of implemented solutions and provide recommendations for continuous improvement. Assist the team in preparing progress reports and project documentation for internal and external stakeholders. Monitor project implementation to ensure timely delivery of activities, outputs, and outcomes. Track progress against defined indicators. Requirements: Advanced degree in Agriculture, Environmental Science, Agricultural Economics, Rural Development, or a related field. Minimum of 8 years of professional experience in agricultural finance, sustainable agriculture, or climate-resilient value chains; familiarity with climate-smart agriculture and digital agriculture approaches preferred. Strong understanding of the local and global agribusiness environment, as well as awareness of climate-smart technologies, and emerging market opportunities. Experience working with solution providers, farmer organizations, and financial institutions to develop climate-aligned products or investment strategies. Experience in conducting field-based assessments of agricultural technologies preferred. Familiarity with greenhouse gas accounting tools is preferred. Proven experience in organizing and delivering capacity-building activities, including workshops and training sessions preferred. Ability to travel extensively across regions for stakeholder consultations, data collection, and pilot support. Demonstrated ability to work with financial institutions, government agencies, farmer producer organizations, and other agricultural stakeholders. Active listening skills by paying full attention and asking questions to clarify client and stakeholder needs and gather required information. Strong interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively with internal/external clients. Highly motivated, energetic, team player; and strong attention to detail and quality. Application and Contract: Please submit your application to us by the specified deadline. The selected candidate will be awarded a contract for a duration of 100 days. The contract is extendable depending on business needs.