Job Responsibilities

• Lead the project to effectively address various issues within the different parts of India's agriculture or food value chain to effectively implement necessary sustainable solutions that have been detailed in the project document.
• Support development of action plans and policy briefs for the growth of sustainable food systems in the country.
• Undertake complex contextual analysis and lead meetings covering the entire food value chain- agriculture, logistics, corporate, etc.
• Lead the necessary engagement with relevant stakeholders in the government and private sector to influence policy making and transformation as per the lessons learnt from the project.
• Mentor and develop a team at NPMU/SPMU for continued progress to bring about transformation in the food systems being targeted at scale.
• Planning and Budgeting
o In-charge of overall management of the NPMU.
o Coordinate the preparation and implementation of the Annual Work Plans and Budget (AWP/B) of the NPMU and provide guidance to the SPMUs for the preparation of the state level AWP/B.
o Liaise with State and Central Departments for mobilising co-finance resources and ensuring effective convergence of project activities with the identified co-financing schemes.
• Project Implementation
o Ensure strong coordination/ learning and sharing among the project states.
o Report to the NPSC, and the Joint Secretary, Crops division of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
o Ensure time bound implementation of project activities.
o Ensure strong technical quality assurance of project’s reports outputs and outcomes based on global, national and state-level best practices.
o Coordinate with the FAO Country Office, FAO Lead Technical Officer (LTO), other National Experts.
• Monitoring, Review and Studies
o Report to the NPSC, and the Joint Secretary, Crops division of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
o Adhere to all reporting requirements of the MoAFW, GEF, and FAO.
o Implement project developed monitoring and evaluation system to monitor project outputs and outcomes.
o Mobilize technical expertise as and when required.
o Coordinate preparation of the Project Implementation Report, midterm and final evaluation reports.
o Coordinate policy analysis at national-level and support preparation of food system roadmaps for the project states.
• Miscellaneous
o Represent the project in all meetings and forums as required.
o Coordinate with the FAO Country Office, FAO Lead Technical Officer (LTO), other National Experts.
• Any other duties assigned by the project implementing agency.