Project Specialist

Primary responsibilities of the position include but are not limited to the following:

• Serve as the full-cycle project implementation lead for activities that may be across all three of TAIB’s components, ensuring activities are designed to maximize impact, executed on time and within budget, and in accordance with Venture37 and USDA polices and procedures. Illustrative activities may include: operationalizing Egypt’s import control system, preparing guidance for industry on NFSA’s regulatory requirements, implementing training events with NFSA and industry, improving NFSA’s operational efficiencies.
• Develops scopes of work and manages local consultants to ensure on-time delivery and high quality implementation.
• In cooperation with the Technical Team, ensure that activities are planned and logged into TAIB’s adaptive management work planning system and that impact data is recorded and properly filed.
• Lead the development and delivery of trainings, workshops and outreach events.
• Review technical documents and manuals produced by technical staff and consultants to ensure incorporation of international beset practices and acceptance with TAIB’s quality standards.
• In collaboration with TAIB’s Senior Management ensure that activities are being carried out in accordance with TAIB’s annual work plan. Be proactive in identifying constraints for activity implementation and proactive in suggesting and acting upon solutions.
• Liaise frequently with counterparts and key stakeholders involved in the food safety sector in Egypt to include government of Egypt counterparts, private sector trade organizations and companies, and other development projects.
• Prepare monthly and annual activity budgets for TAIB’s budget forecasting and work planning.
• Draft monthly and semi-annual activity reports for TAIB’s donor reporting.
• Ensure project activities comply with LOL policies and that technical information is captured, recorded and stored according to the project’s internal MEL Plan and in accordance with LOL policies.
• Monitor technical budgets to ensure that expenditures are within approved budget parameters and meet appropriate financial reporting and regulatory requirements.