Socio-economic Specialist (2 positions)

The Socio-economic Specialist will conduct socio-economic assessments and analyses in rural areas of Upper Egypt to support the FAO project "EU for Hayah Karima". The role focuses on improving livelihoods, promoting gender equality and youth engagement, and enhancing value chains for income-generating crops and agricultural waste transformation.

Responsibilities

• Conduct socioeconomic assessments and analyses of rural livelihoods, poverty, employment, gender, and youth dynamics to inform project interventions.
• Ensure inclusion of vulnerable groups, gender equality, and youth engagement across all project activities.
• Contribute to value chain analysis with focus on income-generating crops and agricultural waste transformation.
• Identify barriers and opportunities for women and youth participation in agribusiness and waste management start-ups.
• Promote gender equality and youth engagement by identifying opportunities for job creation, skills development, and entrepreneurship.
• Provide recommendations to strengthen community-based enterprises and farmers’ organizations.
• Design and deliver training, awareness campaigns, and Farmer Business School (FBS) activities to strengthen agripreneurship, cooperative management, micro-enterprise creation, and waste management practices.
• Support awareness campaigns on socioeconomic and environmental benefits of waste management and food loss reduction.
• Facilitate participatory approaches to ensure communities are engaged in planning and decision-making.
• Facilitate market linkages by mapping buyers, processors, and private sector partners, organizing B2B events, trade fairs, and buyer–seller meetings.
• Provide advisory support to start-ups on quality standards, branding, and market entry strategies.
• Facilitate linkages with micro-finance institutions, banks, and cooperatives, ensuring equitable access to finance.
• Support strengthening partnerships and linkages with public and private institutions that generate relevant information and technologies related to value chain enhancement.
• Develop socioeconomic indicators and contribute to project monitoring and evaluation.
• Support implementation of Letters of Agreement (LoAs), including follow-up, timely reporting, and performance tracking.
• Collaborate with the communications team to ensure documentation of project activities, lessons learned, best practices, and success stories.
• Prepare reports, briefings, and other written materials on socioeconomic issues related to the project.
• Work with local authorities, civil society, and cooperatives to enhance ownership and sustainability of interventions.
• Support the project management team in strategies to increase project impact and sustainability.
• Perform any other duties as requested.

Requirements

• Advanced university degree in agriculture economics, social sciences, agribusiness developments or other related fields.
• At least 5 years of experience in similar functions designing, implementing and reporting on socio-economic activities.
• Working knowledge of English.
• National of Egypt.

Skills

• Socio-economic Assessment
• Socioeconomic Analysis
• Livelihoods Enhancement
• Gender Equity Promotion
• Youth Engagement
• Value Chain Strengthening
• Agricultural Economics
• Agribusiness Development
• Project Design
• Project Implementation
• Project Reporting

Languages

English