VACANT POSITION
Short-term consultant Coffee Market expert
Market Development Facility (MDF) Timor-Leste
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About Market Development Facility (MDF)
Market Development Facility is an Australian Government funded multi-country initiative which promotes sustainable economic development, through higher incomes for women and men, in our partner countries.
We connect individuals, businesses, governments and NGOs with each other, and with markets at home and abroad. This enhances investment and coordination and allows partnerships to flourish, strengthening inclusive economic growth. MDF is funded by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs (DFAT). It is implemented by Palladium in partnership with Swisscontact.
In Timor-Leste, MDF promotes economic diversification and poverty reduction through partnerships in agribusiness and tourism. The team also encourages entrepreneurship by providing financial and advisory support to innovative businesses.
Coffee, Timor-Leste’s largest non-oil export, is one of MDF’s priority markets. MDF Timor-Leste’s vision is to transition from low-productivity, commodity coffee to high-productive, specialty coffee that delivers a price premium to farmers. To accomplish this, MDF Timor-Leste has partnered with coffee buyers, exporters, the Timor-Leste coffee association, and specialty buyers in markets.
The Role
MDF Timor-Leste seeks a coffee market expert to provide strategy and technical support to our coffee team and partners. Specific deliverables will be determined in consultation with the consultant. Task and Duration up to 50 days from August 2022 – July 2024
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
- Review internal strategies and then assist the Timor-Leste country team in revising strategic documents
- Identify market opportunities and provide recommendations to grow Timor-Leste’s coffee sector
- Tailor international best practices in inclusive coffee value chains, processing, and marketing to the Timor-Leste context
- Link the country team with international expertise, investors, and partners
- Support the country team to design interventions with the private sector
- Create market intelligence briefings and deliver presentations to industry stakeholders
- Provide business and technical advice to MDF’s private sector and association partners
- Participate in industry-level discussions with private sector, associations, and government
Required Qualifications:
- Minimum 10 years’ of experience in the coffee sector at a senior level in developing economies
- Post graduate qualifications in development, economics business, agriculture or other relevant fields.
- Experience advising coffee buyers and associations on strategy and operations
- Strong interpersonal skills with a demonstrated capacity to constructively engage with the Private and Public sector, development partners
- Knowledge of and experience in Timor-Leste is preferred
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