Global Program Support Internship

Summer Term:  June 1, 2020 – August 31, 2020

Internships are full-time (40hrs/week) paid at $14.00 per hour with 3 paid vacation days.  Interns are ineligible for any other benefits.

Under the supervision of CNFA’s Internship Coordinator, the GPS intern assists the Vice Presidents for Programs and several Program Officers with backstopping CNFA’s economic and enterprise development projects in Central & Eastern Europe, Central Asia, countries throughout Africa and the Caribbean.

Shared internship responsibilities:

• Contribute to research, writing, editing, creation of graphic elements and recruiting efforts for proposal development;
• Provide administrative support to staff as needed; and
• Support the Executive Assistant in keeping the office running smoothly with a variety of office management responsibilities and event planning for CNFA headquarters. 

Specific responsibilities:

• Backstop all aspects of USAID and AGRA agricultural programs throughout Africa, Central Asia, and Eastern Europe;
• Facilitate communications between Regional field offices and the DC home office headquarters through conference calls, correspondence, and contact lists;
• Review, edit and translate program documents, as appropriate, including all types of reports submitted to home office from the field;
• Research various features of existing programs and new business;
• Participate in discussions of program strategy and the field of international development;
• Arrange international travel logistics for program officers and consultants with regard to air, hotel, and embassy visits to obtain visas;
• Assist in the implementation of internal and donor Monitoring & Evaluation to track key program indicators; and
• Other tasks as assigned.]

Qualifications:

• Strong organizational skills with ability to multitask;
• Administrative background and interest in program management;
• Strong research skills and experience with both qualitative and quantitative analysis; and
• Advanced language skills may also be beneficial.

Requirements:

• Current US work authorization required, as CNFA does not sponsor work visas;
• A college junior, senior, recent graduate or graduate student with a minimum GPA of 3.0;
• Demonstrated interest in international development; and
• Prior office experience is desired, travel experience and knowledge of another language is preferred. 

Your application will be considered incomplete and will not be considered without the submission of all documents: cover letter, resume and professional references.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or protected veteran status.

CNFA takes affirmative action in support of its policy to advance in employment individuals who are minorities, women, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities.

Only those candidates selected for further consideration will be contacted.

Summer Term:  June 1, 2020 – August 31, 2020

Internships are full-time (40hrs/week) paid at $14.00 per hour with 3 paid vacation days.  Interns are ineligible for any other benefits.

Under the supervision of CNFA’s Internship Coordinator, the Farmer-to-Farmer (F2F) Program intern assists in implementing and monitoring the F2F programs in Southern Africa, East Africa, Europe, and the Caucasus and Central Asia, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

Shared internship responsibilities:

• Contribute to research, writing, editing, creation of graphic elements and recruiting efforts for proposal development;
• Rotate receptionist duty and provide administrative support to staff as needed; and
• Support the Receptionist in keeping the office running smoothly with a variety of office management responsibilities and event planning for CNFA headquarters. 

Specific responsibilities:

• Attend and participate in CNFA staff meetings related to F2F implementation, program strategy and new project opportunities;
• Review and edit program documents as necessary, including drafting program reports to USAID and reviewing, editing and providing guidance to field offices on program documents;
• Assist in recruiting, briefing, and debriefing of high-quality volunteers to fill F2F yearly quotas;
• Arrange logistics for volunteers undertaking training assignments abroad (e.g. travel arrangements, visits to embassies for visa processing, etc.);
• Provide research support for proposal development; and
• Other tasks as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Strong organizational skills with ability to multitask;
• Administrative background and interest in program management;
• Strong research skills and experience with both qualitative and quantitative analysis; and
• Advanced language skills may also be beneficial.

Requirements:

• Current US work authorization required, as CNFA does not sponsor work visas;
• A college junior, senior, recent graduate or graduate student with a minimum GPA of 3.0;
• Demonstrated interest in international development; and
• Prior office experience is desired, travel experience and knowledge of another language is preferred. 

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or protected veteran status. CNFA takes affirmative action in support of its policy to advance in employment individuals who are minorities, women, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities.

All internship applicants should submit their CV, Cover Letter and 3 Professional References.

Your application will be considered incomplete and will not be considered without the submission of all documents: cover letter, resume and professional references.

Summer Term:  June 1, 2020 – August 31, 2020

Internships are full-time (40hrs/week) paid at $14.00 per hour with 3 paid vacation days.  Interns are ineligible for any other benefits.

Under the supervision of CNFA’s Internship Coordinator, the Hinga Weze Program intern assists in implementing and monitoring the Hinga Weze Program in Rwanda, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

Shared internship responsibilities:

• Contribute to research, writing, editing, creation of graphic elements and recruiting efforts for proposal development;
• Rotate receptionist duty and provide administrative support to staff as needed; and
• Support the Executive Assistant in keeping the office running smoothly with a variety of office management responsibilities and event planning for CNFA headquarters. 

Specific responsibilities:

• Backstop all aspects of USAID Feed the Future Hinga Weze Program in Rwanda;
• Facilitate communications between field offices and the DC home office headquarters through conference calls, correspondence, and contact lists;
• Review and edit program documents, as appropriate, including all types of reports submitted to home office from the field;
• Assist in the drafting, editing and finalizing of Action Memo requests to USAID Rwanda and other program correspondence;
• Research various features of existing programs and new business;
• Participate in discussions of program strategy and the field of international development;
• Arrange international travel logistics for program officers and consultants with regard to air, hotel, and embassy visits to obtain visas;
• Assist in the implementation of internal and donor Monitoring & Evaluation to track key program indicators; and
• Other tasks as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Strong organizational skills with ability to multitask;
• Administrative background and interest in program management;
• Strong research skills and experience with both qualitative and quantitative analysis; and
• Advanced language skills may also be beneficial.

Requirements:

• Current US work authorization required, as CNFA does not sponsor work visas;
• A college junior, senior, recent graduate or graduate student with a minimum GPA of 3.0;
• Demonstrated interest in international development; and
• Prior office experience is desired, travel experience and knowledge of another language is preferred. 

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or protected veteran status. CNFA takes affirmative action in support of its policy to advance in employment individuals who are minorities, women, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities.

All internship applicants should submit their CV, Cover Letter and 3 Professional References.

Your application will be considered incomplete and will not be considered without the submission of all documents: cover letter, resume and professional references.

Position Summary:

The Nutrition Director will provide technical direction for all nutrition-related design work, implementation and reporting across CNFA’s program portfolio and will contribute to new business development initiatives as necessary. This position will be responsible for developing in-house tools and nutrition-sensitive program concepts across the organization. Additionally, the Nutrition Director will provide technical support and contribute to staff training and mentoring in areas including local market food systems, nutrition-sensitive food system analysis, food and nutrition transformation, etc. The person in this position will represent CNFA to external audiences to showcase nutrition systems and programming. The Director will work in close collaboration with CNFA’s program and new business divisions and will require regular travel to the field in support of CNFA’s global project portfolio. This is a position based out of our DC head office. 

Key Activities for this Role Include:

• Designing country, regional and global nutrition programming that integrates innovative approaches and applied best practice;
• Maximizing impact in-country projects by supporting innovative programming and developing core tools and guidance for best practice, and providing demand-driven support to field-based program implementation to help country teams deliver maximum impact;
• Drawing out the experience, knowledge, and evidence generated by field programming and identifying ways to disseminate across programs and externally as a contribution to the global evidence base.

Responsibilities: Technical Implementation

• Provide technical oversight on nutrition-sensitive agriculture program implementation;
• Lead global strategic thinking on nutrition for the organization
• Support field teams to design and develop country level nutrition activities;
• Provide technical input into nutrition specific target and strategies for CNFA projects;
• Collaborate with Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Team to include nutrition in project evaluation;
• Provide technical direction to nutrition-focused implementing partners on projects;
• Provide training and consultations to home office and field office employees as needed;
• Participate in conferences and workshops on international and local scales;
• Facilitate the dissemination of global best practices to field staff and in field programs;
• Provide leadership in nutrition-sensitive topics to donors and partner organization.

Responsibilities: New Business Development:

• Design nutrition sensitive interventions for agriculture development programs for competitive donor bids;
• Undertake leadership role in proposal development in concert with New Business Team, analyzing and recommending bid decisions, and conceptualizing teaming, technical approaches, and cost strategies to maximize competitive advantage.
• Serve as proposal technical writer, providing vision and leadership to proposal team, and mentoring and supervising the application of best practices for nutrition;
• Support resource mobilization for nutrition by identifying opportunities and cultivating partnerships in support of technical vision.

Required Education and Experience:

• MA/MS or PhD in a Nutrition, Public Health or related field;
• A minimum of 10 years of experience in nutrition related program implementation or design;
• Experience assisting food security/agriculture related programming and Title II programming preferred;
• Experience designing and managing nutrition surveys;
• Experience in quantitative and qualitative nutrition research required.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Demonstrated experience leading successful international health proposal design and development
• Strong working knowledge of donor (USAID, FFP, USDA, DFID, GIZ, WB, et al.) priorities and regulations;
• Ability to work under pressure, manage multiple tasks simultaneously and meet deadlines;
• Demonstrated ability to solve complex technical problems in a timely and successful manner;
• Accuracy, attention to detail and client focused with the ability to work collaboratively as part of a team using a solution-oriented approach;
• Ability to relate to and communicate effectively with diverse stakeholders;
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Ability to work in French or other second language preferred;
• At least 3 years of field experience, preferably in Africa or Asia;
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively as a member of a fast-moving team
• Willingness to contribute at different levels required to achieve success
• Self-motivated and ability to work independently;
• Advanced computer skills with Microsoft Office;
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally (up to 25% of time) as needed.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or protected veteran status. CNFA takes affirmative action in support of its policy to advance in employment individuals who are minorities, women, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities.

Position Overview

The Program Development Administrator is an integral member of CNFA’s Program Development team and will be responsible for all administrative tasks in support of CNFA’s program development activities.  The successful candidate will be a motivated, team-oriented, self-starting administrative professional who is both thoughtful and able to react quickly to opportunities and needs as they arise.  

General Responsibilities:

• Manage the consultant and contractor procurement processes and prepare and process resulting agreements and subsequent invoices;
• Provide administrative support to the Program Development team;
• Prepare and process travel logistics for new business team members and consultants, including coordinating flight reservations and procurement of visas, making hotel reservations, preparing travel advances, and giving advice on requirements for travel;
• Support post-travel arrangements, including reviewing and finalizing travel reimbursements and expense reports and facilitating approvals of consultant deliverables in coordination with proposal teams;
• Compile inputs to produce cost proposals, ensuring compliance with solicitation requirements;
• Process paperwork for proposal recruitment;
• Set up Program Development team meetings;
• Compile informational matrices for proposals as required in solicitations; and
• Other administrative-related tasks as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• A minimum of 3 (three) years of administrative experience in a high demand office environment, preferably in an international organization or non-profit;
• Bachelor’s Degree preferred or proven administrative experience;
• Prior experience in arranging travel logistics and managing basic contracts;
• Excellent oral communication and presentation skills;
• Superior writing, proven organization skills, with strong attention to detail;
• Proven ability to multi-task and prioritize within the context of a shifting workload;
• Ability to handle sensitive information with the utmost discretion;
• Strong interpersonal skills with the demonstrated ability to maintain efficiency and a steady pace in the face of strict and multiple deadlines;
• Proven ability to operate effectively in a multicultural environment;
• Proficient with Microsoft Outlook, MS Excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, SharePoint, and internet research; and
• Fluency in Spanish and/or French preferred but not required.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or protected veteran status. CNFA takes affirmative action in support of its policy to advance in employment individuals who are minorities, women, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities.

Position Summary

The Program Development Coordinator is an integral member of CNFA’s New Business Development team contributing to the business development process and the production of winning proposals that enable the organization to grow organically and strategically.

General Responsibilities

• Closely monitoring the proposal process from capture and release to submission, liaising with staff and partners to ensure adherence to deadlines and quality standards for deliverables;
• Thoroughly reviewing solicitation documents and supporting the creation of comprehensive outlines, compliance matrices, and calendars to guide proposal preparation;
• Organizing and helping to facilitate proposal planning meetings with staff and partners, including ensuring all meeting logistics are in place and IT equipment is working in advance;
• Supporting recruitment for proposals, including preparation of scopes of work and posting ads; screening CVs and tracking candidate comparison worksheets; ensuring collection of personnel documentation; and strengthening content of CVs through desk research and interviewing candidates; and formatting CVs;
• Supporting the team to collect and compile support documents for proposals;
• Supporting proposal production, paying close attention to detail for copy editing, formatting, and ensuring consistency of language and presentation in accordance with CNFA quality standards for internal reviews and final submission;
• Taking ownership of cost proposal completion and production;
• Assisting writing teams with desk research and drafting proposal sections as agreed;
• Organizing logistics for and providing support to consultants, and processing their paperwork;
• Developing relationships with consultants and international and local partners for live proposals and conducting research to identify partners where proposal teams identify gaps;
• Coordinating with partners on PTAs/TAs for proposal inputs and tracking them as appropriate;
• Drafting capacity statements and other documents to support marketing and positioning of CNFA for identified opportunities;
• Supporting country- or regional-portfolio management to identify and track opportunities including participating in regular discussions with field teams to identify upcoming opportunities; conducting competitive analysis and technical research for upcoming opportunities; and identifying potential staff and partners for upcoming opportunities;
• Representing CNFA at conferences, workshops, meetings, and other industry gatherings; and
• Other duties as assigned.

Qulaifications

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university;
• At least one year of experience in proposal preparation or related professional experience required;
• Two or more years of relevant international development or other relevant long-term experience highly desirable;
• Experience working and living in a developing country desired;
• Ability to travel internationally;
• Current US work authorization required.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or protected veteran status. CNFA takes affirmative action in support of its policy to advance in employment individuals who are minorities, women, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities. 

Request for Expression of Interest

Monetization for the FY 2020 Food for Progress Notice of Funding Opportunity

Issue Date:                             November 12th, 2019

Closing Date:                         TBD

RFP No:                                 USDA-FFPr-2020-01

Place of Performance:          Washington DC and in selected FFPr country(ies)

Period of performance:        As agreed during proposal development

Submission email:                 Mariah Davidson, Program Development Coordinator,

mdavidson@cnfa.org

Background:

Founded in 1985, CNFA manages an active portfolio of $311 million in programs in 20 countries. CNFA leads and implements programs that support private-sector-led initiatives and increase employment; strengthen agribusinesses, value chains, and markets; increase access to affordable financial services; and increase smallholder incomes and uptake of improved technologies. CNFA anticipates submitting one or more applications in response to the FY 2020 US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food for Progress (FFPr) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). Through this solicitation, CNFA is seeking proposals for a monetization service provider to be included in our applications.

Statement of Work:

CNFA is seeking expressions of interest (EOIs) for a monetization service provider in anticipation of the FY 2020 FFPr Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). The selected monetization agent will develop and implement the commodity management plan in accordance with USDA rules, regulations, and timeline. Country selection will be determined upon release of the USDA FY 2020 NOFO. Interested monetization agents should respond to this application by submitting an expression of interest by the due date above in compliance with the instructions below. 

Instructions and Requirements for Submissions of Expressions of Interest:

• Provide a cover page that includes your organization’s name, address, and telephone number along with the date and RFP number and signature of an authorized representative of the offeror.
• Provide a brief overview of your organization and a list of monetization projects and dates of performance in two pages, inclusive of the cover page, with TNR font, size 12 and one-inch margins.
• Submit the EOI in Word or PDF format to the email address indicated above.

Position Summary:

CNFA is currently seeking a Monitoring and Evaluation Consultant to support proposal development on multiple US Government proposals. The position will be based in Washington, DC.The Monitoring and Evaluation Consultant will be responsible for writing M&E and logical framework sections on assigned proposals.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Review assigned solicitations and ensure responsiveness to all solicitation requirements regarding M&E;
• Write all M&E and logical framework sections on assigned proposals within the schedule established by CNFA, address feedback, and provide inputs for the reviews of each color draft;
• Work with the technical team to set beneficiary and other targets, including the identification of relevant indicators and the creation of custom indicators, for each assigned proposal and;
• Coordinate activities with the technical team and writers to ensure M&E is fully integrated throughout each assigned proposal

Key Qualification:

• Minimum of six (6) years of relevant, progressively responsible experience is required;
• Proven track record in the evaluation and assessment of agricultural development projects and Ease of Doing Business indicators is required;
• Master’s degree, or higher, in economics, business administration, statistics, social sciences, or a related field, is required, and;
• Complete technical familiarity with USAID evaluation methods and standards is required.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or protected veteran status. CNFA takes affirmative action in support of its policy to advance in employment individuals who are minorities, women, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities.

Only those candidates selected for further consideration will be contacted.