Vacancy Agricultural Advisor at the Embassy in Kyiv
The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Kyiv is looking for a Agricultural Advisor to join our Agricultural Network Team.
Are you the networker and policy advisor in agrifood & nature our Embassy needs? Do you have proposals for bilateral and international cooperation in Ukraine based on the expertise of the Netherlands? Then we are looking for you!
- Position: Agricultural Advisor (AA)
- Location: Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Kyiv, Ukraine
- Scale: 8
- Full time (37,5 hrs), offline
Who we are
The Netherlands Agricultural Network Team in Ukraine LAN falls within the organisational structure of the Embassy and the LAN team is part of the Economic Cluster of the Netherlands Embassy. The Agricultural Counsellor is the overall manager of the LAN which further consists of an Agricultural Advisor (vacancy) and an Agricultural Officer.
We are looking for an Agricultural Advisor with demonstrated knowledge of the Ukrainian agricultural sector and policy. Furthermore, the full scale Russian invasion and Ukraine’s accession negotiations with the EU have an impact both on the Common Agricultural Policy as well as the agricultural sector in Ukraine. We are looking for someone who can translate all these developments not only into reports but also into proposals for bilateral and international cooperation.
Someone with a vision on how to sustain and rebuild the sector, the analytic skills to sharply map the opportunities for Dutch agribusiness and knowledge institutions in the context of early recovery and post-war reconstruction, and the ability to convert these into action. (S)he has an excellent capability to build, extend and maintain a network of useful contacts within government, international s, NGO’s, knowledge institutions and the business community. organisation
We are looking for an open, proactive and result-oriented person, able to combine teamwork and hands-on internal working environment with an external, more formal working environment and role. A flexible colleague who likes to take initiative and is able to switch quickly between different policy topics.