Country Coordinator

DevWorks is recruiting for a Country Coordinator to support the Water and Energy for Food (WE4F) South and Southeast Asia Regional Innovation Hub (S/SE Asia RIH). The goal of WE4F is to support enterprises to scale their innovations that impact the sectors of food, water, and energy to increase the sustainability of agricultural food value chains, improve energy and water efficiency, and improve climate-resilient agriculture in developing countries and emerging markets.

The Country Coordinator will function as the country representative and coordinate program interventions at the country level. He/she will serve as the primary interface with the innovators and will support pipeline development, facilitate needs-based technical assistance for innovators, and carry out performance monitoring and reporting. The Country Coordinator will also interact with key stakeholders, including the private sector, investors, government officials, and donors to support the project’s enabling environment objectively. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Serving as a primary point of contact for WE4F S/SE Asia RIH to build strong relationships with project entrepreneurs,
• Identifying and addressing needs for technical assistance, and supporting the creation and execution of relevant work plans,
• Supporting investment pipeline entry and progression,
• Provide insights into local value chains, policy and regulatory environments, and other country-specific context and frameworks relevant to WE4F technologies,
• Assisting in grant compliance and collection of performance indicators,
• Assisting in WE4F’s internal processes, including administrative supports, documentation and streamlining of processes based on donor requirements, and
• Supporting other activities to ensure the scalability and compliance of the entrepreneurs and WE4F S/SE Asia RIH.

Qualifications

• 5 or more years of experience working on coordination and growth-stage enterprise support in agriculture, water, or energy sectors in S/SE Asia. 
• Demonstrated experience delivering business advisory services including, but not limited to, business model improvement, customer outreach strategy and market research to small and medium enterprises. 
• Demonstrated experience coordinating with a broad set of stakeholders, including investors and other private sector actors, national and subnational governments, local communities, and donors. 
• Experience with performance monitoring and reporting for donor-funded projects.
• USAID experience is preferable. 
• Technical background in one or more of the sectors of agriculture, water, and energy.  
• Familiar with the entrepreneurship ecosystems and Agri tech-innovation.
• Maintains an active network of key contacts in one or more of the sectors. 
• Strong understanding of the local business enabling environment and demonstrated experience engaging in policy advocacy. 
• Fluency in English (written and spoken). 
• In-country candidates preferred.