Senior Advisor, Agricultural Policy

• Sharpening the foundation’s approach and knowledge of how countries have transformed economically and what they do in the Ag space to catalyze inclusive agriculture practices
• Deepening the understanding, across all AgDev teams, of the policy environment for agricultural development globally
• Creating new ways of conceptualizing and innovating around agricultural policy issues, resulting in a state-of-the-art approach to agricultural policy that is embedded in all of the foundation’s policy and country investments
• Ensuring the success of the AgDev policy program in order to support evidence-based policy
• Developing a clearly defined vision for how the foundation’s policy work can influence inclusive agricultural transformation (IAT) and a sequenced theory of action for policy reform
• Enhanced partnerships with global agricultural policy normative bodies and increased global technical leadership in the space

Strategic Thinking

• Defines the evolving future of global agricultural policy and the potential roles the foundation may play in catalyzing inclusive agricultural transformation
• Clearly defines a sequenced theory of action for policy reform across geographies and engages with country teams to analyze and assess appropriate paths forward
• Challenges assumptions and conventional wisdom with specific, supported, reasoned proposals
• Pragmatically applies academic theory in varied country contexts, and effectively communicates technical messages to a range of stakeholders

Cultural Agility

• Builds relationships across varied geographic and/or political boundaries and exhibits a capacity for networking, partnering, facilitation, and alliance building among highly diverse groups of people
• Accurately perceives organizational, political, and social dynamics; proactively navigates both the foundation and the stakeholder environment to achieve goals and remove barriers

Collaborating and Influencing

• Creatively influences and persuades key stakeholders to take action to advance shared interests and goals; is comfortable influencing without final decision-making authority; s/he must be able to influence at the co-chair level
• Leverages AgDev colleagues to facilitate increased collaboration across the organization and externally, and establishes a cross-team collaboration mechanism to promote common principles in the organization’s policy work
• Communicates frequently internally and externally to facilitate increased dialogue and action