Subsidies & Incentives Expert

About the role

Al Nahiya Group is looking for a senior expert to lead the redesign of agricultural subsidy frameworks in the UAE. You will shape smarter targeting mechanisms, close leakage gaps, and ensure every dirham of public investment delivers measurable outcomes for farmers and the sector.

Key responsibilities

• Map the current subsidy landscape, including eligibility criteria, spend patterns, leakage risks and incentive distortions.
• Segment beneficiaries by farm type, size, crop/livestock system, geography and vulnerability.
• Design alternative subsidy models such as targeted input subsidies, outcome‑linked incentives and capital grant/co‑investment schemes.
• Develop fiscal scenarios and trade‑off analyses to support government decision‑making.
• Define eligibility rules, verification methods, audit trails and leakage‑prevention controls.
• Translate designs into executable implementation plans, policy drafts, operating procedures and system requirements.
• Collaborate with digital and data teams on farmer‑registry integration, e‑voucher disbursement logic and case‑management workflows.
• Establish impact‑evaluation frameworks, logic models, baselines and quasi‑experimental designs.
• Coordinate with finance, treasury, audit, regulators, farmer associations, suppliers and service providers.

Required profile

• 10+ years of experience in agricultural subsidies, social‑support targeting, agri‑policy implementation or development programmes.
• Proven track record designing and implementing targeting and payment/disbursement mechanisms, preferably in the public sector.
• Strong quantitative capability, including fiscal modelling and programme evaluation methods.
• Familiarity with global best practices (FAO, World Bank, IFAD) is an advantage.
• Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Public Policy, Agricultural Economics or related field; advanced degree preferred.

Required skills