Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, December 27, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Description
Roles and Responsibilities include:
Market Development and Training (45%)
1. Support the development, selection and/or adoption of guidelines, tools, models and protocols to aid Business and Market Development in SUNTA operational areas
2. Assess and support SUNTA districts in quality activity implementation to ensure that the programme is within scope, time and budget
Encourage linkages and support market communication between key actors (including farmers) to inform improved quality and reliability of supply
1. Support smallholder farmers and others in SMGs and CSLGs to profitably invest and use funds generated from savings and loans groups
2. Ensure compliance with government regulations and health and safety standards with the target farmers

Private Sector Engagement (40%)
1. Forge public-private partnerships involving commercial agribusiness, food processors and local producers or producer associations in SUN TA operational area
2. Provide technical support and leadership to SUNTA districts to ensure that targeted communities have increased access to market and financial services
Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting (15%)
1. Develop a database of commercial agribusiness and food processors seeking to work with smallholder farmers
2. Work with the Agriculture and Livelihood Expert and the SUN TA mapping value chains, including gender dimensions, for food and agriculture products, and identifying possible points of intervention to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
3. Disseminate information policies, laws, and relevant technologies for the indigenous poultry sector and regulations that favor agribusiness with smallholder farmers

Basic Qualifications:
• A bachelor’s or master’s degree in management and commerce with specialization in agriculture sciences, farm management, or agricultural marketing/economics or agribusiness.
• 3 to 5 years work experience in a similar position
Skills and Experience
• Knowledge in the basics of food processing, marketing, and input/output distribution and the barriers that may inhibit women and youths’s full participation in agribusiness enterprises.
• Communication skills, along with application of those skills with various marketing and private sector led strategies are required

We encourage all qualified individuals who share TechnoServe’s vision of improving the lives of others through proven business solutions to apply.
With our commitment to diversity, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and affirmative action employer and do not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, color, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, HIV/AIDS status, protected veteran status, disability and all other protected classes.
We are also proud of our commitment to protecting staff, partners, and beneficiaries from abuse and exploitation and thoroughly vet all final candidates through rigorous background and reference checks.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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