Jobs at:
Heifer International

Vacancy title:
4 Cluster Coordinators

Deadline of this Job:
November 26th, 2016

Duty Station:
Wakiso, Mbale, Amuria, Kiboga

Job details:
Background
Heifer international is a global nonprofit working to end hunger, poverty and care for the Earth by using sustainable practices and engaging smallholder farmers in agricultural development. Heifer was founded on the simple belief that ending hunger begins with giving people the means to feed themselves, generate income and achieve sustainable livelihoods. Since Heifer’s founding in 1944, 20.7 million families -more than 70 million people - in more than 125 countries have benefited from community-based training, appropriate technology and agricultural resources, enabling them to lift themselves out of poverty and hunger on to a path of self-reliance and economic prosperity.

Our transformational model runs much deeper than providing livestock and agricultural inputs. We work with public and private partners around the world to put the entrepreneurial power of self- reliance in the hands of small-scale farmers by connecting them to markets and their local and national economies.
Position Title : Cluster Coordinators (4) –Wakiso, Mbale, Amuria, Kiboga .
Job Summary The East Africa Youth Inclusion Program (EAYIP) Cluster Coordinator, under the guidance of the EAYlP Social Capital and Cluster Manager, will provide leadership on hub business and will be responsible for managing and providing technical guidance to the business operations of the agricultural value chain enterprises in the Cluster for the EAYlP. S/he will ensure increased production and productivity in the agribusinesses which are the key outcome of the project. Leading and working through a team of Cluster personnel and other consortium staff, he/she will provide technical guidance and support to producer organization boards, staff and farmers on dairy production and productivity issues.

Minimum Professional Qualifications and Experience:
• A Masters degree in Agriculture, Animal Science or a related field, plus at least five (5) years’ experience in crop and or dairy production management with a background in dairy/crop enterprise management.
• Experience in developing private public partnerships especially at country level working in matrix reporting environment.
• Possess the experience and ability to inoculate dairy as a financial viable business proposition at both the farm and producer organization

Essential job Skills:
• Clear understanding of the dairy value chain and Heifer’s Value based model. Demonstrated experience in setting robust and sustainable extension systems for producer organizations. This requirement is in line with the need to have built- in exit strategies within the project as a measure of ensuring that there are self-sustaining businesses by project‘s end.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in facilitating development of farm-level business plans and feasibility studies including the computation of the associated key financial ratios and benchmarks.
• Experience in implementing supply promotion/stimulation strategies in the context of dairy subsector and other agricultural sub- sectors.
• Proficient in communicating in English and local languages, oral and written.

Job application procedure
Persons who meet the specific job requirements for positions ' above should send copies of certificates, cover letter with a CV indicating two professional referees to: The Country Director- Heifer International Uganda on P.0. Box 28491 Kampala, hand delivered - (9am-3pm) application to Plot 6 Clement Hill Road, Nakasero OR Email: heiferuganda@heifer.org not later than Application Deadline of: November 26th, 2016 on the address above. Only short listed applicants will be contacted. Canvassing is completely prohibited and automatically leads to disqualification.
Heifer International is an equal opportunity employer