Jobs at:
Agricultural Business Initiative

Vacancy title:
Advocacy & Communications Manager

Deadline of this Job:
12:00 Noon on 25th November 2016

Duty Station:
Kampala, Uganda

Job details:
The Agricultural Business Initiative (aBi), a group of registered companies namely aBi Trust and aBi Finance Ltd is a multi-stakeholder entity co-founded in July 2010 by the Governments of Uganda and Denmark through DANIDA and the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development respectively, with the objective to promote "Private sector agribusiness development to enhance wealth creation

The development objective of the aBi Trust is building a self-sustaining export-led economy in which the benefits are shared by all Ugandans, and its immediate objective is to strengthen the competitiveness of Uganda's agricultural and agro-processing sector. lt does this through Value Chain Development (VCD) of six value chains (Coffee, Cereals, Pulses, Horticulture, Dairy and Oil Seeds) and Financial Services Development (FSD).

aBi Finance Ltd is the investment arm of aBi that aims to enable the Trust to meet its programme activities in a sustainable manner by offering financing for agribusiness development through Lines of Credit, Agribusiness Loan Guarantees and the Construction Guarantees Fund. aBi is looking to recruit for the following position:
Advocacy & Communications Manager
(1 position & re-advertised)

The Advocacy & Communications Manager leads the aBi team in developing and implementing a communication strategy that is effective in influencing key stakeholders to support the development of agribusiness in Uganda; this includes managing relationships with a wide range of stakeholders and supporting aBi's role as a “knowledge Centre “for agribusiness excellence in Uganda/EA region. The role is primarily responsible for achieving the goal ofaBi's communications plan:To position Agricultural Business initiative as a leader in the provision financial solutions to value chain actors in Uganda by consistently engaging stakeholders and the media with content that informs, influences and shapes public discourse.

Job application procedure
Please make applications by clicking on the link http://abitrust.hrmagic.uglcareers/ and follow the instructions. Deadline for all submissions is 12:00 Noon on 25th November 2016. Please note that only successful candidates will be contacted. For more information, please visit our website www.abi.co.ug/?page_id=4892