Marketing Link Officer job at Sasakawa Africa Association
JOB DETAILS:

Under the supervision and guidance of the Project Coordinator.

Required Tasks:
• Lead in analytical and business strategic work pertaining to small holder commercial agriculture, agribusiness and rural enterprise development;
• Develop new business partnerships, manage the existing ones and review the running partnerships.
• You will be required to recruit new business partners and identifying future opportunities for impact across the Programme impact areas;
• Be part of designing and analyzing market-related studies in areas of operation and pick key programmatic lessons and opportunities for efficiency in market;
• Assist SG2000 Country Office teams to evaluate business models and market linkage approaches;
• Support the SG2000 Country Office team to work with farmers, farmer organizations and Village Saving & Loan Associations (VSLAs) to create new and/or diversified market linkages and build partnerships; Identifying capacity & training needs and techniques for selected agricultural value chains that improve smallholder farmers' food security, yields, product quality, nutrition and incomes;
• Develop and enhance working partnerships in areas of mutual interest across the value chain with donors and other external public or private organizations,
• Participate fully in the preparation of work plans and budgets, reports and updates on business development strategies and activities;
• Support in developing and piloting public-private partnership models;
• Perform any other activities as and when required by Management.


Academic Qualifications and Work Experience
Bachelor's Degree in Agriculture Economics, Agribusiness, Rural Development or any other related field.
At least 5 years of work experience working in related field.

Personal Competencies:
• High Degree of Integrity
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and computer Skills
• Proven ability to adapt to a multi-cultural setting
• High degree of innovation and concern for high technical and quality standards
• Should have strong oral, analytical, writing and presentational skills.

JOB DETAILS:

Job Overview:
The focus is on implementing a country-specific extension program to improve production, postharvest management and develop agro-processing enterprises while improving food safety and quality.

Qualifications
• The Officer must have a minimum of a BSc &/or MA degree in Postharvest Management, Bachelor's Degree in Agricultural Engineering or in any other related field, and 5 years of relevant experience.
• NGO work experience will be an added advantage.

JOB DETAILS:

Job Overview
The focus of the position is to coordinate the overall financial resourcing and performance management of SAA-Uganda which include planning and implementation of the budgetary resources, monitoring, and reporting of financial performance. The FC reports to the SAA Country Director / Deputy Country Director and the Head of Finance (HoF) at the Strategic Partnership Office (SPO) This position is located at the SAA Country office in Kampala.

Required Tasks:
• Take the lead and oversee the Organization's financial component in the Country,
• Oversee all Organization's financial reporting processes, including project budgeting and financial performance monitoring,
• Ensure overall preparation of the Organization's accounting ledgers and project accounts in accordance with international best practices and standards,
• Maintain a documented system of financial policies and procedures, implement a system of controls over financial transactions to minimize risk.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, ad-hoc and annual financial reports for the organization and internal management reports for the Country Management and SPO containing budget to actual expenditure information,
• Processes payroll, tax remittances and other statutory obligations, o Establish procedures that provide oversight for the general financial oversight which includes cash management/ reconciliation for multiple accounts, financial reporting and
• Establish procedures that provide oversight for the general financial oversight which includes cash management/ reconciliation for multiple accounts, financial reporting and balance sheet management,
• Ensure timely and effective preparation of Management and Financial Reports to meet both internal and external reporting requirements of the Organization to all stakeholders,
• Establish a sound system of internal controls to ensure adequacy of policies, systems and processes to safeguard the Organization through checking expenditures and compliance of activities in line with the budget,
• Regularly check fund balance in both local currency and foreign currency accounts and maintain both soft and hard copies for all financial records securely in an organized manner,
• Collect bank statements and make bank reconciliations of aall SAA accounts on a monthly basis,
• Compile foreign exchange rates every month to inform the
• Strategic Partnership Office o Prepare monthly payroll for employees O Support the finance team in order to meet dividual profboth Organization objectives and inessional development goals that lead
• to enhanced competencies and team performance,
• Contribute to resource mobilization activities including preparing cost proposals and budgets;
• Lead financial audit process and participate in audit reviews,
• Ensure compliance with procurement policies and procedures for all goods and services and O Perform any other duties as assigned by supervisors.
• Supervise the performance of the organization accountants.
• carry out value for money field monitoring visits

Education Background and Technical Competencies:
• Minimum requirement BA in Accounting, MBA (Finance) with 10 years or MA with 8 years of experience in Accounting and Finance.
• Posession of ACCA, CPA, and other professional accounting qualifications is an added advantage;
• Experience in cost management, budget formulation, financial monitoring, accounting, audit, and financial reporting;
• Experience in financially managing complex donor-funded grant programs;
• Ability to use Accounting software (e.g., Navision Dynamics);
• Ability to adhere to SAA and donor financial procedures, regulations, and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles;
• Ability to handle sensitive information with the highest degree of integrity and confidentiality,
• Experience in cost management, budget formulation, financial monitoring, accounting, audit, and financial reporting, Experience in financially managing complex donor-funded grant programs; Ability to use Accounting software (e.g., Navision Dynamics);
• Ability to adhere to SAA and donor financial procedures, regulations, and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles;
• Ability to handle sensitive information with the highest degree of integrity and confidentiality,
• Excellent negotiation, financial management, team management and interpersonal skills is an added advantage;
• Excellent command of the English language;



Job application procedure

Send by E-mail only: An Application letter, a two-paged CV and scanned copies of ONLY Relevant academic credentials as one attachment not later than November 11th 2022 to:
The Country Director, Sasakawa Africa Association,
E-mail: saa-uganda@saa-safe.org  / jnakiminyi@saa-safe.org 
Sasakawa Africa Association is an Equal Opportunity Employer; Women are highly encouraged to apply. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.