Summary
Date Posted: Saturday, June 17 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Primary Functions & Responsibilities:
Facilitating partnerships and systems change within targeted Actors
• Support implementation of Vines Project with an emphasis on cross-market functions, tailoring assistance to partners, conducting due diligence, and monitoring implementation
• Capacity Building of actors through the provision of BDS targeting technical, managerial, business, and advocacy capacity;
• Working with partners, facilitate innovation and pilots that promote inclusive business models (e.g. establish/strengthen smallholder sourcing networks and improve efficiency in distribution to increase access for marginalized populations, etc.) and enhance linkages among market actors.
• Managerial capacity building of actors in areas of business planning, marketing strategy development, governance of the board, improved member relations and development of members in Farming as a Business concept.
• Provide clients (Processors) with technical assistance, training, tools and methodologies to ensure their optimal performance and sound management
• Contribute towards Facilitating Stakeholders engagements, meetings and forums.

Facilitate Market linkages and Agricultural Finance
• Provide sector wide trainings in market analysis, profitability analysis, value proposition design and testing, business planning, financial record preparation, and general support in how to prepare a supply chain upgrading plan
• Identify and deliver technical and financial training and BDS support that are required to complement any commercial finance for the partners' co-investment
• Provide customized business and technical advisory support to partners

Program Coordination and Implementation:
• Contribute to project activity reports and TechnoServe internal monitoring, evaluation, and Learning (MEL)
• Collect and report data and support Microenterprise Counselors to collect accurate data from beneficiaries based on the project MEL plan.

Basic Qualifications:
• Bachelor Degree plus 5 years’ experience OR Master’s Degree plus 3 years’ experience.
• At least 5 years of experience in agricultural value chain, rural development and/or rural finance. Private sector experience preferred
• Demonstrated understanding, skills and experience in market systems development programs and facilitative approaches
• Detail-oriented, with strong project and team management, organizational, analytical and quantitative skills
• Significant interpersonal and communication skills, especially in multicultural and multi-ethnic contexts, adept at building relationships with multiple stakeholders
• Experience working with MSMEs, producers, producer organizations, traders, wholesalers, retailers and consumers
• Experience facilitating linkages and relationships between private sector and government
• Adept at developing and sustaining high-level relationships
• Strategic thinker
• Strong team player and consensus builder
• Highly computer literate
• Excellent oral and written English communication skills

Preferred Skills and Experience:
• Financial and business modeling
• Facilitating Multistakeholder Platforms
• Fluent in at least one local Ugandan dialect
• Understanding of USAID’s mode of work and rules and regulations



Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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