Summary
Date Posted: Monday, November 06 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Background
Heifer International is a global development organization on a mission to end hunger and poverty in a sustainable way. We work with farmers and their communities to identify and invest in business opportunities that deliver living incomes. Since launching in 1944, Heifer International has assisted more than 40 million families to build sustainable food and farming businesses that strengthen rural economies and put people on a pathway to Sustainable Living Income. We work with local farmers, and food producers because we believe ending poverty begins with agriculture.

Heifer International started work in Uganda in 1982, and has since reached and helped over 5 million families across the country. Heifer has worked in 52 districts of Uganda and currently, we are present in 15 districts of Central, Eastern and Northern Uganda. In the last 12 years, Heifer Uganda has reached over one million families through agriculture and environmentally sound economic development programs.

About the Stimulating Agribusiness for Youth Employment Project.
Heifer International in partnership with Mastercard Foundation, and four local partner organizations is implementing the Stimulating Agribusiness for Youth Employment - SAYE project in Busoga sub- region from 2023 2029. The project targets 11 selected districts in Busoga sub-region, Eastern Uganda: Jinja, Mayuge, Iganga, Kamuli, Kaliro, Namutumba, Bugweri, Luka, Buyende, Bugiri, Namayingo.

The goal of the SAYE Project is to improve the socio-economic wellbeing and resilience of young people in Busoga sub-region by 2029. The project targets to reach 250,000 young people between 16-35 years (70% females, 3% youth with disabilities). The project will further the Mastercard Foundation's Young Africa Works Strategy (2018- 2030) by addressing employment challenges in Busoga sub-region. SAYE will take two pathways towards job creation; the agri-hub development and MSME promotion to deliver three major outcomes: 1) Increased access to and utilization of market relevant skills among youth; 2) Increased growth of youth-led agriculture and service-based enterprises; and 3) Increased participation of youth in decision making, resource allocation, and utilization.

To deliver on this goal, Heifer Project International- Uganda is currently seeking to fill the below vacant positions to support on project implementation.

Position Title: Value chain specialist
Reports to: Project Director
Location: Jinja
Travel Required: 50% Annually

Function:
1. The value chain specialist will be based at the regional office and will primarily be responsible for all the value chain activities in the Busoga sub- region. He/She will report to the Project Director for technical and programmatic guidance. The value Chain Specialist will be responsible for value chain analytics and studies for selected commodities and products to identify primary inefficiencies and other underlying constraints for youth engagement and value addition.

2. The role will also build capacity of agri-hubs and MSMEs on sustainable farming systems and production models to increase production and productivity, processing, and marketing related interventions to enhance job creation. This will entail working with the partnership specialist to build benefiting business cases for youth and MSMEs and building sustainable business partnerships.

3. The value chain specialist will have a thorough understanding of all the value chain actors including government institutions, implementing partners, Agro-processors, farmer organisations and farmers.



Education Requirement: No Requirements

Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months:

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Job application procedure
For a detailed job description and to apply, please follow this link:
https://jobs.jobvite.com/heifer/ 

Deadline for submission is November 17th, 2023.


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