Required No: One
Duty station: Dang

Job Summary:

The overall responsibility of this position is to drive and deliver the outcomes of the RePLANT objective to accelerate smallholder farmers’ adoption of post-harvest hermetic storage technologies by extending last-mile delivery networks, and incorporating non-collateral agriculture loans and insurance.

Major duties and responsibilities:

• Design and implementation of various activities in coordination with private sector partners and government/non-government stakeholders to drive and deliver the project outcomes and targets.
• Liaise closely with the private sector partners of the project and their staff to expand their output/services and networks for the smallholder farmers to promote hermetic storage technologies
• Support local level agri-input suppliers/retailers to forge productive alliances with other actors in the value chain; facilitate market integration and sustainable demand creation.
• Coach, mentor, and train interested sector entrepreneurs (Farmers, Cooperatives, Private Firms, and Companies) to promote HST, loan finance and crop insurance.
• Conduct various training for the farmers, partners, and stakeholders to build their capacity to foster market system upgrading.
• Provide coaching, mentoring, and backstopping to the field supervisors to enable them to function as facilitators; network and influence important stakeholders.
• Organize various informational, networking and capacity development events in the project area; data collection, analysis, and reporting.
• Integrate gender, climate, and digital technologies as cross-cutting areas across the work.

Key Requirements:

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in agriculture, economics, business management, socio-economic development, development planning, or other related fields.
• At Least 3 years’ professional work experience in the field of the agriculture value chain, implementing direct field activities with market system development and private sector engagement. Some exposure/experience in hermetic storage technologies will be preferred.
•  Good coaching, and mentoring skills, and a track record in designing and rolling out training programs for business development services.
• Strong communicator with the ability to influence diverse stakeholder groups.
• Proficiency to use standard software at an advanced level; knowledge of common ICTs and their use in agricultural extension systems.
• Demonstrated ability to write reports, success stories, and promotional materials.
• Knowledge of USAID programs and procedures, with emphasis on monitoring and evaluation procedures.
•  Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional, and multicultural environment.
• Candidates must have a valid motorbike license.

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