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Position Title:Agribusiness Advisor I Deputy Chief of Party
Organization:Wageningen UR Uganda
Primary Location: Kampala
Job Type : Full-time Employment
Closing date: Friday July 11, 2014
Brief Company Profile:
Wageningen UR Uganda with support from the Embassy of the Kingdom of the
Netherlands is implementing
a four years' Integrated Seed Sector Development
(ISSD) programme. The programme aims to strengthen the development of a
vibrant, pluralistic and market-oriented seed sector that is able to address
key challenges that hamper the seed sector such as seed quality assurance and
availability of foundation seed.
In collaboration with the government of Uganda, three field offices are
hosted at Abi (WestNile), Mbarara (Western Uganda) and Ngetta (Northern Uganda)
Zonal Agricultural Research and Development Institute (ZARDI).
Each center hosts an Agribusiness
Expert and a Seed Expert working with 10 farmer groups spread over several
districts strengthening their capacity to produce and market quality seed of
locally demanded crops and varieties and support them towards developing
commercially sustainable local seed businesses.
Agribusiness Advisor I Deputy Chief of Party
Job Purpose:
The purpose of the position is two-fold. On the one hand the position will
take up a number of management and strategic orientation roles of the Chief of
Party and on the other hand support the agribusiness experts in the three zones
in seed business development of local seed businesses.
Main duties and responsibilities
• Provide overall program
management support to the Chief of Party in developing a strong, coherent
technical vision and initiate innovative strategies across the program and
deputize the Chief of Party when required.
• Provide project team
leadership and supervision to agribusiness and seed experts that result in
cohesive team with results orientation.
• Implement management
systems to successfully achieve performance and results targets within
established budget parameters and critically reflect and recommend on local
seed business development, public private partnerships and other innovations.
• Assure that the program
provides timely deliverables (including work plans, performance reports and
accountabilities) to meet M&E and donor requirements.
• Engage with all key
stakeholders, including public and private sector officials, donor and
development partners, to strengthen and build on the several seed sector
interventions in the country and maintain seed sector related networks at zonal
and national level.
• Desiqn and manage
interventions that aim to build capacity of various institutions, private
businesses, public organizations, and researchers across the two program
components.
• Together with the Chief
of Party provide strategic guidance on program development for future proofing
the ISSD programme in Uganda
• Provide technical and
methodological support to the ISSD team on strengthening seed value chains and
the role of quality seed in value chain development of selected crops.
Knowledge, Education and Experience
• Ten or more years of
work experience implementing private sector-focused agriculture input market
development projects is required
• At least 5 years of
progressive management experience is required
• A Master's degree in a
relevant subject matter (e.g. economics, business. agriculture)
• A strong theoretical and
working knowledge of crop agriculture and knowledge of seed systems is desired
• Demonstrated knowledge of, and
experience
in, farmer group business development and strengthening private sector
participation in markets is essential
• Demonstrated success in
strengthening public organizations in agriculture sectors, such as agriculture
research institutions and Ministries of Agriculture is desired
• Excellent command of
English and window packages is essential
• Work experience in
Uganda and a good understanding of the agricultural context in Uganda required
• Willingness to travel
extensively within Uganda is required
Mode of Application:
To apply, please send your CV and cover letter with 3 work related referees
to the address or e-mail below. All applications shall be marked:
"Agribusiness Advisor¬ISSD".
E-mails that exceed 2 MB will not be considered.
Closing date is 5pm on Friday July 11, 2014
While we thank all applicants for your interest, only those selected for
interviews will be contacted. Any form of lobbying will lead to automatic
disqualification.
People Performance Group Plot 8 Kitante Close, Kitante
E-mail: application@ppg.co.ug
