About this role
Essential Job Responsibilities
• Organize Producer Groups and Local Market Engagement Events. Organize events to engage producer groups with local markets.
• Enhance infrastructure at the community level within target value chains.
• Facilitate the business training sessions to enhance the skills and knowledge of producers.
• Facilitate the formation and organization of producer groups and cooperatives.
• Support the provision of business grants and provide technical support to producers to improve their operations and market access.
• Conduct value chain analysis to identify opportunities, needs, and assistance to provide targeted support for enhancing the efficiency and profitability of agricultural and livestock production, processing, and market access.
• Facilitate market linkage to generate demand from the main markets for producers' supply of target value chain produce including off season production to capture higher prices.
• Develop market linkages between Agri-processors (wholesalers and value-added processors) in target markets with producer associations from program regions.
• Provide assistance in business and organizational capacity building and training to participating organized producers (associations, cooperatives, groups).
• Improve a price information system to include target value chain for input suppliers.
• Provide technical assistance and training based on market demand regarding varieties to cultivate in case of vegetables, processing, drying, packaging, storing, transportation and other requirements.
• Write monthly, quarterly, annual or other reports as required.
• Offer training in business development, marketing and value chain for the target participants.
• Other duties required by the supervisor.
Program coordination and management
• Manage grant budget lines related to Market Linkage and Market System Development
• Enhance internal and external compliance through supporting incident reporting mechanisms when needed.
• Maintain and coordinate reporting and documentation with the Program Manager and Marketing Officers.
• Timely preparation of weekly, monthly, quarterly, and interim reports on Market Linkage/System Development related activities and share with the Program Manager to inform the formation of the progress reports to the donor.
Team Management
• Develop the capacity of the team, deepen understanding of their roles and assist with career development.
• Assist team members with information, tools and resources to improve performance & reach objectives.
• Promote accountability, communicate expectations, and provide constructive feedback informally and formally via regular one on ones and performance reviews.
• Create and sustain a work environment of mutual respect where team members strive to achieve excellence.
• Hire, orient and lead team members as necessary.