Deadline: 25 July, 2020
Location: Kisumu, Kenya
SNV is seeking applications from eligible applicants for the post of National Technical Expert (Deputy Team Leader).
SNV’s mission is to make a lasting difference in the lives of millions of people living in poverty.
Responsibilities
- Act as the deputy team leader and as an expert for the technical and administrative management of the programme
- Support agricultural enterprises and micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), in line with set indicators, to implement employment-promoting practices
- Support youth-inclusive business models in combination with market-based employability skills training and business coaching of aspiring youths in agricultural value chains
- Identification of demands for inputs, services and markets by MSME, startups and small holders/cooperatives
- Identification of business models for demanded, production-related inputs and services and for improved access to markets
- Facilitate contract farming schemes for improved access to markets
- Develop new training materials for input and service providers
- Create linkage to existing advisory and qualification structures, especially in the non-formal Agriculture Technical Vocational Education and Training (ATVET)
Requirements
- University degree in Agriculture, Agribusiness, or a related field
- Master’s degree will be an advantage
- Very good business language skills in English and Swahili
- General professional experience in agricultural value chain development, and agricultural production
- Specific professional experience in services around agriculture, contract farming, cooperation with the private sector, and farmer organisation
- Five years of leadership/management experience
- Seven years of work experience in Kenya
- Four years of experience in developing cooperation projects
To apply and for more information, click here.
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