Deadline of this Job: 29 January 2023
JOB DETAILS:Major Functions
Under the supervision of Head of Agriservices, position holder will be responsible for the following key responsibilities;
Facilitating Partnerships and Partners Management
• At the country, regional, and global level, the role requires that through existing infrastructure (people, knowledge, and technology) the individual will develop professional relationships with business partners including identification, initiation, driving, coordination, collaboration and management of both internal and external partners.
• Drive collaboration with partners and stakeholders to incubate and develop models for credit financing, mechanization, aggregation, inputs supplies and extension service delivery that creates value for smallholder farmers. The individual will facilitate and formalize vertical and horizontal B2B linkages and networks
• Support a dynamic network of distribution agencies by offering opportunities for first market entry points, and attracting new business partners and larger distributors through the existing SFSA’s business model
• Source, onboard, and manage strategic partners who can deploy the SFSA business models to drive the SFEA strategic outcomes
• Act as a key liaison resource person for the on-boarded partners and stakeholders within Agriservices
Innovation Management
• While working with the Head of Agriservices, SFSA country teams, SFSA research and development department, partners, and stakeholders, the individual will establish and run Innovation Labs, by driving needs identification, run-early-stage field trials and adaptation activities, evaluating technical suitability and partners work to deliver potential business cases for the innovations to be used in driving scale up
• Proactively work with strategic partners at a technical level on the ground to jointly identify needs and problems to be resolved in the respective farming systems and together with SFSA colleagues and partners, source or develop programs that will test potential solutions from the identified options
Business Development and Resource Mobilisation
• Support the development of new markets by connecting local and regional private and/or public partners, investors sourcing technologies, and SFSA distribution networks with the new technologies to facilitate scale-up opportunities
• Co-develop and deploy economically viable models for farmer aggregation and service delivery to farmers (inputs, mechanization, extension, markets, finance) building on existing models from SFSA, and internal and external partners.
• Drive resource mobilization and fundraising for SFEA-Agriservices with internal and external partners and stakeholders
Qualifications
• Degree in Agriculture, Agricultural Economics, Agriculture Education and Extension, International Development or related courses.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience working in the agricultural development space with a bias in resource mobilization, partnerships management, business development, project management or donor relations
• Excellent command of Swahili and English.
• Excellent report writing and communication skills.
• Dedicated and highly motivated professional, with a strong spirit for teamwork and sense of initiative.
Deadline of this Job: 27 January 2023
JOB DETAILS:Duties and Responsibilities:
• Lead the technical design process, in coordination with other members of the proposal team and make recommendations for approaches and interventions that will address key challenges identified;
• Develop a network of key contacts and conduct either virtual or in-person interviews (per COVID-19 requirements) with key market system actors and local partners as part of the design process;
• Provide written deliverables to contribute to proposal sections in close collaboration with and as requested by the Lead Technical Writer;
• Conduct research on existing development challenges in the Kenyan agricultural context;
• Make recommendations regarding partner and staff selection;
• Contribute to the MEL plan, indicator selection, and target setting; and
• Support other needs as requested by the proposal team.
Job Requirements
Key Qualifications:
• Minimum eight (8) years of experience in agriculture and agribusiness development is required, experience in Kenya preferred;
• Degree in related field required, Master’s degree or PhD preferred;
• Experience designing and/or managing agriculture market systems development projects is required;
• Strong writing and communication skills desired;
• Professional written and spoken fluency in English is required; Fluency in Swahili is strongly preferred.
Deadline of this Job: 27 January 2023
JOB DETAILS:Requirements for appointment
• Bachelor’s degree in any of the following discipline; Agriculture, Agricultural Economics, Agribusiness, Agriculture extension and education or any other equivalent qualification from a recognized institution.
• Master’s degree in any of the following disciplines; Agriculture, Agricultural Economics, Agribusiness, Agriculture extension and education or any other equivalent qualification from a recognized institution will be an added advantage.
• Knowledge and relevant work experience of not less than Seven (7) years, three (3) of which must have been at Senior Management level in the Public Service or Private Sector.
• Management and leadership course of not less than four weeks from a recognized institution will be an added advantage.
• Be conversant with policy formulation and implementation process.
• Successful applicant to meet the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution on Leadership and Integrity.
Duties and Responsibilities
• Overall coordination of the activities of the Agricultural Training Centre (ATC).
• Organize and manage ATC resources.
• Interpret and implement policies in line with ATC mandate;
• Responsible to the Board of Management (BOM) on all matters relating to the ATC.
• Provide Secretarial duties to the BOM.
• Coordinate development of information products and distribution mechanisms.
• Formulate and implement the performance contracts.
• Facilitate Staff training and development.
• Represent ATC in various stakeholder meetings and committees.
• Coordinate preparation of work plans and budgets; and Periodic Reports.
• Plan, monitor and evaluate performance of staff against the set targets.