Job Title: Secretary General
Organisation: Africa
Agribusiness Academy (AAA)
Agribusiness Academy (AAA)
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
Uganda
Reports to: Program Director
About AAA:
Africa Agribusiness Academy was formed two years ago by a group of
Dutch Agrifood companies, in cooperation with Wageningen University and
Research Centre and Sokoine University of Agriculture, Department of
Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness. Tanzania. These partners took the
initiative of supporting the establishment of the Africa Agribusiness Academy
(AAA). This initiative was in response to the fact that food security in Africa
can and must be improved. The quickest and most efficient way to reach this
goal is to support small producers to feed themselves and produce marketable
surpluses.
Dutch Agrifood companies, in cooperation with Wageningen University and
Research Centre and Sokoine University of Agriculture, Department of
Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness. Tanzania. These partners took the
initiative of supporting the establishment of the Africa Agribusiness Academy
(AAA). This initiative was in response to the fact that food security in Africa
can and must be improved. The quickest and most efficient way to reach this
goal is to support small producers to feed themselves and produce marketable
surpluses.
Job Summary: The Secretary
General will oversee and provide overall strategic leadership to the AAA so as
to ensure that it realizes its Vision and Mission within approved budget
through leading, organising, staffing and coordinating all activities as
charted out in the prevailing approved Strategic Plan and manage staff members
of the Secretariat..
General will oversee and provide overall strategic leadership to the AAA so as
to ensure that it realizes its Vision and Mission within approved budget
through leading, organising, staffing and coordinating all activities as
charted out in the prevailing approved Strategic Plan and manage staff members
of the Secretariat..
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Organizing and guiding the implementation of the strategic and
operational plan of the AAA:
operational plan of the AAA:
·
Draft annual activity plans with accompanying
budgets and submitting the same to the AAA Board at least one month prior to
the financial year.
Draft annual activity plans with accompanying
budgets and submitting the same to the AAA Board at least one month prior to
the financial year.
·
Guide country chapter boards and steer country
chapter directors, monitor their chapter plans, and ensure they are in harmony
with the AAA prevailing approved strategic plan.
Guide country chapter boards and steer country
chapter directors, monitor their chapter plans, and ensure they are in harmony
with the AAA prevailing approved strategic plan.
Membership and business development:
·
Articulate, design, and implement activities for
members to enhance their entrepreneurial skills relevant to the development of
their businesses.
Articulate, design, and implement activities for
members to enhance their entrepreneurial skills relevant to the development of
their businesses.
·
Support to members and non-members through the
development of a suite of services relevant to their business.
Support to members and non-members through the
development of a suite of services relevant to their business.
·
Manage the membership database, organize, and
strategise to work with chapter leaders to enhance recruitment of new members
and maintain their register up-to-date.
Manage the membership database, organize, and
strategise to work with chapter leaders to enhance recruitment of new members
and maintain their register up-to-date.
3. Accounting function:
·
Being the custodian of AAA financial and other
resources prepare and submit to the Board, Statutory Annual Financial
Statements within three months of the end of each financial year for adoption
and onward approval to Auditors.
Being the custodian of AAA financial and other
resources prepare and submit to the Board, Statutory Annual Financial
Statements within three months of the end of each financial year for adoption
and onward approval to Auditors.
·
Provide all general operational information
related to the functioning of AAA that may include financial and administrative
data through “Quarterly, Annual Operational and Financial Performance Reports”
and submit the same to the Board.
Provide all general operational information
related to the functioning of AAA that may include financial and administrative
data through “Quarterly, Annual Operational and Financial Performance Reports”
and submit the same to the Board.
4. Administrative functions:
·
Be a Secretary to the Board with responsibilities
of liaising with the Chairman in preparing all scheduled and extra-ordinary
meetings of the Board, as it may deem necessary and maintain a good record of
the minutes of the meetings.
Be a Secretary to the Board with responsibilities
of liaising with the Chairman in preparing all scheduled and extra-ordinary
meetings of the Board, as it may deem necessary and maintain a good record of
the minutes of the meetings.
·
Attend Board meetings if invited to do so:
Attend Board meetings if invited to do so:
·
Implement decisions of the Board within the set
budget to ensure effective management of the Academy and
day-to-day activities are accomplished successfully.
Implement decisions of the Board within the set
budget to ensure effective management of the Academy and
day-to-day activities are accomplished successfully.
·
Offer leadership to the secretariat that may be
growing given the requirements of the implementation of the strategic plan.
Offer leadership to the secretariat that may be
growing given the requirements of the implementation of the strategic plan.
·
Manage and implement human resource management
including recruitment, roles and responsibilities, remunerations, performance
management, learning and developments, appraisals and disciplinary matters to
enhance effective result oriented culture and implementations of daily tasks
and activities at the secretariat.
Manage and implement human resource management
including recruitment, roles and responsibilities, remunerations, performance
management, learning and developments, appraisals and disciplinary matters to
enhance effective result oriented culture and implementations of daily tasks
and activities at the secretariat.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
Experience:
·
The applicant should hold a Master’s Degree
holder preferably in Agribusiness or alternatively in Social Sciences or Public
Finance, Economics or Public Administration.
The applicant should hold a Master’s Degree
holder preferably in Agribusiness or alternatively in Social Sciences or Public
Finance, Economics or Public Administration.
·
Professional Accounting Qualification,
Information Technology, Monitoring and Evaluation will be an added advantage.
Professional Accounting Qualification,
Information Technology, Monitoring and Evaluation will be an added advantage.
·
Extensive knowledge of using social media and
computer software like MS Office and Project is a prerequisite.
Extensive knowledge of using social media and
computer software like MS Office and Project is a prerequisite.
·
A minimum
of ten years’ experience at a senior level in managing, planning, coordinating,
financing, and monitoring in private sector development. This experience must
be either, regionally or internationally and preferably in agribusiness and as
an entrepreneur.
A minimum
of ten years’ experience at a senior level in managing, planning, coordinating,
financing, and monitoring in private sector development. This experience must
be either, regionally or internationally and preferably in agribusiness and as
an entrepreneur.
·
African national with proven experience of
working in a multi stakeholder environment preferably in the agribusiness
industry.
African national with proven experience of
working in a multi stakeholder environment preferably in the agribusiness
industry.
·
Proven track record of accomplishment of
visionary and transformational strategic leadership and planning preferably in
a regional African organisation.
Proven track record of accomplishment of
visionary and transformational strategic leadership and planning preferably in
a regional African organisation.
·
Excellent abilities to work and achieve results
through teams and a good grasp of human resource management skills.
Excellent abilities to work and achieve results
through teams and a good grasp of human resource management skills.
·
A self-propelling entrepreneur with abilities to
influence and drive change at all levels of agribusiness value chain.
A self-propelling entrepreneur with abilities to
influence and drive change at all levels of agribusiness value chain.
·
An individual with excellent inter-personal
skills and ability to manage dialogues and facilitations.
An individual with excellent inter-personal
skills and ability to manage dialogues and facilitations.
·
Outgoing, extrovert and charismatic individual.
Outgoing, extrovert and charismatic individual.
·
Forward looking and customer needs driven
individual
Forward looking and customer needs driven
individual
How to Apply:
If you believe your qualification and experience match this job
profile, please email your application in confidence including an elaborate
Curriculum Vita together with a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) at the following
email address: [email protected].
profile, please email your application in confidence including an elaborate
Curriculum Vita together with a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) at the following
email address: [email protected].
NB: Do Not Attach Any
Other Document At This Point And No Phone Calls Please.
Other Document At This Point And No Phone Calls Please.
For any question regarding the application process, please contact
Executive Selection
KIM Consulting
Email: [email protected]
Deadline: 23rd May 2014
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