Job Title: Team
Leader (Agricultural Value Chains)
Leader (Agricultural Value Chains)
Organisation: Cardno Emerging Markets
Funding Source: DFID
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About Cardno:
Cardno Emerging Markets are preparing to submit a proposal for the
upcoming DFID funded Improving Rural Markets Value Chains in Northern Uganda.
upcoming DFID funded Improving Rural Markets Value Chains in Northern Uganda.
Cardno is an international professional infrastructure and
environmental services company with over 60 years’ experience and 8,000 people
shaping the future for communities around the world. Cardno Emerging Markets,
part of the Cardno Ltd group, is an international development company with more
than 40 years’ experience in providing consulting and Technical Assistance
services to international donors and national governments in private sector
development, enterprise development, fund management and livelihoods as well as
designing of knowledge management and monitoring and evaluation frameworks for
multi-year projects. The Emerging Markets Division has eight corporate offices
and over 150 project offices on five continents and brings together over 900
technical specialists and development professionals who speak 40 languages.
environmental services company with over 60 years’ experience and 8,000 people
shaping the future for communities around the world. Cardno Emerging Markets,
part of the Cardno Ltd group, is an international development company with more
than 40 years’ experience in providing consulting and Technical Assistance
services to international donors and national governments in private sector
development, enterprise development, fund management and livelihoods as well as
designing of knowledge management and monitoring and evaluation frameworks for
multi-year projects. The Emerging Markets Division has eight corporate offices
and over 150 project offices on five continents and brings together over 900
technical specialists and development professionals who speak 40 languages.
About DFID Programme:
The Department for International Development (DFID) shall be funding the
Improving Rural Market Value Chains Programme which seeks to develop
agricultural markets in Northern Uganda. The programme will address key market
failures and encouraging private sector investment in medium to large
agribusiness companies. The key market failures identified by DFID are land
tenure issues, input markets, storage, infrastructure and access to finance. In
addition, the objective of the programme will be to increase agricultural productivity
and promote and reform regulations and standards.
Improving Rural Market Value Chains Programme which seeks to develop
agricultural markets in Northern Uganda. The programme will address key market
failures and encouraging private sector investment in medium to large
agribusiness companies. The key market failures identified by DFID are land
tenure issues, input markets, storage, infrastructure and access to finance. In
addition, the objective of the programme will be to increase agricultural productivity
and promote and reform regulations and standards.
In its current form the programme will involve a Market Systems and an
Access to Finance component. The market system component will involve market
systems analysis alongside identifying the top 20 regional agribusiness investments.
The access to finance component will utilise a number of approaches to
stimulate investment in agribusiness in Northern Uganda, including credit
lines, a tendered debt fund and access to private equity, partnering with
AgDevCo and the Agribusiness Initiative (aBi) Trust. The programme is expected
to last five years and located in Kampala with frequent site visits to Northern
Uganda.
Access to Finance component. The market system component will involve market
systems analysis alongside identifying the top 20 regional agribusiness investments.
The access to finance component will utilise a number of approaches to
stimulate investment in agribusiness in Northern Uganda, including credit
lines, a tendered debt fund and access to private equity, partnering with
AgDevCo and the Agribusiness Initiative (aBi) Trust. The programme is expected
to last five years and located in Kampala with frequent site visits to Northern
Uganda.
Job Summary: The Team Leader
will be responsible for the strategic vision, overall delivery and results of
the programme. The Team Leader will also be responsible for the management of a
team of international and local consultants
will be responsible for the strategic vision, overall delivery and results of
the programme. The Team Leader will also be responsible for the management of a
team of international and local consultants
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Programme Management:
- Offer overall strategic direction to the
programme and assume responsibility for meeting programme objectives. - Provide overall programme management in
Uganda overseeing all components of programme implementation.
2. Client Relationship Management and Reporting: Act as
spokesperson for the programme, and presenting its work.
spokesperson for the programme, and presenting its work.
3. Stakeholder Management:
- Work closely with other active donors, key
stakeholders and relevant programmes within the region. - Ensure a focus on poverty reduction
remains central to the project strategy, activities, and implementation.
4. Personnel Management: Supervise the work of all long and
short-term staff and subcontractors.
short-term staff and subcontractors.
5. Programme Administration: Manage key staff to ensure the
monitoring and evaluation of the overall programme and timely submission of
reports.
monitoring and evaluation of the overall programme and timely submission of
reports.
6. Financial Management and Procurement: Develop and implement
the programme strategy, business plan and budget, while ensuring value for
money and delivery of results
the programme strategy, business plan and budget, while ensuring value for
money and delivery of results
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
Experience:
- The applicant should hold team Leader
experience on large donor-funded projects, preferably DFID. - Significant experience of implementing
agribusiness programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa. - Past experience working with both the
value chains and market systems approaches in an East African context. - Past exposure and experience of working in
the private sector development and finance sector and of improving access
to finance in the agricultural sector. - Good knowledge and understanding of the
Ugandan context, in particular Northern Uganda.
How to Apply:
All correspondence at this stage should be via Cardno emerging Markets.
To apply for this position, please complete our online application form and submit
the following information:
To apply for this position, please complete our online application form and submit
the following information:
- An
up to date curriculum vitae (of no more than 2-3 sides of A4) - A
detailed statement (of no more than 2 sides of A4) detailing why you are
interested in this position and how your skills and experience meet
the selection criteria
Visit the recruitment link, Click
Here, which provides key information Cardno will need to take your
application through the recruitment process.
Here, which provides key information Cardno will need to take your
application through the recruitment process.
NB: The documents should
be saved in Word in the following format: Your first name, Your last name,
Document Name and Date e.g. John Smith CV May 2014
be saved in Word in the following format: Your first name, Your last name,
Document Name and Date e.g. John Smith CV May 2014
Deadline: 27th June 2014 (by
midnight GMT)
midnight GMT)
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