Job Title: Regional Value Chain Manager
Organisation: Rural
Enterprise Development Services (REDS)
Enterprise Development Services (REDS)
Project Name:
USAID/Uganda Feed TF Commodity Production and Marketing Activity (Uganda CPM)
USAID/Uganda Feed TF Commodity Production and Marketing Activity (Uganda CPM)
Duty Station: Mbale,
Uganda
Uganda
About REDS:
Rural Enterprise Development
Services (REDS) Ltd is currently implementing the USAID/Uganda Feed TF
Commodity Production and Marketing Activity (Uganda CPM). The activity contributes
to USAID’s FTF objectives of reducing poverty and under-nutrition by increasing
the quantity and improving the quality of coffee, maize, and beans produced and
marketed by small-holder farmers.
Services (REDS) Ltd is currently implementing the USAID/Uganda Feed TF
Commodity Production and Marketing Activity (Uganda CPM). The activity contributes
to USAID’s FTF objectives of reducing poverty and under-nutrition by increasing
the quantity and improving the quality of coffee, maize, and beans produced and
marketed by small-holder farmers.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Work
in liaison with the Activity’s management and technical teams, grantees
and sub-contractors so as to develop appropriate intervention packages
that employ the appropriate level of resources to foster local ownership
and transform relationships in the target value chains - Provide
leadership, supervision and direction to eastern regional team, including
day-to-day coordination, monitoring, and supervision. - Actively
coordinate Activities interventions and identify strategies for effective
execution of the Activity objectives. - Compile
and submit accurate and timely project status report: monthly, quarterly
and annual report - Contribute
to the operationalization of an M&E system for each regional
intervention towards meeting specific targets based on the Activity’s
results framework - Work
in liaison with the Activity’s management and the other technical staff - Actively
contribute to the development of annual regional work plans;
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The
candidate should hold Degree qualifications in Agricultural Economics,
Agricultural Business Management or business related studies - At
least five years’ working experience in agriculture/marketing sector in a
similar position of a reputable organization. - Five
or more years in the field with technical experience in agribusiness development in Uganda is
required; - Highly
developed project management and financial analysis skills; - Past
exposure and experience working with market linkage programs preferred; - Excellent
interpersonal and oral and written communication skills a must; - Possess
the ability to develop well-written, cohesive analyses and reports; - Excellent
track record of building strong client and stakeholder relationships; - Ability
to generate innovative solutions in work situations; - Proven
ability and experience working with and managing teams is essential
How to Apply:
All qualified and interested
candidates should send their applications together with updated resumes with
references and copies of academic certificates to: [email protected]
candidates should send their applications together with updated resumes with
references and copies of academic certificates to: [email protected]
Deadline: 28th November, 2014
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