USAID Project Careers – Market Information Specialist at NCBA CLUSA

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Organisation: National
Cooperative Business Association CLUSA International (NCBA CLUSA)
Funding Source: USAID
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
About CLUSA:
The National Cooperative
Business Association CLUSA International (NCBA CLUSA) is the trade association
for cooperative businesses in the United States and an international
development organization. NCBA CLUSA provides cross-sector education, technical
assistance, and advocacy that helps cooperatives thrive. For nearly 100 years,
NCBA CLUSA has sought to advance and protect cooperative enterprises, highlighting
the impact that cooperatives have in bettering the lives of individuals and
families. In the last 60 years, NCBA CLUSA has worked in over 100 countries in
the areas of food security, agricultural development, strengthening of
communities and farmer organizations, community-based health, natural resources
management, and empowerment of smallholder farmers, women, and youth.
About USAID Programmes:
NCBA CLUSA is currently
recruiting senior and mid-level technical specialists for two anticipated USAID
programs:
  • Uganda’s
    Improving Youth Livelihoods in Agriculture program is a five-year program
    to increase opportunities for youth in agriculture to realize their
    potential and effectively contribute to Uganda’s social and economic
    development. The program will expand technical, educational and leadership
    opportunities in agriculture for youth ages 15-30 in select districts in
    Uganda, including Northern Uganda, through a market-driven approach for
    increased food security and employment for young men and women.
  • Uganda
    Producer Organizations’ Activity will focus on strengthening farmer
    organizations to become more business-oriented and better advocates for
    their respective members. The approach will focus on training members of
    farmer organizations in such areas as group formation, dynamics and
    cohesion, governance, financial management, trust, access to services and
    markets, and advocacy. The purpose is to create a critical mass of
    member-owned, democratically- governed organizations to meet the specific financial
    and/or social needs of their members, and of the wider farming community. 
Job Summary: The USAID
Market Information Specialist is mainly in charge of gathering and managing
agriculture market information related to improving marketing and sales of
products.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience: The ideal candidate should have significant knowledge and experience
working with agriculture platforms such as Agrilinks and key public and private
institutions such as Eastern Africa Grain Council (EAGC), Uganda Commodity
Exchange (UCE), and National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO).
How to Apply: 
All candidates who wish to work
in USAID’s projects should send their updated CVs along with a cover letter to
jobs@ncba.coop. Please include the position title in the subject line of the
email.
Deadline: 24th November, 2014

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