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• Provide
  leadership and technical direction to the;
• Savings and Credit/Association Development Officer
• Honey Support Officer
• Farming as a Business Officer
• Savings and Credit Officer
• Marketing Support Officer
• Support
  officers under the Business services unit to;
• Develop appropriate training materials
• Offer appropriate TOTs to Field Extension Workers (FEWs) in
  coordination with the Field Extension Coordinator
• Make periodic follow up of the FEWs on delivery of appropriate
  trainings to program beneficiaries and that uptake is strong
• Support
  the Savings and Credit/Association: responsible for the development officer to promote the development
  of viable farmer associations
• Support
  the Marketing officer in promoting marketing initiatives at individual
  farmer, farmer group and association levels covering crops, honey and
  livestock
• Actively
  monitor the establishment and development of relevant private sector
  initiatives targeted at supporting RWANU beneficiaries in the honey sector
  and others
• Serve
  as RWANU’s liaison officer with other organisations that have
  agri-business related interventions for purposes of sharing best practices
  and approaches
• Perform
  any other task as required by the immediate supervisor

• The
  applicant should hold a business related degree with a bias in
  agribusiness.
• A
  minimum of five or more years’ professional experience supporting
  agribusiness initiatives preferably in hard to reach areas like Karamoja.
• Computer
  literacy skills with excellent command of word processing and spreadsheets
• Possess
  the ability to supervise staff
• Excellent
  communication and reporting skills
• Proven
  ability to delegate and work with a team
• Ability
  to work with minimum supervision
• Excellent
  interpersonal skills

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