Organization: AVSI Foundation
Project Name: Skilling Youths for Employment in Agribusiness
(SKY) Project
(SKY) Project
Duty Station: Mbale and Mbarara, Uganda
Reports to: Business Development Specialist (Team Leader) or
Agriculture Specialist (Team Leader)
Agriculture Specialist (Team Leader)
About AVSI:
AVSI
Foundation is an international not-for-profit, non-governmental organization
(NGO) founded in Italy in 1972. Its mission is to promote the dignity of the
person through development cooperation activities, with special attention to
education, according to the social teaching of the Catholic Church. AVSI has
been present in Uganda since 1984, first supporting hospitals and agriculture
projects in Gulu and Kitgum districts, and later expanding around 1990 to
establish the present-day headquarters in Kampala, offices in Pader, Gulu and
Kitgum, and project activities in 12 other districts. AVSI staff has remained
through the long periods of instability in northern Uganda caused both by
anti-government rebellions led by Lord’s Resistance Army, and by conflict
across the northern border in Sudan, which caused displacement in both
countries.
Foundation is an international not-for-profit, non-governmental organization
(NGO) founded in Italy in 1972. Its mission is to promote the dignity of the
person through development cooperation activities, with special attention to
education, according to the social teaching of the Catholic Church. AVSI has
been present in Uganda since 1984, first supporting hospitals and agriculture
projects in Gulu and Kitgum districts, and later expanding around 1990 to
establish the present-day headquarters in Kampala, offices in Pader, Gulu and
Kitgum, and project activities in 12 other districts. AVSI staff has remained
through the long periods of instability in northern Uganda caused both by
anti-government rebellions led by Lord’s Resistance Army, and by conflict
across the northern border in Sudan, which caused displacement in both
countries.
About SKY Programme:
AVSI
is implementing a 5 year project titled “Skilling Youths for Employment in
Agribusiness (SKY)”. The goal of the intervention is to enhance sustainable
creation of employment of youths in the agribusiness sector. The programme will
achieve this through the following four main objectives:
is implementing a 5 year project titled “Skilling Youths for Employment in
Agribusiness (SKY)”. The goal of the intervention is to enhance sustainable
creation of employment of youths in the agribusiness sector. The programme will
achieve this through the following four main objectives:
- Strengthening the capacities of the agri-skills
providers in a sustainable way in order to provide marketable and
employable skilling - Providing pre and post-employment support to
the skilled youths - Creating strategic linkages of agribusiness
for enhanced capacity building through skilling and brokerage - Facilitating Skilling Uganda Authority to be
supportive to agri-skilling in the targeted areas.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- The Business Development Officer will provide
agribusiness development services to agribusiness in the farming zones - Keenly analyze the agribusinesses’ current
and past budgets, expenses, sales, revenues and product deficiencies in
order to provide recommendations for business growth and problem resolution. - Continuously participate in identifying new
business opportunities that could impact on youth employment in agribusiness. - Work closely with other business development
service providers and other stakeholders to develop creative strategies to
promote growth of agribusinesses. - Provide training and other technical support
services based on the needs of the agribusinesses and agriprenuers. - The incumbent will organize business
opportunity meetings with agribusiness actors in the farming zone. - Support agribusinesses to be investor- ready
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Ideally, the applicants for the Business
Development Officer jobs should hold University Degrees in Agri-Business,
Entreprenuership, Development Economics, Economics, Marketing, Small
Business Management or related field and experience working in an
entrepreneurial environment or as owner/manager of a small business - A minimum of three years of professional
experience in agribusiness, and/or value chain and market access related
consultancy, and/or analysis/research of agribusiness and/or regional
socio-economic development projects; - Previous exposure and experience in working
with public sector, private sector and donor organizations on
institutional development or similar projects will be an asset;
How to Apply:
All
suitably qualified candidates should send their application letters,
accompanied with updated Curriculum Vitae indicating three professional
referees and copies of relevant certificates via E-mail with the subject line
indicating ‘the position title’ addressed to:
suitably qualified candidates should send their application letters,
accompanied with updated Curriculum Vitae indicating three professional
referees and copies of relevant certificates via E-mail with the subject line
indicating ‘the position title’ addressed to:
The
Human Resource Manager,
Human Resource Manager,
AVSI
Foundation,
Foundation,
P.O.
Box 6785, Kampala, Uganda.
Box 6785, Kampala, Uganda.
E-mail to: [email protected]
Deadline: 11th March 2016 by 5.00 pm
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