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• Steer the Cluster team in designing
  strategies and actions that support Producer organizations increase the
  value proposition to the farmers and business profitability.
• Develop implementation plans in
  collaboration with the Cluster team and ensure that all activities planned
  for the period are in line with the project’s goals and objectives. Ensure
  these plans cascade down to monthly plans in order to ensure they achieve
  agreed objectives.
• Take lead of the Cluster team in designing
  programs that can select and support the development of model farms and
  put in place strategies to upscale adoption of productivity enhancing
  technologies.
• Lead efforts to undertake technical
  productivity analysis in the Cluster EADD-II program.
• Working closely with the Country MLE
  Officer and Field Operations Manager at Country project office; create,
  execute and monitor action plans to support Cluster office livestock data
  bases at the PO with a view of the enterprises to use the data for improving
  management and profitability of the enterprises.
• Provide leadership to the Cluster team in
  strategy development and creative initiatives to nurture and build
  linkages between producer organizations, local governments, private sector
  BDS providers and other development players.
• Steer the development of a farm business
  model as a profitable sustainable and growth proposition to small holder
  farmer, which could be used to replicate and advise interested farmers
  particularly youth to adopt dairy farming.

• The ideal candidate should hold a
  Bachelor’s degree in Animal Science or other related field, with five (5)
  years’ managerial experience in dairy production, dairy value chain
  management, agriculture development with at least one (1) year experience
  of how cooperatives work.
• Possession of a Master’s degree in Animal
  Science or a related field, plus at least five (5) years’ experience in
  dairy production management with a background in dairy enterprise
  management.
• Previous exposure and experience in
  developing private public partnerships especially at country level working
  in matrix reporting environment.
• Possess the experience and ability to
  demonstrate dairy as a financial viable business proposition at both the
  farm and producer organization.
• Demonstrated creativity, ability to think
  systematically, willingness and ability to incorporate innovative
  solutions and design catalytic activities within the production dairy
  value chain (e.g. the concept of business development services provision).
• Broad knowledge and understanding of the
  dairy value chain and Heifer’s Value based model.
• Proven team leadership, project
  management, motivational and supervisory skills with ability to train and
  work cooperatively with a diverse staff.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the latest
  developments in advancing good/ best practices in value chain development
  that target women, youth, and underprivileged.
• Demonstrated experience in setting robust
  and sustainable extension systems for producer organizations. This
  requirement is in line with the need to have built-in exit strategies
  within the project as a measure of ensuring that there are self-sustaining
  businesses by end of project.
• Having a business approach to dairy
  farming.
• Extensive knowledge and experience in
  facilitating development of farm-level business plans and feasibility
  studies including the computation of the associated key financial ratios
  and benchmarks.
• Previous exposure and experience in
  implementing supply promotion/stimulation strategies in the context of
  dairy sub-sector.
• Computer literacy skills including
  facility with Word, Excel, and other relevant Microsoft Office Suite
  applications, as well as any other databases.
• Proficient oral and written communication
  in English including knowledge of local languages spoken in the Near East,
  southwestern and central parts of Uganda.

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