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• The jobholder will prepare and
  oversee  project  implementation   plans and ensure effective project
  management to ensure  timely  delivery 
  of programme activities 
  including  monitoring  against 
  log frames,  performance  management  work plans.
• Mentor and supervise project staff and
  provide technical assistance to staff in agribusiness,    value chain analysis   and development, competitiveness,   business enabling environments, and
  marketing associations.
• Take lead in networking, coordination and
  linkage of farmer-field schools and 
  sub-county field  school
  networks to produce dealers,  small
  and medium size enterprises  and
  financial  institutions
• Develop guidelines including training,
  monitoring and evaluation tools, bulking and collective  sale of produce
• Assist the field officers to
  conduct/facilitate  trainings   on relevant technical   areas including   farming   as a business. Postharvest handling,
  market information systems, warehouse receipt system, VSLA, and value
  addition.
• Establish, support and coordinate
  activities at satellite bulking centres/stores and ensure to ensure
  efficient data collection and entry.
• Plan and organize exchange visits and
  capacity building of producer organisations and associations on
  organizational, business development and market information  systems.
• Supervise the construction/rehabilitation
  and or management of produce stores/warehouses.
• Develop assessment tools and conduct  baseline 
  surveys,  needs,  monitoring  and 
  evaluation  assessments
  accordingly.
• Develop weekly, monthly and quarterly work
  plans and timely implementation of project activities.
• Conduct participatory   market  
  research,   market
  opportunity   identification and
  market chain analysis for selected crops and link farmers groups to the
  produce markets.
• Develop training resources and streamline
  gender,   HIV/AIDs and nutrition at
  all levels of  project
  implementation.
• Supervise and provide technical assistance
  to Project Officers  to promote  and work 
  to expand  community
  capacity  agro-marketing,  with sensitivity  to the political and cultural context.

• The applicants for the Project Coordinator
  job opportunity should hold a University degree in Agribusiness, business
  administration, marketing or related business qualification.
• A minimum of two years’ experience in the
  field of agribusiness/agricultural production, agricultural produce
  marketing, market information and linkages.
• Previous experience in managing businesses
  in agricultural value chains with the private sector or NGO
• Supporting small-scale farmers in
  enhancement of produce quality, post-harvest handling, and produce
  bulking, collective marketing and market information is required
• Strong reporting skills and ability to
  meet tight deadlines skills with attention to detail and data accuracy.
  Competence in MS Office (MS Word, MS Excel, MS Powerpoint
• Fluent in English is required and fluency
  in either Luo, Madi, Runyoro or Swahili will be an added advantage.
• Good motorcycle riding skills and valid
  riding permit.

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