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Job Title:     Marketing Link Officers (2 Job
Placements)

Organization: Sasakawa
Africa Association-Uganda

Duty Station: 
Uganda

About US:

Sasakawa Africa
Association-Uganda (SAA/SG2000) is a non-profit non-governmental international
organization that promotes demonstration and widespread adoption of improved
pre and post-production agricultural technologies for smallholder farmers in
Uganda in collaboration with relevant government institutions, farmer’
organizations and the private sector.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:  

·       
Lead in
analytical and business strategic work pertaining to smallholder

·       
Commercial
agriculture, agribusiness and rural enterprise development; Develop new
business partnerships, manage the existing ones and review the running
partnerships. You will be required to recruit new business partners and
identifying future opportunities for impact across the Programme impact areas;

·       
Be part
of designing and analyzing market-related studies in areas of operation and
pick key programmatic lessons and opportunities for efficiency in market;

·       
Assist
SG2000 Country Office teams to evaluate business models and market linkage
approaches;

·       
Support
the SG2000 Country Office team to work with farmers, farmer organizations and
Village Saving & Loan Associations (VSLAs) to create new and/or diversified
market linkages and build partnerships

·       
Identifying
capacity & training needs and techniques for selected agricultural value
chains that improve smallholder farmers’ food security, yields, product
quality, nutrition and incomes;

·       
Develop
and enhance working partnerships in areas of mutual interest across the value
chain with donors and other external public or private organizations;

·       
Participate
fully in the preparation of work plans and budgets, reports and updates on
business development strategies and activities;

·       
Support
in developing and piloting public-private partnership models; perform any other
activities as and when required by Management.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

·       
The
applicant must hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Agriculture Economics, Agribusiness,
Rural Development or any other related field.

·       
Five
years of work experience working in related field.

How to Apply:

Please Email an application
letter, a CV with names of 3 referees and scanned copies of relevant academic
credentials to:

The Country
Director,

Sasakawa Africa
Association-Uganda

Ruth Towers, Plot
15A Clement Hill Road

PO Box 6987,
Kampala-Uganda

E-mail: sg2000uganda@saa-safe.org and CC: catherine@saa-safe.org

NB: Sasakawa Global
2000 is an Equal Opportunity Employer, only short-listed candidates will be
contacted. All successful applicants should be ready to start work immediately.
Interviews will be conducted in the Moroto Office.

Deadline: 20^th March 2020

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