Job Title: Agribusiness/Market Systems Officer
Organisation: Action Against Hunger
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About Organisation:
Action Against Hunger (known internationally as Action Contre La Faim or ACF) is a global humanitarian organization dedicated to ending world hunger and malnutrition. Founded in France in 1979 by a group of French doctors, scientists, and writers, the NGO operates as a coordinated international network spanning more than 50 countries. The organization provides life-saving interventions for malnourished children while equipping communities with clean water, sustainable food solutions, healthcare, and livelihood training.
Job Summary: The Agribusiness/Market Systems Officer will lead interventions in market development, business mentorship, value addition, post-harvest handling, financial linkages, aggregation, productive partnerships, and enterprise development for farmers and youth.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Conduct market assessments and identify viable market opportunities for selected value chains.
- Support farmer groups and youth entrepreneurs to develop business plans and market-oriented production plans.
- Facilitate linkages with off-takers, agro-processors, input suppliers, financial institutions, transporters, aggregation centers, and private sector actors.
- Support training on post-harvest handling, storage, value addition, marketing, financial literacy, and business development services.
- Promote bulk marketing, collective bargaining, aggregation, and quality improvement.
- Support development of common user facilities, value addition centers, storage facilities, or aggregation hubs where applicable.
- Facilitate apprenticeship and youth skilling opportunities in value addition, logistics, agri-transport, clean energy technologies, and service provision.
- Track market access, sales volumes, income changes, business performance, and job creation outcomes.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Degree in Agribusiness, Agricultural Economics, Business Administration, Value Chain Development, Rural Development, or related field.
- At least 5 years of experience in value chain development, market systems, agribusiness, enterprise development, or private sector engagement.
- Demonstrated experience linking smallholder farmers to markets, finance, and private sector actors.
- Experience with youth enterprise development, post-harvest handling, value addition, or common user facilities.
- Experience in refugee livelihoods or host community economic inclusion is an added advantage.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and Interested applicants should apply online at the link below.
NB: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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Level of Education: bachelor degree
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 60