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• Coordinate and lead the management of the aBi Trust to deliver the
  agreed work plans, budgets and strategic objectives;
• Act as the focal contact person within aBi Trust for stakeholder,
  development partners and sponsors engagement in the areas of enhanced
  productivity, effective producer and trader association collaboration,
  post-harvest handling, value chain development, access to market
  information systems, and creating linkages to domestic, commodity
  information on local, regional and international markets;
• Plan, coordinate and ensure implementation of the aBi Trust Value
  Chains and Financial Services Development Activities with the integration
  of Green Growth, Human Rights Based Approach to Development (HRBAD) and
  Gender matters into the work;
• Provide operational leadership, guidance for the Financial Services
  Development and Value Chains Development Chief Managers with reference to
  Governance framework documents;
• Identify strategic business development opportunities to drive
  growth in the agribusiness sector and carry out business development
  activities;
• Develop innovative solutions for supporting agricultural value chain
  developments supported by the aBi Trust and ensure synergies and
  coordination of work with aBi Finance;
• Oversee Abi Trust’s M&E function and ensure effective monitoring
  of the activities and of the ongoing evaluation, ensuring Implementing
  Partners adherence to agreed terms and conditions and reporting these to
  the Chief Executive Officer on a regular basis;
• Chair of the Grants Committee with the emphasis on transparency,
  accountability and non-discrimination;
• Develop an effective team, motivate and retain staff within the aBi
  Trust;
• Ensure that risk management measures are undertaken within the aBi
  Trust;
• Ensure timely completion of technical activities and of contractual
  technical reports and deliverables (Quarterly and Annual Reports, Annual
  Work Plans, Performance Monitoring Plan and reports etc.);
• Actively participate in the development of innovative financial
  products for agricultural value chains, together with rural financial
  institutions, and in close cooperation with apex organizations with
  particular emphasis on financial access to the rural communities; and
• Ensure effective financial management of aBi Trust funds including
  budget development and efficient utilization of staff and resources in
  complete compliance with aBi Trust rules and regulations.

• The Chief Operating Officer must hold a Master’s Degree in Business
  Administration, Agribusiness, Agriculture, Agricultural Economics or a
  related field and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration,
  Economics, Agriculture or any other related discipline from a recognized
  university.
• The ideal candidate must also possess Operational Management
  experience of  at least five years
  obtained in an agribusiness development organisation and should be have a
  demonstrated record of ongoing continued Professional Development.
• He/she should have not less than twelve (12) years of working
  experience with value chain development in developing countries.
• He/ She must be able to demonstrate an excellent track record of
  initiating and successfully managing progammes of sustained agribusiness
  value chain support.
• The ideal candidate must possess comprehensive knowledge and
  understanding of the Ugandan and regional agricultural and agri- commodity
  markets, industry and development;
• Broad knowledge of input and output markets for agriculture and food
  production, processing and trading;
• Possess a good understanding of the aBi Trust’s products and
  facilities and what constitute opportunities and risks in this working
  space;
• Strong understanding of the domestic and international development
  policy environments and priorities and the frameworks and tools most
  commonly used to deliver those;
• Extensive exposure and experience with rural financing;
• Possess the ability to identify new opportunities for the aBi Trust,
  structuring solutions for those and then being able to negotiate
  operational partnerships for implementation and financing Intuitive and
  innovative;
• Strong, applied economic, financial and organizational analytical
  skills and the ability to use those to engineer better investment and
  development outcomes;
• Strong negotiation skills and the ability to “close the deal” in a
  timely manner.
• Possess the ability to manage budgets and resource allocations
  efficiently as well as having a strong commercial acumen; and
• Excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills; the ability to motivate
  staff to perform at a consistently high level and to retain those staff.

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