| | MAIN TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Coordinating training in marketing and trade using the Land O’Lakes’ AgPro modules to develop viable FBOs among project beneficiaries;
5. Assisting producer groups, processors, and input/service providers to identify and develop market, trade linkages and distribution systems through research on new value chain products that may have commercial viability;
6. Facilitating development of improved wholesale markets and aggregation points by FBOs, SMEs and large processors;
7. Liaising with government’s Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism (MoITT) and other partners to ensure the project meets or exceeds its market access and trade target beneficiaries;
8. Working closely with M&E Manager, Specialist and Deputy of Chief of Party to ensure that specific indicators for measuring the impacts of markets and trade interventions as required by Land O’Lakes and USDA reporting;
9. Liaising with other Land O’Lakes regional and in-country technical staff (including those in fruit and vegetable value production, processing and M&E) to ensure effective integration and delivery of interventions throughout the targeted value chains, ensuring implementation of recommendations made.
10. Supporting the Communications Specialist in identification and writing of market and trade related project success stories and maintenance of up to date project picture databank.
11. Support the Finance Director in timely reconciliation of advances taken by staff in the market & trade department for implementing activities,
12. Supporting the M&E manager in collection and compilation of market and trade related data,
13. Submitting monthly activity plans, reports and upload market & trade project documents to DevLink as a means of fostering information sharing.
14. Providing guidance to management on how to further improve the implementation of MSIKA project, from the market and trade perspective;
15. Ensuring that technical staff in his/her unit, adhere to the project implementation work plan;
16. Ensuring that actual expenditures in the market access and trade unit’s activity areas remain within budget;
17. Supervising and performance managing, coaching and mentoring the Market Linkages and FBO Specialists;
18. Performing other duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Trade, Agribusiness, Agriculture Economics, or equivalent of a Diploma with minimum of 3 years related work experience.
Experience in social research/survey work in a development organization.
Fluent in spoken and written English and Chichewa languages.
Experience in working with and training small, medium and large scale farmers.
Good time management skills and willingness to work occasional long hours and travel to the field frequently.
Ability to work in a team as a good communicator.
Excellent computer skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and SPSS.
Essential Competencies/Behaviors:
Able to adjust to changes in work conditions, assignments, and work schedules.
Able to communicate well with others;
Obtains information, identifies key issues and relationships, and breaks down problems into simple tasks or activities;
Demonstrates honesty, is widely trusted, keeps commitments, treats people with dignity and respect, admits mistakes, does not misrepresent him/herself for personal gain;
Ability to develop positive working relationships and work effectively with others;
Takes action to achieve goals beyond what is required, is proactive and is a self-starter;
Performs complex tasks in area of expertise.
Please note only finalists will be contacted. No phone calls please.
We are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Land O'Lakes enforces a policy of maintaining a drug-free workforce.
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Location: Lilongwe
Employment Type: Full time
Salary: N/A
Job deadline: 2017-04-21
Company: Land O’Lakes International Development | | | |
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