Care International is seeking to hire an agri-business and markets specialist with strong and effective communication skills to join its dynamic team.
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Job Location:
| AGRI-BUSINESS AND MARKETS SPECIALIST (AB&MS) | KUMASI, ASHANTI REGION |
Job Summary
The Markets and Agri-business Specialist for the Prosper III project has the overall responsibility of designing the agribusiness and markets access for all farming and farming-related commercial activities within the project objectives. This should include providing technical support and facilitating the implementation of project activities in relation to input and output market linkages and agri-business development for participants of the project communities.
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The Markets and Agribusiness Specialist will report directly to the Project Manager; and cover project implementation in PROSPER III project districts in Ashanti, Western, Western North and Central Regions.
Key Responsibilities
- The Markets and Agri-business Specialist for the Prosper III project has the overall responsibility of designing the agribusiness and markets access for all farming and farming-related commercial activities within the project. This should include providing technical support and facilitating the implementation of project activities in relation to input and output market linkages and agri-business development for participants of the project communities.
- Provide technical support to partners and smallholder farmers to effectively engage with the identified markets within the specific value chains.
- Develop market-based approaches to improving the farmers access to agricultural inputs (improved seeds, pesticides, etc).
- Promote agro entrepreneurs among women and youth groups through training and promote women’s participation at all levels of the value chains.
- Conduct gendered value chain mapping for food and agriculture products and identifying possible points of intervention to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
- Undertake continuous market scanning to identify emerging market opportunities to inform inclusive market-based programme design.
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Required Skills or Experience
Education
- Required: Degree in Social Sciences, Agriculture or Natural Resource Management
- Desired: Master’s degree in social sciences, Agriculture or Natural Resource Management
Experience
- 5 years of relevant experience in Ghana’s forestry and agriculture sectors
- Experience in working with local communities, partnership with local NGOs and District Assemblies structures.
- Demonstrated capacity in at least two of the following areas: equity and diversity; vulnerability, governance, and institution capacity building; poverty alleviation; and conflict resolution.
- Proven competencies in designing and conducting training and workshops.
- Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Internet)
- Excellent spoken and written English.
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Competencies
- Strong and effective communications skills.
- Develop internal and external trusting and professional relationships. Purposefully develop networks to build value through collaboration
- Deliver quality results on organizational goals and constituent expectations through thoughtful planning, decision making and following appropriate processes.
- Contribute to an environment in which all employees feel a sense of belonging, valued for their differences, and empowered to participate and contribute freely.
- Follow through on commitments and make sure others do the same. Act with a clear sense of ownership.
- Take personal responsibility for decisions, actions, and failures.
- Establish clear responsibilities and processes for monitoring work and measuring results.
- Continuously seek opportunities to learn, questions the applicability of past approaches in the current environment, own growth, and embrace failure as a learning opportunity.
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Knowledge
- Knowledgeable in current trends in the cocoa sector, food security and nutrition, gender, and financial inclusion.
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How To Apply For The Agri-Business and Markets Specialist Position At Care International
Submit your CV (and a cover letter if you wish) via email to hr.ghana@care.org.
- Include the job title of the opportunity in the subject line.
- The submission deadline is Friday 20 June 2023.
- Applications will be reviewed and shortlisted on a rolling basis and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.
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