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Agriculture Business Enabling Environment Adviser job Post
Location: Jobs in Uganda 2021 - 2022
Work Hours: Full-time, 08 hours per day
Salary:
UGX
No. of vacancies: 01
Deadline: 21 January 2022
Hiring Organization: Chemonics
Job Details:
Agriculture Business Enabling Environment Adviser – Uganda Climate Smart Jobs Programme | Location Kampala | 2022-2025
Uganda Climate Smart Jobs Programme (CSJP)
The Climate
Smart Jobs Programme is a UK FCDO (Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office) funded programme aimed at
supporting the growth of Ugandan agribusinesses to create at least
130,000 jobs and support 195,000
people in Uganda
to better cope with the effects of climate change. This programme will support firms
to grow and be immediately more resilient to climate change and reduce their emissions; provide demand-led farming,
technical and managerial skills, which
currently prevent agribusinesses from taking advantage of the large external
demand for agricultural products.
The Role
The role of the Agriculture
Business Enabling Environment Adviser will be to support the design of market systems interventions from the
perspective of the business enabling environment for agriculture. The Adviser will work closely with the Partnerships
Team to assess barriers in the enabling
environment and design interventions, as appropriate, to support the growth of
supported value chains.
The Adviser will be
part of CSJP’s technical support team and will
report to the Team Lead.
The location of
the position is Kampala as the client has the expectation that the project will
be managed through a country-based
office. Given the prolonged COVID-19 situation, some flexibility on the requirement of being based in
Kampala from the beginning of CSJP is foreseen. The project is expected to start in March 2022. We are
looking for individuals who have a passion to make a difference in the lives of people around the world.
Responsibilities include:
- Build strong linkages and manage engagement with key agricultural market systems actors
- In collaboration with the Partnerships team, design market systems interventions focusing on the enabling environment
- Conduct political economy analysis of key market systems actors during inception
- Collaborate with the MERL Adviser on the monitoring and evaluation of key project metrics, participate in learning activities and reflection sessions, and contribute to writing technical reports and project highlights as needed
Qualifications:
- Bachelors or Master's degree in
relevant field, or equivalent combination
of education and work experience, is preferred.
- Minimum of 8 years of experience working in agricultural market systems development in Uganda or other African countries
- In-depth knowledge of Uganda agriculture, agro-processing, manufacturing, and strong relationships with key actors in the Uganda agriculture market system
- Experience conducting political economy analysis or similar analysis
- Strong writing and communications abilities
Application procedure
Please send an
email with your CV and cover letter attached with “Business Enabling Environment Adviser
– CSJP” in the subject line to pkibira@chemonics.com by January 21, 2022. No
telephone inquiries, please.
Chemonics will contact
finalists on a rolling basis.
***Please note that this role is contingent on award of the programme***
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your personal data.
Chemonics is an equal opportunity/ Affirmative Action employer and does
not discriminate in its selection and
employment practices. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for
employment without regard to race,
color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, sexual
orientation, gender identity, marital
status, disability, or protected veteran status, genetic information, age, membership in an employee
organization, or other non-merit factors.
Date Posted: 2022-01-10
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