Agriculture & Marketing Development Specalist

Job description

With 75 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 33,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Key Responsibilities:

,1. Technical Leadership in Agriculture and Market Systems

Provide technical guidance on agricultural value chain development, market systems facilitation, and agribusiness models supported under EC 2.0.
  Lead market systems and value chain analyses identify constraints, opportunities, and leverage points for enterprise support.
Ensure supported enterprises promote productivity, quality, aggregation, value addition, and market competitiveness.
Integrate climate-smart agriculture, natural resource management, and resilience principles into enterprise and value chain interventions
Provide technical input into the development of calls for proposals, enterprise selection criteria, and due diligence tools.

2. Enterprise and Value Chain Support

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Professional headshot photography
Remote work directory
Internship opportunities list
Financial planning for employees
Online job application
Job market reports
Networking events tickets
Online interview coaching
Provide hands-on technical support to selected agribusinesses, producer organizations, and value chain actors funded through the challenge mechanism.

Support enterprises to develop and refine business models, production plans, sourcing strategies, and market linkages. ·

Facilitate partnerships between farmers, aggregators, processors, off-takers, financial institutions, and service providers.
Promote inclusive business approaches that increase participation of women, youth, and vulnerable groups.

3. Market Linkages and Private Sector Engagement

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Remote work essentials kit
Recruitment services
Employment agency listings
Job search strategy workshops
Employer branding consultation
Remote work directory
Freelance job listings
Online skill assessment tests
Strengthening linkages between smallholder farmers and formal markets, including off-takers, exporters, and processors.

Engage private sector actors to crowd-in investment, innovation, and market services.

·       Support enterprises to meet market standards related to quality, food safety, traceability, and certification.

Coordinate with government and sector platforms to align interventions with national agriculture and market development priorities.

4. Programme Planning, Coordination and Reporting

Contribute to annual, quarterly, and monthly work planning for EC 2.0.

Provide high-quality technical inputs to donor reports, learning briefs, and case studies.
Coordinate closely with the Project/Fund Manager, MEAL, Finance, and GAM teams to ensure coherence between technical implementation and fund management.
Document lessons learned and emerging market innovations for adaptive managemen.

5. Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning

Support the design and implementation of agriculture and market systems indicators within the EC 2.0 results framework.
Monitor enterprise performance and value chain outcomes, including productivity, incomes, employment, and market access.
Participate in data quality assurance processes and learning reviews.
Use evidence to inform course correction and scaling strategies.

6. Capacity Strengthening and Knowledge Transfer

Build capacity of project staff, partners, and enterprise grantees in market systems development and agribusiness best practices.

  Facilitate trainings, clinics, and learning events for value chain actors.
Support integration of gender, youth, and social inclusion across agriculture and market interventions.

Applicant Types Accepted:

Local Applicants Only