Overview

Support the implementation of markets development, enterprise strengthening and value chain activities in Refugee Settlements. Focus on improving market access, strengthening farmer organisations, supporting financial linkages, and facilitating private sector engagement.

Tasks Summary

• Support capacity building for farmer groups on harvesting, post-harvest handling, value addition, marketing, and business development services
• Organise annual youth skilling and apprenticeship programmes
• Facilitate the formation and strengthening of farmer groups and cooperatives
• Link farmer groups to financial institutions
• Facilitate aggregation, bulk marketing and collective bargaining
• Identify private sector actors and support market linkages
• Support the establishment and operation of aggregation points or marketing hubs
• Promote value addition microenterprises
• Facilitate business to business networking and partnerships
• Coordinate training on enterprise planning, financial literacy, cooperative development and market-oriented production
• Support access to climate smart and energy saving technologies
• Collect and maintain data on market linkages, enterprise skills development, youth participation and private sector partnerships
• Provide inputs for reports including documentation of market linkages and enterprise development achievements

Experience Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in agribusiness development, market systems strengthening, value chain management or rural enterprise development
• Experience working with farmer groups, cooperatives and private sector actors in Uganda
• Experience linking smallholder farmers to off takers, agro processors and financial institutions
• Practical experience supporting youth entrepreneurship, apprenticeship programmes and enterprise incubation
• Ability to work with Village Savings and Loan Associations and financial literacy programming
• Experience collecting market related data and supporting monitoring and reporting requirements

Qualification Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Agribusiness, Agricultural Economics, Business, Economics, Rural Development or related field
• Additional training in market systems development, business development services or cooperative development is an added advantage

Other Details

Languages Required: Fluency in written & Spoken English

Languages Preferred: Knowledge of local languages spoken in refugee settlements is an asset

Remuneration: Salary and conditions will be in accordance with Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment for national employees