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• Carry out customer development activities by getting to the student
  and rural and urban youth customer segments so that tailored services and
  products can be made for them.
• Mobilise and engage the students/graduates in setting up
  agricultural value chain enterprises including coffee based SMEs.
• Contribute to disseminating the information of the activities and
  opportunities provided by CURAD amongst the youth by tapping into
  educational institutions, youth communities and to wider public through
  outreach activities, youth community meetings, print/electronic media.
• Help to facilitate in selecting, training and developing business
  ideas into models and business plans for students/graduates and generally
  the youths, arranging input service packages like extension services,
  marketing, office spaces,
• Facilitate and link incubated client students/graduates to access
  financial support to implement their business plans.
• Help in organising and facilitation of business plan competitions
  and student activities in tertiary institutions, which activity will
  enable start-up student enterprises to be competitive and attract funding.
• Organize and facilitate youth entrepreneurial clubs (agripreneurs
  clubs) and clinics along specific value chains.
• Participate in fundraising activities Support the CURAD Managing
  Director to:
• Develop Monitoring & Evaluation reports in line with
  requirements of aBi and other partners
• Conduct stakeholder and client surveys for the incubator
• Prepare monthly articles and quarterly departmental reports on incubator
  activities concerning client – students, including financial performance
  of the incubates.
• Prepare department annual report with data on job creation, revenue
  generated etc.
• Perform any other duties assigned by the Managing Director.

• The applicant must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture, food
  science or related qualification. Msc in agriculture, business, marketing
  or related will provide added advantage.
• Two to five years’ experience in managing student’s activities,
  farmers and farmer groups or similar youth/community service activities.
• Strong ability to work and interact well with diverse customer
  segments in different agricultural value chains.
• Handling training programs and ability to understand the demands of
  the youths today.
• Ability to initiate manage and coordinate training, exhibitions and
  related activities
• Entrepreneurship management, revenue generation and Person’s
  management.
• Basic computer skills in MS Office package and presentation skills.
• Good written and oral communication in English and one of the local
  dialects in Uganda.

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