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Job Title:      Program Officer – Market-Oriented Agriculture

Organization: Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA)

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

About US:

Sasakawa Africa Association-Uganda (SAA) is a non-profit non-governmental international organization that promotes demonstration and widespread adoption of improved pre and post-production agricultural technologies for smallholder farmers in Uganda in collaboration with relevant government institutions, farmer’ organizations and the private sector.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead in analytical and business strategic work pertaining to smallholder commercial agriculture, agribusiness and rural enterprise development;
• Develop new business partnerships, manage the existing ones and review the running partnerships. You will be required to recruit new business partners and identify future opportunities for impact across the Programme impact areas;
• Develop and enhance working partnerships in areas of mutual interest across the value chain with donors and other external public or private organizations;
• and budgets, reports and updates on business development strategies and activities;
• Perform any other activities as and when required by Management.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant must hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Agriculture Economics, Agribusiness, Rural Development or any other related field.
• At least 5 years of work experience working in the related field.
• Strong business and financial skills to manage budgets, analyse costs, and make financially sound decisions.
• Ability to conduct market research to identify trends, opportunities, and threats in the agricultural sector.
• Knowledge of supply chain processes and the ability to optimize them for efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
• Provide excellent services to stakeholders in the agribusiness, whether it’s through product sales, consulting, or support services.
• Identify capacity & training needs for selected agricultural value chains that improve smallholder farmers’ food security, yields, product quality, nutrition. and incomes:
• Support the SAA Country Office team to work with farmers, farmer organizations and Community Saving for Investment in Agribusiness to create new and/or diversified market linkages and build partnerships;
• Assist SAA Country Office teams to develop/evaluate business models and market linkage approaches and also developing and piloting public-private partnership models;
• Be part of designing and analyzing market- related studies in areas of operation and pick key programmatic lessons and opportunities for efficiency in market:
• Proficiency in financial analysis and reporting to track profitability and make informed financial decisions at farm level.
• A commitment to ethical and sustainable agricultural practices to promote responsible and environmentally friendly farming.
• Strong analytical, writing and presentational skills.

How to Apply:

All candidates should Email an application Letter, CV with 3 referees and scanned copies of relevant academic credentials ONLY to:

The Country Director,

Sasakawa Africa Association-Uganda

E-mail to: saa-uganda@saa-safe.org and copy catherine@saa-safe.org

NB: Sasakawa Africa Association is an equal opportunity employer. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted & all successful applicants should be ready to start work immediately. Interviews will be conducted in Moroto District.

Deadline: 3^rd November 2023

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