Value Chain and Market Coordinator/Advisor at Self Help Africa (SHA)

Self Help Africa (SHA)

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Position: Value Chain and Market Coordinator/Advisor

Job Time: Full-Time

Job Type: Contract

Place of Work: Addis Ababa - Ethiopia

Posted date: 2 years ago

Deadline: Submition date is over

About Self Help Africa and the Project:

Self Help Africa (SHA) is an international non-profit development organization dedicated to the vision of an economically thriving and resilient rural Africa. SHA-Ethiopia is now seeking to recruit a Value Chain Development and Market Coordinator who will provide guidance and other technical support on Oda Bultum Integrated Community Development Programme (ICDP) financed by A Glimmer of Hope (GoH). 

Organisation: Self Help Africa – Ethiopia

Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (with frequent field visits to project areas)

Department: Programmes

Reports to: Head of Programmes (HoP)

Contract type: Two years but renewable upon business needs

Job Purpose:

The Value Chain Development and Market Coordinator/advisor will provide overall technical direction for the livelihood deepening activities that are part of the Oda Bultum ICDP’s scope of work, ensuring the implementation of a market facilitation approach as well as linking the various stakeholders and partners to ensure smooth implementation of the Oda Bultum ICDP project. This role will be the key liaison between SHA and the implementing partners and will also ensure regular communication and cooperation between the project team based in Oda Bultum, and the Country Management Team and the donor in Addis.

The Value Chain Development and Market Coordinator/advisor will be responsible for oversight of the value chain upgrading process in the project area, will provide a technical backstop, and will coordinate and monitor project interventions and their results.

Key Responsibilities:

Specific duties include, but are not limited to:

• Provide technical oversight in attaining project goals and objectives through increasing productivity and facilitating market linkages
• Ensure high quality of delivery of the Oda Bultum ICDP project by supporting and coaching the project team on value chain development and overall livelihoods activities
• Provide technical and professional support to program team to ensure quality and appropriateness of agri-enterprise and value chain development project interventions as well as ensure its sustainability
• Analyze constraints within specific value chains and create a strategy for addressing these constraints
• Identify and develop end market opportunities
• Coordinate delivery of training, extension services, and/or technical assistance to agribusinesses
• Establish and maintain communication and dialogue with the project donor, private agribusiness counterparts and relevant stakeholders
• Contribute to project management, monitoring and evaluation, learning, work plan development, communications and report writing in consultation and collaboration with the project manager and project team
• Ensure inclusive programming with attention to ensuring equitable benefits for women, youth, and other marginalized populations
• Monitor and oversight of the process to ensuring timely implementation of the Livelihoods component of the Oda Bultum ICDP activities as agreed in the work plans, seeking coherence between project approaches and tools, and providing guidance for the achievement of the desired results.
• Regularly communicate project status including progress, successes, risks, challenges, and opportunities for timely intervention to correct lags or capitalize on good practices.
• Work closely with Glimmer Livelihoods Officer on program plans and activities
• Provide regular reports and plans including status updates, monthly and quarterly plans, and performance reports as well as any required information upon request to project donor
• Write case studies, sharing of good practices and innovative value chain development models, documenting the entire lessons learned using all possible communication medias
• Prepare training materials, proceedings, posters, etc as deemed necessary
• Work closely with the HoP, SHA technical team, project staff and partners
• Undertake frequent travel to the project’s areas.
• Perform other related duties as required

Key Relationships

Internal

• SHA Ethiopia Head of Programmes (Line Manager)
• SHA Country Director (Head of Mission)
• Agriculture / agri-enterprise Advisor at Self Help Africa HQ
• Project Manager and other Project staff

External

• Donor

Qualifications/Other Requirements:

Essential:

• Master’s degree in Agricultural Economics, Economics, Agricultural Extension, Agri-business, Agriculture, Development Studies or related areas
• At least seven years of experience in the design and implementing of agriculture and value chain development projects, value chain analysis, micro-enterprise/business/private sector development with demonstrated success in increasing profits in relation to agricultural value chains, especially targeting smallholder farmers and farmers organizations.
• Experience in dairy, goat, poultry, tomato, potato, onion, haricot bean and value chain projects are preferred
• Experience in facilitation of learning process, networking, and knowledge management
• A good understanding of project cycle management approaches and tools
• Result-oriented, and demonstrated ability to take initiative, solve problems, facilitate, and coordinate teamwork in view of achieving expected plans and outcomes
• Experience and demonstrated skills in interacting with partners and allies, government, and stakeholders
• Practical experience of planning, designing, implementing, and coordinating agricultural and value chain development projects
• Knowledge of key methodologies of gender mainstreaming
• Good understanding of the Ethiopian Government structure and system as well as agricultural extension services
• Proven experience in Monitoring and Evaluation and knowledge of M&E principles
• Experience in team management and coordination
• Excellent communication skills and facilitation experience
• Basic experience and knowledge in budget tracking and financial management
• Commitment to international and humanitarian NGO codes, standards, and practices
• High-level integrity and high standards of personal conduct,
• A strong commitment to the aims, objectives, and values of the SHA Ethiopia Country Programme
• Very good level of spoken and written English
• Very good working knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and general IT skills

Desirable:

• Knowledge of market-driven and pro-poor value chain approaches
• Experience in monitoring and evaluation of development programs and in knowledge management and communication will be positively considered