Food Security Team Leader Harare Jobs

The Netherlands Development Organisation SNV is implementing a project that focusses on strengthening rural household food security. The project seeks to improve smallholder agriculture through strengthening of business linkages between Agrodealers, farmer’s commodity associations and private sector input/output companies.ln order to facilitate delivery of this planned work, SNV is recruiting for a Food Security Team Leader to undertake the following:

Responsibilities:

• Facilitate strengthening of the business linkages between Agrodealers /Farmers Commodity Associations in all the 8 rural provinces and private sector input/outputcompanies.
• Strengthen the business model and governance structures of the Agrodealers Association of Zimbabwe (ADAZ) so that the organisation is better placed to represent the commercial interests of its membership.
• Strengthen the business model and governance structures of selected high potential Farmers Commodity Associations so that these institutions develop stronger capacity to deliver market driven quality services to their membership.
• Facilitate negotiation of deals with the private sector to facilitate improved smallholder farmers access to agricultural inputs at competitive prices.
• Support ADAZ to establish a viable credit guarantee scheme suitable. for its membership.
• Facilitate capacity strengthening of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) thatprovide Agribusiness Development Services to small scale farmers.

 

The successful candidates are expected to have the following competencies:

• Solid business understanding, preferably with an MBA.
• Minimum of 5 Years’ experience in Agribusiness initiatives linking agribusiness value chain actors to the private sector.
• Solid understanding of smallholder agriculture in Zimbabwe including input and output distribution channels.
• At least 5 years’ experience providing mentorship for business development preferably in the Agriculture sector.

Applications:

Interested candidates should forward their applications consisting of a cover
letter outlining their motivation with detailed CVs to SNV Human Resources Manager on snv[at]zimbabwehumancapital.org

All applications should be submitted by 24th November, 2013.

Please Register to apply online.