BRAC
is one of the world’s leading development organisation has extensive
development programmes globally. BRAC in Tanzania is seeking application from
competent, dynamic and self-motivated individuals to fill up the following
position:
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The role of Market Development
Manager is to facilitate
link between input & service markets and farmer groups to increase
productivity and income.
Job
Responsibilities: - Work with key stakeholders in targeted market systems, applying the Making Markets
Work for the Poor (M4P) methodology to facilitate interventions in the
farm-to-market value chain
- Conduct market assessment or value chain analyses
to identify input and output markets with good growth potential and
potential nutritional impact
- Develop appropriate intervention strategies for
development of the market systems for different working regions of the
project
- Develop
innovative approaches to facilitate linkages between smallholder farmers
and market opportunities
- Ensure the participation and engagement of key
stakeholders in the identified market systems (value chains) to facilitate
change in the markets
- Support private sector market actors to come up with
innovative ways of linking commercial markets to smallholder farmers
- Develop
intervention tools and capacity building strategies that can be delivered
through a tiered training structure to staffs and key stakeholders in the
market.
- Facilitate
workshops, events and meetings that establish dialog and activity between
key stakeholders in the selected sub-sectors
- Contribute
to monitoring and evaluation framework, reports and project outputs
Required
qualifications:
- Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Economics,
Agribusiness, Economics, Business or Development Studies
- Atleast 3-5 years of experience working on agriculture
and agribusiness/ private sector development projects
- A minimum of 2 years’ experience using the M4P/market
development approach
- Agricultural Value Chain development experience
- An understanding of Agricultural extension approaches
for market development
- Ability to communicate at all levels of the value chain
from small farmers to executive level discussions with key decision makers
in the private and public sectors
- Excellent communication skills; and relationship
management
- Fluency in English (both written and oral) is
essential; and fluency in local languages highly desirable
Job
Location: Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
If you feel you are the right match
for above mentioned position, please apply to HRD, BRAC Maendeleo Tanzania, Plot
#2329, Block-H, Mbezi Beach, P.O. Box 105213, Dar Es Salaam or through email to
hr.bractz@gmail.com Application
deadline is March 23, 2014. Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
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