Market Systems Manager , The Agriculture Markets Development Trust

The Agriculture Markets Development Trust (AMDT) has been established by the Governments of Denmark, Ireland, Sweden and Switzerland. The Trust has been established as a long term facility with the overall objective of increasing incomes and employment opportunities for poor women, men, and young people in Tanzania. With a strong pro-poor focus, the Trust works with the Private Sector, Government and Civil Society Organisations to promote the making Markets Work for the Poor (M4P)/Market Systems Development (MSD) approach that stimulates changes to market systems leading to broad and sustained impact on the lives of smallholder farmers as well as competitiveness of agricultural MSMEs. AMDT achieves this by investing, together with market actors, in interventions that are: (i) based on diagnosed constraints and pro-poor opportunities, (ii) are well coordinated to enhance the leveraging of investments and resources targeting similar outcomes, (iii) stimulate the development of inclusive, competitive, and resilient agricultural market systems, leading to sustained benefits and impacts for the productive poor.

AMDT is now seeking qualified candidates to fill four local vacant full-time positions. Brief descriptions and qualification requirements for the open positions are outlined below.
Job Title: Market Systems Manager
Reporting to: Technical Director

Position Summary
The Market Systems Manager will be responsible for the quality of market systems analyses, interventions, and results in the selected value chains. She/He will also assist in the correct utilization of knowledge outputs from this work to deepen the understanding of how market systems work, as well as enhancing stakeholders’ efforts on coordination so as to maximize benefits from interventions and investments in selected agricultural market systems.

Key Responsibilities

Manage a portfolio of agricultural, industrial and service sector interventions to generate pro-poor growth in a sustainable and most effective and efficient manner across the country;
Screen project proposals and manage partnerships with key stakeholders in the value chain;
Manage capacity building initiatives for partner organizations;
Using the M4P approach, manage, conduct or support all research and analytical work on the sector, value chains, and the supporting services and industries needed for the functioning of market systems and AMDT;
Together with the management team, design pro-poor sector growth strategies;
Identify potential strategic partners in the private and public sector to trigger innovative business models and practices to reduce constraints and unlock growth potential in a systemic and sustainable manner;
Inculcate a culture of continuous learning and honest inquiry in relation to the understanding of market systems;
Design key performance indicators, monitor and evaluate implementation of strategic interventions with partners, and their resultant outcomes

The successful candidate will need to possess the following key competencies:

Excellent theoretical knowledge and practical application of the M4P approach, including market systems analysis, sector strategy creation, intervention design, market systems facilitation, and all the related monitoring and measurement of results.

A proven ability to constructively engage with the private and public sector and manage partnerships, enable delivery of envisaged outcomes, and establish sustained capacity to support key market functions going forward;
Experience in leading, managing and mentoring teams;
Good knowledge of policy issues relating to business enabling environments (BEE), private sector led growth and development
Experience in Agricultural Projects/Program Management;
Strong experience in research and analysis;
Solid experience in monitoring and evaluation;
Evidence of strong communication, writing, numeracy, analysis and networking skills.
Ability to tap into international networks related to private sector development.

Key Qualifications
A Master’s Degree in Developmental Economics, Agricultural Economics, Agri-business, Business Administration or related field;
A minimum of least 7 years of relevant working experience of which 3 years should be in a senior leadership role;
Experience in both the public and private sector; and a good mix of local and international experience will be an added advantage;
Deep knowledge or work experience agricultural value chains with large numbers of producers and MSMEs in Tanzania, will be an added advantage

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:

To be considered for any position, an applicant must submit her/his CV, an application letter, and a Cover Letter, no more than two (2) pages that provides details of the applicant’s specific qualifications for the position to: info@amdt.co.tzby 15.30 hrs, EA time, Friday 20thNovember 2015.

In the subject line of the email, write the title of the position for which you are applying. If you wish to apply for more than position, please submit separate applications for each position. Applications that do not follow these instructions, or that do not meet the stated minimum qualification requirements will not be considered.