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Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with in-country travel
Start date: July 2011 (contingent upon securing new funding)
Background Information: TechnoServe is an international business development organization whose
mission is to support entrepreneurial men and women to get out of poverty. Our approach is based on
hiring high-performing people who share our vision of private sector solutions that create long-term
transformation in people’s lives. We believe in hard work, creativity, and leveraging the dynamism of
talented people. We are committed to innovation, learning, and results. Our global team is drawn from
world-class industry and management consulting firms. We are work in nearly 20 countries in Africa,
Latin America and India.
Role and responsibility: The Value Chain Advisor will be responsible for activities related to the
development and implementation of the Livestock Growth Program (LGP) value chain development.
He/she will work with project’s technical teams, various livestock related private sector actors and service
providers and livestock related government technical officials.While final technical areas and specific
responsibilities would be defined upon securing of funding from USAID, following are the key expected
areas of focus for this position:
Value chain strategy development
o Develop clearly articulated and fact-based strategy for LGP value chain interventions in
collaboration with other implementing partners, ensuring that strategy supports overall
broader program objectives and goals for meat and animal, dairy and hides, skins and
leather value chains
o Lead rigorous and ongoing industry assessments to identify new industry and client
opportunities, with a focus on end-market analyses
o Maintain understanding of current global best practices related to market-driven value
chain development and the specified livestock value chains, ensure that these are shared
with staff and partners and actively incorporated into strategies and work streams
Value chain intervention planning
o Break down strategies into well-defined work streams and ensure that the scope and
projected impact of all workstreams are correctly defined and understood
o Ensure that all workstreams have a detailed work plan which identifies, prioritizes and
sequences the activities required for successful delivery
o Ensure sufficient resources are mobilized (e.g. financial, human, data and information) to
deliver the work plan activities
o Set own annual individual performance goals in coordination with the Chief of Party,
detailing project specific and personal development objectives
Management
o Recruit and manage staff, including preparing clear scopes of work, interviewing
candidates, and managing staff to ensure high quality deliverables
o Supervise workstreams in accordance with work plans and TechnoServe policies
o Monitor budgets, approve all related expenditure in accordance with budget and policies
External representation
o Develop and sustain trust-based relationships with key stakeholders, including other
development initiatives and interventions
o Leverage knowledge of key stakeholders to secure buy-in to ideas and initiatives
o Provide intellectual leadership in helping team members identify and develop business
and industry-wide value chain improvement strategies
Monitoring and evaluation
o Develop a learning plan regarding the growth and competitiveness of livestock value
chains and proactively support continuous learning
o In collaboration with TechnoServe’s M&E Technical Advisor and partner organizations,
develop detailed M&E plan that enables ongoing learning, identification of approaches
that are working /not working as the project progresses and appropriate revision
o Ensure appropriate processes are in place in any field offices to track program data
necessary for monitoring, evaluation, and reporting
o Ensure a baseline is determined at the start of implementation
o Ensure data necessary to assess performance against set objectives and measures is
tracked in a systematical and methodical manner
o Write reports in accordance with the contractual arrangements as required
o Ensure that deliverables are on time, within budget and at the required level of quality
o Proactively raise issues of concern with Chief of Party (operations and finance)
Requirements:
Education: Masters degree in livestock, agriculture, agribusiness, agricultural economics, or
related field is required.
Experience:
o 10+ years of professional experience in livestock sector value chain development with a
major emphasis on: value chain facilitation, agribusiness, marketing and financial
services and private sector development;
o 5+ years managing for-profit agribusiness or value chain related private sector institution.
o Experience managing USAID-funded value chain initiatives an advantage
Specialized knowledge/skills:
o Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
o Demonstrated advanced ICT skills.
o Established relationship with and/or substantive knowledge of international agribusiness
firms.
o Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
o Entrepreneurial and self motivated
o Excellent communication skills in both written and spoken English and Amharic
o Experience with gender mainstreaming in livestock/agriculture projects is added
advantage.
Women are encouraged to apply.
Fees and expenses: Negotiable.
Deadline for application: February 25, 2011
Qualified candidates should mail or email their CV/resume along with a cover letter to:
Address:
TechnoServe Inc.
PO Box 100598
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Email:
admin@tnsethiopia.org
Note: Submitting application in person is highly discouraged and can be grounds for disqualification.
TechnoServe, Inc is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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