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Description
Qualifications:
- Minimum 10 years of experience in agribusiness program management, with at least 5 years in senior leadership roles e.g., leading large-scale projects, managing multi-million USD budgets, or overseeing national and regional program portfolios.
- Extensive practical experience in agricultural production and management, including implementation of sustainable and climate-smart agricultural practices.
- Deep understanding of agronomic principles, seed selection, fertilizer application, irrigation management, and on-farm demonstrations.
- Strong experience in MSME development, including facilitating access to microfinance, credit guarantee schemes, and government grants.
- Experience in managing agricultural development projects, including planning, implementation, and monitoring.
Academic Qualifications and Certifications
- Advanced university degree in Agriculture, Agribusiness Management, Agricultural Economics, or a related field; business/finance courses with agriculture program exposure are an added advantage
- Highly motivated and results-oriented professional with at least 10 years of progressive experience in agribusiness, agricultural production, MSME development, and extension services.
Responsibilities
• Lead the strategic design, implementation, and monitoring of large-scale agribusiness and food systems programs, ensuring alignment with EGF’s national and regional objectives.
• Mobilize, recruit, and conduct sensitization forums for target participants, partners, and value chain actors, including smallholder farmers and Ag-MSMEs, with a focus on youth and women.
• Oversee the enrolment of targeted beneficiaries into Equity Bank and related financial products, ensuring achievement of project-set targets and timelines.
• Delivery advanced training on financial education, agribusiness management, good agricultural practices, climate-smart agriculture, biodiversity conservation, and adoption of digital technologies and mechanization.
• Support farmers and other value chain actors to improve technical, financial, and entrepreneurial skills, increasing productivity and profitability.
• Facilitate access to Equity Bank’s financial services, handholding beneficiaries to utilize bank products and services according to their financial needs.
• Organize and coordinate regular farmer group meetings, mentoring, and coaching to enhance capacity, track project interventions, and promote ecosystem participation.
• Respond to farmer queries on agribusiness and financial services, supporting informed decision-making and business growth.
• Prepare comprehensive weekly, monthly, and quarterly status reports for senior management, including analytical and critical data for program monitoring and evaluation.
• Organize, coordinate, and execute project activities (e.g., field days, exchange visits, value chain meetings) as per the project work plan and targets.
• Represent EGF in agriculture, engaging with Equity staff, local partners, and stakeholders at branch, county, and regional levels.
• Collaborate with the monitoring and evaluation team to collect high-quality data, track program impact, and ensure timely reporting on commercial and program targets.
• Undertake any other business activities as required by organizational needs
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