Business Facilitator

• Bachelors’ Degree or equivalent in the fields of Agriculture Economics, Business Administration, Rural Development, Food Security, Microfinance Enterprise Development or another related field.
  
• Three (3) years field and technical experience within the agribusiness development sector with either or a mix of economic growth/trade, value chain competitiveness, investment promotion, or agriculture development.
  
• Experience working with youth and young women groups or / together with working knowledge of community level microfinance and agribusiness development.
  
• Knowledge of the local context in the cluster districts (e.g., Busoga sub-region).
  
• Should have valid Licence permit for motorcycle.
  

Community and Farmer/Youth Group Mobilization

• Identify and work with the project front-line team (CAE, CAVES, CF’s & DIF) and community development mobilisers to conduct sensitization meetings required to achieve better community understanding, engagement, mindset change and participation of women and people with disabilities in project.
  
• Identify, mobilize, and register individual youth involved or Self-Help Groups (SHG), in target value chains that seek to generate economic and social value to the groups.
  
• Support the formation and strengthening of Self-Help Groups (SHG). and Agri hubs based on the identified value chain and opportunities using appropriate tools and provide technical business management training relative to the implementation of each group and Agri hub.
  

Enterprise Development and Support

• Identify viable agribusiness opportunities for youth (both on-farm and off-farm).
  
• Facilitate the formation and development of profitable and self-sustaining youth led Agri-hubs.
  
• Support youth groups to access productive resources such as land, mechanization services, labour force etc. within their local contexts.
  

Market Linkages and Value Chain Integration

• Support or facilitate linkages and partnerships with off-takers, input providers, financial service providers, government agencies and development partners to build profitable and sustainable markets.
  
• Identify and support the Self-Help Groups and Agri-hubs to explore opportunities for value addition as well as the forward and backward linkages.
  

Capacity Building

• Support in training and coaching of front-line teams on various aspects of the project activities implementation to suit the needs of youth and women (e.g., low literacy-friendly materials, flexible training schedules, interpersonal relations etc)
  
• Facilitate training of Self-Help Groups (SHG) / Agri hubs in Values Based Holistic Community Development (VBHCD) approach (agribusiness, HPI cornerstones, financial literacy, entrepreneurship, climate-smart agriculture, and market access).
  
• Promote adoption of good agricultural practices (GAPs) and technologies.
  

Engagement and Stakeholder Coordination

• Act as the SAYE project district focal person to engage, establish and maintain strong collaboration with local district leaders, Private Sector Actors, and other stakeholders to support the project implementation.
  
• Promote gender, social inclusion and safeguarding among participants and all stakeholders.
  
• Represent the SAYE project leadership in community events and partner meetings.
  

Access to Finance

• Support the formation and strengthening of Informal Saving and Lending Associations (ISLAs).
  
• Build linkages between ISLA’s and SACCOs or MFIs to improve youth access to affordable finance to invest in their businesses and livelihoods development.
  
• Support youth in developing bankable business plans and accessing start-up resources.
  

Monitoring, Learning & Reporting

• Oversee contract management for the district front-line team - provide operational leadership, guidance, performance management and recommend terminations / renewals.
  
• Lead the planning, budgeting and implementation of the district activity budget and ensuring efficient utilization of resources.
  
• Conduct routine supportive field visits within the district and cluster when needed