Category : Consultant
Location/City : 1 – Dar es Salaam
Id : 3189
Location/City : 1 – Dar es Salaam
Id : 3189
ACDI/VOCA
seeks a Private Sector Partnership Specialist in the rice value chain for the
ongoing $30 million NAFAKA project in Tanzania. The USAID-funded project
focuses on sustainably reducing poverty and hunger by improving the
productivity and competitiveness of value chains that offer income
opportunities for rural households. The Private Sector Partnership Specialist
will focus on developing a strategic partnership framework around the rice
value chain in the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania. He or she
will promote public-private partnerships in the rice subsector, working with
local small-scale, emergent and larger-scale producers and agribusinesses,
government agencies and international organizations to achieve environmentally
and socially responsible commercial growth. The position is likely to be based
in Dar es Salaam, with frequent travel required to other project sites within
Tanzania.
seeks a Private Sector Partnership Specialist in the rice value chain for the
ongoing $30 million NAFAKA project in Tanzania. The USAID-funded project
focuses on sustainably reducing poverty and hunger by improving the
productivity and competitiveness of value chains that offer income
opportunities for rural households. The Private Sector Partnership Specialist
will focus on developing a strategic partnership framework around the rice
value chain in the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania. He or she
will promote public-private partnerships in the rice subsector, working with
local small-scale, emergent and larger-scale producers and agribusinesses,
government agencies and international organizations to achieve environmentally
and socially responsible commercial growth. The position is likely to be based
in Dar es Salaam, with frequent travel required to other project sites within
Tanzania.
Responsibilities:
- Develop a partnership framework to respond to
rice value chain constraints and opportunities. - Facilitate and coordinate partnership
opportunities, linking private sector partners with access to finance and
innovation grant funding to drive strategic opportunities. - Identify key areas of potential scale up in
core value chain activities in the rice subsector to foster small, medium
and larger-scale farmer and agribusiness development. - Work with the NAFAKA team to develop
innovation grant opportunities to catalyze value chain upgrading with
private sector players, overseeing the process from RFP/RFA development
through implementation. - Provide guidance to NAFAKA and other donor
programs on developing outgrower models and other lead-firm models for
engaging smallholder farmers of staples in formal market relationships. - Working with the monitoring and evaluation
unit, identify appropriate metrics for measuring results in strategic
partnerships.
Qualifications:
- Master’s degree or other advanced degree in
agriculture, management or business-related field. - Minimum seven years of experience in the
private sector developing commercial initiatives in the rice subsector in
sub-Saharan Africa. - Minimum seven years of experience in
leadership roles within agribusiness, marketing and/or international
organizations. - Evidence of facilitating creative
public-private partnerships in sub-Saharan Africa with a focus on
developing agricultural value chains that foster smallholder farmer
inclusion. - Outstanding communications skills (oral,
written, presentational) in English. - Kiswahili preferred.
Please apply
by August 30, 2013. No phone calls please. Only finalists contacted. Women and
minorities encouraged to apply. EOE.
by August 30, 2013. No phone calls please. Only finalists contacted. Women and
minorities encouraged to apply. EOE.
How to Apply
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