Linkages Specialist
National Cooperative Business Association CLUSA International (NCBA CLUSA)
USAID
Kampala, Uganda
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Association CLUSA International (NCBA CLUSA) is the trade association for
cooperative businesses in the United States and an international development
organization. NCBA CLUSA provides cross-sector education, technical assistance,
and advocacy that helps cooperatives thrive. For nearly 100 years, NCBA CLUSA
has sought to advance and protect cooperative enterprises, highlighting the
impact that cooperatives have in bettering the lives of individuals and
families. In the last 60 years, NCBA CLUSA has worked in over 100 countries in
the areas of food security, agricultural development, strengthening of
communities and farmer organizations, community-based health, natural resources
management, and empowerment of smallholder farmers, women, and youth.
senior and mid-level technical specialists for two anticipated USAID programs:
- Uganda’s Improving Youth
Livelihoods in Agriculture program is a five-year program to increase
opportunities for youth in agriculture to realize their potential and
effectively contribute to Uganda’s social and economic development. The
program will expand technical, educational and leadership opportunities in
agriculture for youth ages 15-30 in select districts in Uganda, including
Northern Uganda, through a market-driven approach for increased food
security and employment for young men and women. - Uganda Producer Organizations’
Activity will focus on strengthening farmer organizations to become more
business-oriented and better advocates for their respective members. The
approach will focus on training members of farmer organizations in such
areas as group formation, dynamics and cohesion, governance, financial
management, trust, access to services and markets, and advocacy. The
purpose is to create a critical mass of member-owned, democratically-
governed organizations to meet the specific financial and/or social needs
of their members, and of the wider farming community.
Linkages Specialist will be mainly responsible for training farmer associations
in operations and product standards to meet market requirements, information
systems, information and communication technology (ICT) solutions, and linking
farmers to market stakeholders including agro-processors, producer
organizations, and financial institutions for increased access to and
participation in markets.
Skills and Experience:
- The ideal candidate should have
prior experience in market linkages. - Prior USAID experience in
preferred
to Apply:
USAID’s projects should send their updated CVs along with a cover letter to
jobs@ncba.coop. Please include the position title in the subject line of the
email.
November, 2014
