Job Description
We are seeking Senior Director Value Chain
Competitiveness candidates for an anticipated multiyear, USAID-funded Feed the
Future project in Rwanda called Private Sector Driven Agricultural Growth
(PSD-AG). This project will increase smallholder incomes by promoting private
sector investments that contribute to transforming agriculture into a
market-oriented, competitive, and high-value sector.
Competitiveness candidates for an anticipated multiyear, USAID-funded Feed the
Future project in Rwanda called Private Sector Driven Agricultural Growth
(PSD-AG). This project will increase smallholder incomes by promoting private
sector investments that contribute to transforming agriculture into a
market-oriented, competitive, and high-value sector.
Responsibilities:
- Design and implement technical assistance
interventions to improve domestic, regional, and international
competitiveness of target commodities at all levels of the value chain.
Focus of those strategies should be on investment attraction and
facilitation, commercial partnerships, and trade expansion. - Work with producers and enterprises across
Rwanda to develop their capacity to identify and respond to business
opportunities in the potential value chains. - Use a market-led, facilitative approach to
identify and remedy enabling environment barriers to agricultural trade. - Improve the competitiveness and develop the
demand for service provision. • Facilitate strategic, commercially
viable partnerships between value chain actors. - Facilitate private sector engagement and
investment among various levels of target value chains including but not
limited to producer, processor, wholesaler, and exporter levels.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in international
development, agriculture, economics, food science, or related field of
study is required. - Ten years or more of progressively responsible
work experience in managing and implementing multifaceted international
agriculture and agribusiness development programs, preferably in East
Africa. - Ten years or more of progressive engagement
with private sector on agriculture-related value chain development,
enabling-environment issues, and finance and investment facilitation. - Substantial experience working directly with
the private sector highly preferred. - Experience working with wide range of
agriculture sector stakeholders, including government entities, the donor
community, civil society (farmers organizations and cooperatives, NGOs,
CBOs, etc.), and the private sector. - Oral and written fluency in Kinyarwanda, as
well as in-depth knowledge of the local operating environment in Rwanda.
Please apply online at http://acdivoca.maxhire.net/cp/?E55569361D43515B7E59192F7756166803627A4B.
No phone calls please. Only finalists contacted. Women and minorities
encouraged to apply. EOE.
No phone calls please. Only finalists contacted. Women and minorities
encouraged to apply. EOE.
Organization Description
Since 1963 and in 146 countries, ACDI/VOCA has
empowered people in developing and transitional nations to succeed in the
global economy. Based in Washington, D.C., ACDI/VOCA is a nonprofit
international development organization that delivers technical and management
assistance in agribusiness, financial services, enterprise development,
community development and food security in order to promote broad-based
economic growth and vibrant civil society. ACDI/VOCA currently has
approximately 60 projects in 30 countries and total revenues of $173 million.
empowered people in developing and transitional nations to succeed in the
global economy. Based in Washington, D.C., ACDI/VOCA is a nonprofit
international development organization that delivers technical and management
assistance in agribusiness, financial services, enterprise development,
community development and food security in order to promote broad-based
economic growth and vibrant civil society. ACDI/VOCA currently has
approximately 60 projects in 30 countries and total revenues of $173 million.
Application
Deadline: 10 April 2014
Deadline: 10 April 2014