CARANA Corporation (www.carana.com), a contractor for USAID, designs and
directs innovative economic growth strategies to help countries and businesses
compete globally, reducing poverty and raising living standards around the
world. For 30 years, we have specialized in market-led solutions to development
challenges in more than 100 countries, packaging our expertise with
on-the-ground resources for continuing, cost-effective results.
CARANA is
recruiting qualified candidates for the USAID-funded Rwanda Private Sector
Driven Agricultural Growth Project. This anticipated 5-year activity intends to
increase smallholder incomes by agriculture investment project in Rwanda, as
part of the larger Feed the Future Initiative. The project aims to promote
private sector investments – internationall
recruiting qualified candidates for the USAID-funded Rwanda Private Sector
Driven Agricultural Growth Project. This anticipated 5-year activity intends to
increase smallholder incomes by agriculture investment project in Rwanda, as
part of the larger Feed the Future Initiative. The project aims to promote
private sector investments – internationall
y and domestically – that contribute
to the Government of Rwanda’s Vision 2020 aim of transforming agriculture into
a market-oriented, competitive, and high-value sector.
Duties:
- Oversee anchor firms/value chain (VC)
initiatives; - Facilitate market linkages through targeted
outreach to select buyers, distributors, brokers and investors, and
develop relationships with potential buyers, investors and market
intermediaries for selected products. - Identify anchor firms that will combine technical
assistance, training, and other relevant support to the SMEs embedded in
the anchor firm’s product value chain; - Identify gaps and constraints in
industry-specialized VCs; - Develop and implement VC business plans;
- Coordinate technical assistance to farmers,
cooperatives and firms on production, productivity, management, finance,
marketing, inputs to meet anchor firms’ requirements; - Increase incomes/profits of farmers and
cooperatives by successfully integrating them to into competitive VCs.
Qualifications:
- Experience integrating smaller farmers and
producers into competitive value chains - Experience training small farmers and
cooperatives on horizontal cross cutting issues affecting VC development; - Experience working in business, marketing, and/or
sales. - Experience working with one or more of the
following: agribusinesses, input suppliers, agricultural banks, buyers,
etc. - Must have a strong network and ability to find
new markets. - Demonstrated success in implementing programs
aimed at increasing the competitiveness and inclusiveness of value chains
using facilitation approaches - Demonstrated knowledge of the latest developments
in advancing good/best practices in value chain development (i.e., USAID’s
value chain and facilitation approach) that reaches women, youth, the poor
and very poor - Demonstrated creativity, willingness to innovate,
think systemically and design catalytic activities - 7-plus years experience in value chain and firm
level assistance to MSMEs; - Master’s degree in agriculture or related field
preferred; - Preference will be given to Rwandan citizens.
