Purpose of the Role

The Agribusiness/Market Systems Officer will lead interventions in market development, business mentorship, value addition, post-harvest handling, financial linkages, aggregation, productive partnerships, and enterprise development for farmers and youth.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct market assessments and identify viable market opportunities for selected value chains.
• Support farmer groups and youth entrepreneurs to develop business plans and market-oriented production plans.
• Facilitate linkages with off-takers, agro-processors, input suppliers, financial institutions, transporters, aggregation centers, and private sector actors.
• Support training on post-harvest handling, storage, value addition, marketing, financial literacy, and business development services.
• Promote bulk marketing, collective bargaining, aggregation, and quality improvement.
• Support development of common user facilities, value addition centers, storage facilities, or aggregation hubs where applicable.
• Facilitate apprenticeship and youth skilling opportunities in value addition, logistics, agri-transport, clean energy technologies, and service provision.
• Track market access, sales volumes, income changes, business performance, and job creation outcomes.

Minimum Qualifications and Experience.

• Degree in Agribusiness, Agricultural Economics, Business Administration, Value Chain Development, Rural Development, or related field.
• At least 5 years of experience in value chain development, market systems, agribusiness, enterprise development, or private sector engagement.
• Demonstrated experience linking smallholder farmers to markets, finance, and private sector actors.
• Experience with youth enterprise development, post-harvest handling, value addition, or common user facilities.
• Experience in refugee livelihoods or host community economic inclusion is an added advantage.

Key Deliverables.

• Market linkage and agribusiness development plan.
• Business mentorship reports.
• Private sector and financial linkage reports.
• Value addition and post-harvest handling training reports.
• Market performance and enterprise tracking reports.

• Conduct market assessments and identify viable market opportunities for selected value chains.
• Support farmer groups and youth entrepreneurs to develop business plans and market-oriented production plans.
• Facilitate linkages with off-takers, agro-processors, input suppliers, financial institutions, transporters, aggregation centers, and private sector actors.
• Support training on post-harvest handling, storage, value addition, marketing, financial literacy, and business development services.
• Promote bulk marketing, collective bargaining, aggregation, and quality improvement.
• Support development of common user facilities, value addition centers, storage facilities, or aggregation hubs where applicable.
• Facilitate apprenticeship and youth skilling opportunities in value addition, logistics, agri-transport, clean energy technologies, and service provision.
• Track market access, sales volumes, income changes, business performance, and job creation outcomes.

• Market assessment
• Business plan development
• Financial literacy
• Business development services
• Apprenticeship facilitation
• Youth skilling

• Degree in Agribusiness, Agricultural Economics, Business Administration, Value Chain Development, Rural Development, or related field.
• At least 5 years of experience in value chain development, market systems, agribusiness, enterprise development, or private sector engagement.
• Demonstrated experience linking smallholder farmers to markets, finance, and private sector actors.
• Experience with youth enterprise development, post-harvest handling, value addition, or common user facilities.
• Experience in refugee livelihoods or host community economic inclusion is an added advantage.