Provide leadership in the design, development and implementation of activities related to agribusiness and value chains development within FH.
Provide technical guidance in the design and facilitation of market and micro-finance linkages for farmer groups under various projects, in collaboration with various stakeholders, including Government and private sector actors
Analyse technical and policy issues, strategies and programmes to support the development, competitiveness, inclusiveness and improved impacts of agribusiness, food systems and value chain development. This will include standards development based on the above.
Contribute to the design of programmes and projects related to agribusiness, value chain development, agricultural economics, and agricultural and rural development; and also provide technical support and/or backstopping to field projects
Support capacity building activities regarding business development skills, including identification of capacity development needs of farmer groups, agriculture cooperatives and private sector.
Provide guidance to FH project teams to support farmer groups who are oriented towards farming as a business; providing practical tools to ensure the recognition of and support for women and youth farmers as a key and underserved target group in agribusiness
Integrate behavior change and adult learning methodologies into Livelihoods and Resilience programming and model them in interactions with other staff.
Work collaboratively with other Thematic specialist/ Coordinators to integrate Livelihoods and Resilience into the activities across departments and functions
Setting and maintaining quality standards for new business development-related activities Review sectoral technical approaches and implementation strategies and develop customized recommendations to integrate Livelihoods and Resilience, adapting approaches for fragile and insecure contexts.
Develop and review work plans, budgets and procurement plans, working hand in hand with project staff and CO programs team.
Develop and manage major the country research and learning initiatives in line with the Livelihood and Resilience program.