Major Functions
Under the supervision of Head of Agriservices, position holder will be responsible for the following key responsibilities;
Facilitating Partnerships and Partners Management
At the country, regional, and global level, the role requires that through existing infrastructure (people, knowledge, and technology) the individual will develop professional relationships with business partners including identification, initiation, driving, coordination, collaboration and management of both internal and external partners.
Drive collaboration with partners and stakeholders to incubate and develop models for credit financing, mechanization, aggregation, inputs supplies and extension service delivery that creates value for smallholder farmers. The individual will facilitate and formalize vertical and horizontal B2B linkages and networks
Support a dynamic network of distribution agencies by offering opportunities for first market entry points, and attracting new business partners and larger distributors through the existing SFSA’s business model
Source, onboard, and manage strategic partners who can deploy the SFSA business models to drive the SFEA strategic outcomes
Act as a key liaison resource person for the on-boarded partners and stakeholders within Agriservices
Innovation Management
While working with the Head of Agriservices, SFSA country teams, SFSA research and development department, partners, and stakeholders, the individual will establish and run Innovation Labs, by driving needs identification, run-early-stage field trials and adaptation activities, evaluating technical suitability and partners work to deliver potential business cases for the innovations to be used in driving scale up
Proactively work with strategic partners at a technical level on the ground to jointly identify needs and problems to be resolved in the respective farming systems and together with SFSA colleagues and partners, source or develop programs that will test potential solutions from the identified options
Business Development and Resource Mobilisation
Support the development of new markets by connecting local and regional private and/or public partners, investors sourcing technologies, and SFSA distribution networks with the new technologies to facilitate scale-up opportunities
Co-develop and deploy economically viable models for farmer aggregation and service delivery to farmers (inputs, mechanization, extension, markets, finance) building on existing models from SFSA, and internal and external partners.
Drive resource mobilization and fundraising for SFEA-Agriservices with internal and external partners and stakeholders
Qualifications
Degree in Agriculture, Agricultural Economics, Agriculture Education and Extension, International Development or related courses.
Minimum of 5 years’ experience working in the agricultural development space with a bias in resource mobilization, partnerships management, business development, project management or donor relations
Excellent command of Swahili and English.
Excellent report writing and communication skills.
Dedicated and highly motivated professional, with a strong spirit for teamwork and sense of initiative.
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