Overview
Provide technical expertise in agribusiness development, agricultural value chains, and financing mechanisms to support the implementation of OCOP activities in the region. The role focuses on strengthening capacities, supporting investment concepts, and facilitating sustainable value chain upgrading.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and deliver online training sessions on sustainable value chain development.
- Prepare training materials, presentations, tools, and case studies.
- Conduct pre and post training assessments.
- Submit training reports and produce training packages.
- Support the review and analysis of SAP value chains.
- Provide technical backstopping during national OCOP engagements.
- Assist national teams in identifying value chain bottlenecks and investment gaps.
- Provide inputs to country briefs, fact sheets, and the OCOP compendium.
- Lead resource mobilization support for OCOP countries.
- Advise on proposal structure, investment logic, and financial sustainability.
- Recommend suitable financing instruments.
- Support the refinement of SAP concepts for submission to donors.
- Prepare technical guidance notes on financing mechanisms.
- Maintain close coordination with Focal Points.
- Deliver quarterly progress updates.
- Contribute to technical reports.
- Prepare a final technical report.
Required Experience
- At least 5 years of relevant experience in supporting programme operations, project implementation, or coordination of projects in the field of international development.
- Work experience in more than one location or area of work and with international organisations.
- Extent and relevance of experience in agribusiness development and agricultural value chain analysis.
- Extent and relevance of experience in agricultural financing, investment facilitation, and resource mobilization.
- Extent and relevance of experience in sustainable and climate‑smart agriculture and green value chain development.
- Demonstrated ability to design and deliver technical training and capacity‑building programmes.
- Strong analytical, report writing, and knowledge product development skills.
Qualifications
Advanced university degree in Agribusiness, Agricultural Economics, Rural Finance, Value Chain Development, or related field.
