Enterprise Development Officer Job Vacancy- AGRIBUSINESS INITIATIVE TRUST

Job Title: Enterprise Development Officer (EDO)
Reports: Value chain Manager

Key Responsibilities:
The EDO shall be responsible for all Trust's operational matters relating to agro input supply and enterprise development, inclusive but not limited to:
•Developing operational plans in accordance to goals and practices sell by the Board of Trustees
•Cooperate with other relevant stakeholders in the sector, including private sector organizations, development partners and government institutions
•Ensuring that contractual arrangement (contracting, outsourcing and partnering) meet the trust's corporate and legal requirements
•Ensuring that experts and contracted business development service providers deliver the agreed and defined outputs evaluation system
•Providing technical support to product and commodity platforms
•Supporting Value Chain commercialization through promotion productivity enhancing technologies
•Developing the distribution network of agro input dealers
•Developing business management capacity of supported agro input Dealers
• Any other duties as may be assigned to him/her

Required experience:
The EDO shall have at least 5 years working experience with proven experience of:
•Enterprise development
• Market development for business service providers
• Small holder farmer’s development
• Agro input supply chain development and management
• Good agricultural practices

Academic qualification;
The EOD shall have a degree in Agriculture. A masters Degree in Agricultural Economic, Business Administration or related fields will be an added advantage.
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Applications shall be addressed to:

Managing Director
Agribusiness initiative Trust
Plot 58 Lumumba Avenue
Tel: 0312 351 600
Fax 0312 351 620
P.0.Box 29851 Kampala

Deadline: 10th December 2010.