Internship description
Position Overview
KadAfrica Ltd. is an agribusiness in Western Uganda that empowers out of school girls to begin their own viable agro-enterprise ventures through passion fruit cultivation. The company is expanding
our operations with a Program Coordinator position, who will play a key role in developing a quickly growing, innovative organization that is on the forefront of female empowerment and sustainable agriculture in Africa.
The Program Coordinator will be based in Fort Portal, Uganda and working in a start-up environment. The individual will be focused on supporting the systems that form the backbone of KadAfrica’s outgrower programming, including farm site management, staff coordination, and analyzing our results.
Overview of KadAfrica
Mission: KadAfrica seeks to reinvigorate commercial fruit production in Uganda by building resilient farming communities founded upon the empowerment of women and girls through the cultivation of passion fruit.
KadAfrica envisions a female youth population who are economic drivers of their communities through profits realized in agribusiness. We achieve this by providing:
Curriculum-based and “hands on” training
Access to land, quality seedling, agroinputs, and technical support
Bulked transport and a ready market
Cooperative support and saving schemes
KadAfrica uses an integrative approach that combines hands-on and curriculum based learning and recognizes the relationship between economic security and poor choices or risky behaviors among young women in rural Western Uganda. Out of school girls are provided with the resources—access to land, quality grafted seedling, and inputs—as well as skills necessary to begin their own passion fruit farms. KadAfrica overcomes poor market linkages through bulked transport and provides a guaranteed market by buying back the fruit harvested, thereby disabling current constraints to empower young women to become economic drivers of their communities through profits realized in agribusiness.
KadAfrica is a 2014 Unreasonable Venture, 2014 SEED Africa Award Winner, and 2015 Winner of the Future Forward Innovations for Youth Employment in Africa Award Winner for its unique, market based approach to the sustainable development of women and girls through agriculture.
Profile of the Ideal Candidate
You embody the values on which KadAfrica is built: a deep compassion characterized by personal leadership, innovation, ethical action, powerful relationships, and exponential empowerment
You are highly adaptable, and able to be flexible, adjusting gracefully to unforeseen circumstances and challenges
You possess strong leadership and team management skills, are comfortable in positions of authority, and do not shy away from necessary confrontation
You have a passion for social change and are willing to work and live in Uganda to see this change into reality
You are self-motivated and enjoy bringing a vision into reality
You are personable and capable of creating powerful relationships with people of all ages and diverse backgrounds
You are an exceptional team player and enjoy working with a talented group of people from diverse backgrounds with a common goal
You are highly organized and can manage a rigorous schedule with a variety of simultaneous challenges while working in the developing world
You have an excellent work ethic and thrive when there are many demands on your time
You have an optimistic and positive attitude, which characterizes your personal interactions and all that you do
Roles and Responsibilities
The Program Coordinator plays a crucial role in KadAfrica by supporting the Country Director & the Management Team. Specifically, Program Coordinators manage a “cluster” of KadAfrica cooperatives, which form the backbone of our operation. Each cooperative has 30-50 girls, a facilitator to teach the life skills, gender equality, and business skills curriculum, as well as a savings group leader, and a site agronomist—who also teach classes based in their focus areas.
The ultimate goal is to transform out of school girls into the best farmers they can be. To that end, your job primarily entails quality control of the overall program.
Monitoring & feedback
Oversight of field facilitator, site agronomist, savings group performance
Providing feedback on training strategies, site management, and curriculum development.
Measuring Results
Ensure project baseline tracking and quarterly progress reports
Work to refine and improve our metrics
Evaluate and analyze data collected to measure our results including timely surveys and calculation of social return on investment
Ensure our measurement process is effective and efficient
Project Coordination
Implement incentives for girls
Organize monthly celebrations at each site, and plan meetings with community members and girls families
Work to refine and improve our metrics
Evaluate and analyze data collected to measure our results including termly surveys and calculation of social return on investment
Ensure our measurement process is effective and efficient
Required Experience
Hold a Bachelors Degree
High degree of adaptability, flexibility, and the ability to self-motivate
Evidence of entrepreneurial spirit
Experience in project management
Preferred experience
Agricultural/farming experience or qualifications
Teaching/curriculum development experience
Management experience
Bilingual or multilingual with interest in learning local language(s)
Terms and Compensation
The contract will begin as soon as possible and will last for a year with the possibility of renewal for a second year’s contract. Please let us know 30 days prior to the end of the year if you would like to stay on for the second year. Reviews will be held on a quarterly basis. KadAfrica will give at least 30 days notice if we wish to terminate the contract.
The Program Coordinator position is uncompensated for the first nine months, after which there is an opportunity to receive a $250/month stipend based on performance. Housing, utilities, and business expenses are provided. The Program Coordinator is also offered the option to fundraise for up to $400USD/month during their tenure with KadAfrica to cover their own stipend. This entails soliciting for donations on behalf of KadAfrica which will be awarded to the volunteer as a stipend.
How to applyTo apply, please send a resume and cover letter to Chelsea Ellingsen, and please contact Chelsea if you have any questions or would like more information about the position: chelsea@kadafrica.org.
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