Duma Works is recruiting an Agronomy Business Advisor for
one of our clients.
Our client works with enterprising
people in the developing world to build competitive farms, businesses and
industries.
A non-profit organization that
develops business solutions to poverty by linking people to information,
capital and markets.
Their work is rooted in the idea that
given the opportunity, hardworking men and women in even the poorest places can
generate income, jobs and wealth for their families and communities.
With more than four decades of proven
results, they believe in the power of private enterprise to transform lives.
Program Description: The company’s Nespresso AAA Sustainable Quality
Program is a partnership with Nespresso SA program is designed to introduce the
Nespresso AAA program to Africa in Ethiopia, Kenya and South Sudan.
The overarching goal is to reduce
poverty of 200,000 smallholder coffee farmers in Kenya and Ethiopia through
increased coffee incomes as a result of improved yields, quality and market
access to Nespresso’s AAA supply chain.
The Nespresso AAA Program will build
on the natural synergies with the BMGF-funded Coffee Initiative in Kenya and
Ethiopia.
Primary Purpose: The Agronomy Business Advisor shall support the
implementation of strategies that will enable clients to achieve sustainable
increases in coffee quality and yields.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Sensitize cooperative leadership, smallholder
coffee farmers and local stakeholders on the the company’s coffee project
work. - Implement existing strategies to provide
assigned cooperatives with agronomy training and with structured
post-training farm visits to improve adoption. - Train and advise farmers being assisted by the
project on coffee agronomy best practices with the objective of helping
them to improve coffee yields and quality. - Train, mentor, coach and support assigned
Farmer Trainers on all technical and operational aspects of their work and
in relationship with farmers. This includes assisting them to set
performance goals, continuous assessment of performance and giving
feedback. - Participate in the implementation of the
defined project monitoring, measurement and evaluation activities that
ensure accurate and consistent capture of date for project reporting and
documenting of the impact of our work. - Create linkages between cooperative
leadership, farmers and suppliers of recommended inputs and other farm
requirements. - Collect, collate, validate and submit the
specified project data and clients’ reports within stipulated time lines. - Cultivate and manage good relationship with
clients both at leadership and farmer levels as well as with key industry
stakeholders and community leaders at local levels. - Keep abreast of developments concerning coffee
at the cooperative and in the local community and regularly report these. - Understand, respect and promote the company’s
values, vision, and strategy in the implementation of assigned duties. - Any other relevant tasks as assigned by the
Senior Business Advisor.
- Bachelor’s degree in agriculture, agronomy,
horticulture or related agricultural sciences. - At least three years’ professional experience
– ideally in the private sector – in one or more of the following areas:
coffee processing or agronomy; business or cooperative management; SME
development; agriculture; training; extension services. - Demonstrated good understanding of the Kenya
coffee industry and especially the cooperatives sector. - Possess an aptitude and skills for training
adults in a field set up. - Strong planning skills and ability to generate
innovative solutions in highly dynamic work situations. - Demonstrated ability to prepare and present
well-written, cohesive analyses and reports. - Strong interpersonal, collaborative and
cross-cultural skills. - Willingness to spend significant time in
project implementation sites located in rural areas. - Valid driving licence.
- Fluency in English and Kiswahili.
Reports to: Senior Business Advisor.
Direct Reports:
Farmer Trainers.
Works closely with:
Business Advisors; M & E Analyst;
Administration team.
Position Location:
Project implementation sites in the coffee growing
areas of Kenya.
How to Apply
Submit your application by email to apply@dumaworks.com marking the subject as
“2036”, Your Full name & Phone number e.g. 2036, Barack Obama,
07xxxxxxxxx.
Please include the following in your application;
1.
cover letter describing your interest
2.
curriculum vitae
3.
three years’ salary history
4.
telephone contacts of three
professional referees.
Please include all requirements in a
single document (pdf).
Applications will be treated
confidentially.
If you don’t follow these
instructions, your application will not go through.
Deadline for receiving applications: 31st January 2016
* When applying to any job through Duma Works, you can expect that after you
apply, you will receive a confirmation email, and then an SMS alert asking you
to take a basic screening test over SMS. The SMS with the test may not arrive
immediately. Please be patient. The SMS test will typically be 5-8 questions to
help us understand your background. Regular SMS rates apply to the test, and if
you ever have any issues with the process, please reach out to 0702093793.
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