Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, June 23, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
About
• Cereals Growers Association (CGA) is a national non-profit member-based farmer organization incorporated in August 1996. Its main purpose is to bring together commercial cereal farmers to promote collective action for the sustained improvement of their farming enterprises and in addressing industry challenges in Kenya. CGA works with industry stakeholders such as government bodies, agricultural input suppliers, financial institutions, insurance companies, output buyers, development partners, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and others to provide services to its members

Roles and resposibilities:

• Support Technical Excellence in Program Execution

• Deliver market and value chain related outputs in collaboration with the project team.
• Develop sustainable rural agripreneurs to offer last mile linkages to smallholder farmers.
• Provide guidance in piloting and scaling of interventions across the food system development.
• Internal and External Partner Management

• Network and participate in industry events to identify potential opportunities for enhanced program impact.
• Liaise with government officials, farmers, partners agencies and other stakeholders as necessary to enhance CGA’s and program reputation.
• Actively work to enhance teamwork and synergy in CGA program activities.
• Project Management and Coordination

• Verify all travel expenses reports (TERs), Project advances and Procurement request.
• Monitor project expenses in coordination with the Finance department
• Establish and maintain a good working relationship with colleagues, project staff, partner agencies, farmers and other public and private sectors actors.
• Monitoring and Reporting

• Timely submission of project progress reports as scheduled or as per partner requests.
• Facilitate the collaborative development of a comprehensive Project Implementation Plan and Operational Plan together with the MEL, Communication and Finance teams
• Organise and oversee field visits and monitoring plans for ongoing monitoring and review of project activities; with a view to ascertain those activities are ongoing and that results, and outputs shared.
• Staff Management

• Supervise Agribusiness Coordinators (ACs), while ensuring that they fully understand their responsibilities, work as a team, and deliver on their tasks in a timely manner.
• Guide, supervise, coach, manage, mentor, provide leadership and support to the project staff on a day-to-day basis to optimise on the delivery of program outputs.
• Ensure project staff have detailed and regularly updated implementation plans with feedback on improvement areas.
• Undertake annual staff appraisal in line with Job Description of the direct reports.

Knowledge and Experience:
• At least 7 years’ experience in the implementation of donor funded market systems, agricultural value chain enterprise development or related projects, at a similar level
• A thorough understanding of project cycle management approaches and tools – including capacity assessment, developing implementation strategies, planning, project appraisal, monitoring and evaluation and report writing.
• Experience in designing strategies and approaches for enhancing agricultural production and increased income among small holder farmers.
• Experience in networking among public and private sector partners as well as donors.
• Experience working with rural agripreneurs.

Qualifications and other requirements
• Bachelor’s Degree preferably in Project management, Agriculture, Economics, or related field. A Masters degree would be an added advantage.

Role Competencies
• Excellent verbal, analytical, organisational, and writing skills.
• Proactive and motivated with a strong commitment to CGA’s vision, mission, and values.
• Strong computer skills especially with MS Word and Excel and other related packages.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and team building skills.
• Ability and resilience to cope with multiple internal and external demands.
• High level skills and experience in capacity building and mentoring skills.
• High level of initiative, motivation, commitment, and professionalism.


Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 96

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure

• Applicants should send a cover letter, CV explaining their interest in the position, what they can bring to the job and the names and addresses (including telephone and email contacts) of three (3) referees who are knowledgeable about the candidate’s professional qualifications and work experience to recruitment@cga.co.ke  before or on 30th June 2022. The position title should be clearly marked on the subject line of the cover letter


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