Agribusiness Advisor- Livestock, Horticulture & Crop (Contingent to Donor Funding)

Value Chain and Market Systems Implementation

• Lead the operationalization of livestock (poultry dairy shoat) and horticulture/crop value chain activities at the cluster level ensuring interventions respond to local market constraints and opportunities identified through analyses.
• Implement a range of core value chain activitiesincluding local market development input/output market facilitation market intelligence aggregation and business development servicesto increase productivity income and employment for rural young people especially young women.

Youth Enterprise Growth & Market Linkages

• Map existing youth- and rural young women-led MSEs in livestock and horticulture/crop and design tailored approaches to help them grow diversify and create more employment for young women.
• Facilitate direct business linkages for these enterprises with input suppliers buyers processors cooperatives unions and service providers.. Provide targeted coaching and mentoring to strengthen business skills value addition and market readiness of youth and women entrepreneurs.

Capacity Building & Field-level Technical Support

• Organize and deliver hands-on technical support including practical demonstrations productivity trainings post-harvest and handling workshops and exposure visits for young women youth groups and MSEs.
• Build capacity of cluster technical staff partner experts and local stakeholders on market systems gender integration youth employment strategies and business development.

Stakeholder Coordination & Multi-Stakeholder Platforms

• Organize and facilitate cluster-level multi-stakeholder forums on livestock horticulture and crop value chains to identify systemic challenges and develop collective solutions.
• Document proceedings ensuring local stakeholders are actively engaged and that follow-up actions are clear and tracked.
• Build strong operational partnerships with local private sector actors cooperatives unions local government offices farmer groups and sectoral associations.

Monitoring Learning & Adaptive Management

• Regularly monitor progress of livestock and horticulture/crop interventions against work plans and targets ensuring activities meet quality standards and drive toward income and employment outcomes.
• Support documentation of lessons learned case stories and innovations from the cluster and share with the national technical team and MEAL staff for broader learning.
• Document lessons learned success stories and innovations from the cluster to inform adaptive management and contribute to broader program learning through annual reviews mid-term assessments and final evaluations.

Qualifications :

• Bachelors degree in Agriculture Livestock Horticulture Agribusiness Agricultural Marketing Agricultural Economics or related field. Preferably masters degree in the field mentioned.
• 8 years of relevant experience in livestock and horticulture/crop value chain development agribusiness or market system development with direct field implementation experience in rural settings.
• Experience designing and leading youth enterprise growth interventions including facilitating business linkages and strengthening MSEs.
• Solid understanding of local national and regional agricultural and livestock trade systems including input/output marketing dynamics relevant policies and regulatory environments.
• Demonstrated experience organizing multi-stakeholder platforms building partnerships with private sector actors cooperatives and unions.
• Technical skills in gender integration youth employment and climate-smart agriculture programming.
• Strong facilitation coaching and training skills.
• Fluency in English; proficiency in local languages is an asset.
• Willingness to travel frequently within the cluster to directly engage with communities enterprises and stakeholders.

Additional Information :

Contract Type: National Full-time

This position will be based on donor funding and approval confirmation.

Expected start date: As soon as possible

Duty Station: Arba Minch

Contract Duration: One year with the possibility of extension based on performance and budget availability.

How to Apply
If you believe that your credentials meet the outlined profile we invite you to apply by uploading your CV and a letter of motivation before/on August 4 2025. Please submit your application only via Smart Recruiters. All information will be kept in the strictest confidentiality.
If your experience and skills match the positions requirements we will contact you to advise on the next steps in the recruitment process.

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