Agribusiness Intern at Bioversity International

Duties and responsibilities

•  Support in report writing for various projects as guided by respective project leaders and researchers.
•  Conduct cost and benefit analysis as per guidance of respective project leaders and researchers.
•  Support the active communication and visibility of the programme including through social media activation, website presence and blogs for seed systems, agronomy and MEL.
•  Support in building and sustaining strong partnerships of various actors and institutional linkages for enhanced technology adoption.
•  Support in capacity building of seed and grain producers on good agricultural practices (GAPs) for improved productivity.
•  Support the logistical and organisational output of the programme through generation of agenda, invitations, talking points and power point preparations.
•  Regularly communicate status and progress made on activities assigned to respective project leaders and scientists.
•  Support value chain actors’ investments analysis and options.
•  Any other duties that will be assigned.

Requirements

•  Completed a Masters’ degree in Agribusiness, Agricultural Economics, Agriculture, or related areas. Knowledge of Geographical Information System (GIS) will be an added advantage.
•  Knowledge on the use of data analysis tool such as R statical software, SPSS, GenStat, and other GIS packages.
•  Experience of the use of digital data collection tools such as ODK, Survey CTO will be added advantage.
•  Excellent report writing skills, capable of producing high-quality analytical documents and organising and summarizing materials clearly for a variety of audiences.
•  High analytical computing skills with good knowledge of MS Office applications.
•  Knowledge on data management ethics.
•  Good communication, written and interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively in a multicultural team with minimal supervsion.
•  Good knowledge of English language and Swahili
•  Good knowledge of value chain development

Deadline: 07/08/2023