Business Advisor - Markets at TechnoServe Kenya

Position Description:

TechnoServe seeks a Business Advisor - Markets to support the Project Director and technical teams in the implementation of all activities related to the project that aim to gather insights, develop and test ideas, and deploy highest potential solutions at scale.

KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

 Project Implementation

• Setting up field visits and engagements with stakeholders
• Support and documenting projects learnings
• Support mobilization of actors across value chains and food loss/waste solution providers
• Submitting weekly field reports to the PM and support impact monitoring and evaluation activities
• Provide support to implementation consortium partners, including Human Centered Design firm, monitoring and evaluation stakeholders, and others as needed
• Participating in regular team training activities.
• Performing other duties as assigned by the Project Director
• Support data gathering, testing, and business cases development for high potential solutions and help identify areas of improvement
• Develop and implement documentation mechanisms for solution testing
• Document learnings from the Project Phase 1 (Year 1) to inform larger scale testing and implementation in Phase 2 (Years 2 & 3)
• Facilitate linkages across teams and ecosystem actors
• Contribute to periodic reporting
• Other related duties as requested

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in   Agriculture,  Agribusiness, Horticulture, economics, business administration or related qualification
• 3 years’ experience in the area of markets and agricultural value chains.
• Experience of working with farmer organizations, producer groups and private sector
• Track record of building and managing strong client and stakeholder relationships with farmer groups, private sector and government;
• 3 years Valid Riding and Driving license free of endorsement
• Experience in working with diverse cultures and communities.
• Strong data analysis skills
• Experience in project planning, management and monitoring
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite (especially Word, Excel and PowerPoint).

Competencies

• Good Communication skills in both English & Kiswahili
• Basic leadership skills
• Good financial analysis skills
• Good budgeting and interpreting skills
• Strong marketing skills
• Good client/farmer mobilization skills
• Team player and good interpersonal skills
• Excellent writing