Latest Vacancies at SustaiNet Group Ltd (SGL)

Project Duration: 44 Expert months

Application deadline: 21st July 2020

• Identification of demands from MSME, Start-ups and smallholders for improved access to inputs, services and markets
• Identification of direct and indirect local income and employment potentials especially for women and young people in relevant input and service sectors in selected value chains.
• Selection of (innovative, employment and demand oriented) inputs and services to be promoted.
• Identification and development of business models for demand-oriented inputs and services as well as the access models to ensure the target groups will benefit from improved access
• Piloting of the selected inputs and services as sustainable business models
• Support access to financing for the promoted business models and their clients
• Up-scaling of the tested business models and setting up of access models with the clients/target group, including networking of the established services with value chain actors (and supported MSME, smallholders/cooperatives and start-ups in action field 2), support to establishment on the market, establishment of business relationships in the funded value chains and sectors etc.
• Setting up of inclusive contract farming or out grower schemes as access models to increase access to inputs, services and markets especially for small holders/cooperatives
• Access to land and public financial services will be mainly supported by RYE, however, the contractor will be called to actively contribute in the frame of activities under the responsibility of the contractor.
• Qualification of smallholders/cooperatives and ToT (training providers, extension service etc.) within the framework of cooperation with the private sector, e.g. on GAPs, certification / organic farming, quality standards, hygiene, innovation/diversification, entrepreneurship, marketing skills, etc.
• Supporting professionalization of (youth) cooperatives and producer groups (e.g. joint buying/selling and saving/lending, transparent administration, and registration procedures, thereby improving access to training, markets, financing, advice, inputs, etc.
• Development and application (including ToT) of demand-oriented training material (for supported input and service providers as well as the training of farmers and producer groups.

Requirements

• University qualification in agriculture, agribusiness, economy or related fields
• Language: English (CEFRL: C1), Suaheli (CEFRL: C1).
• General professional experience: Agricultural Value Chain Development, Agricultural production.
• Specific professional experience: services around agriculture, contract farming, cooperation with the private sector, farmer organizations,
• 5 years of Leadership/management experience.
• 7 years of regional experience working in Kenya.
• 4 years’ experience working in DC

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Consultancy Position: Short Term Experts

Project Duration: 20 Expert Months

Application deadline:  21st July 2020

Specific Tasks

• Digitization of selected core modules of ATVET trainings through co-creation with relevant actors (target group, private sector, etc.)
• Advising on the creation, anchoring and dissemination of a digital catalogue of all ATVET curricula, teaching manuals and materials made available to rural training centers.
• Contributing to the development of innovative consulting services.
• Development of complementary digital applications in co-creation with relevant actors for youth-friendly consulting services of existing public and private service providers such as youth organizations at district level, private companies, for institutes, etc. based on the Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) of the districts, including aspects of environmental protection, climate relevance and sustainable land use.

 Requirements

Qualification 

•  University degree(Bachelor/Master) in agricultural economics, vocational education and training, IT/ICT4 Development or impact-oriented monitoring
• Language : Very good knowledge of English (C1)
• 5 years of professional experience in rural development
• 3 years of professional experience in agricultural economics, curricula development, blended learning/e-learning, IT development for rural development/consulting, user-centered design processes (co-creation) or impact-oriented monitoring
• 2 years of experience in the EZ

 Applicant  should  have following soft skills:

•  Teamwork
• Initiative
• Communication skills
• Sociocultural competence
• Partner- and customer-oriented, efficient action
• Interdisciplinary thinking
• Innovation

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Project Duration: 16 Expert Months

Application deadline:  21st July 2020

Specific Tasks

• Taking stock and analysing the value chains to be promoted and pre-selected.
• Taking stock and assessing the actors involved.
• Follow-up support for successful  graduates with BDS in selected WSK in cooperation with agricultural training centers and youth organizations.
• Implementation/organization of needs-based qualification packages with certified private sector-recognised qualifications for young people in selected WSK (agripreneurship, production techniques, etc.) by age group (under and over 23 years) by ATVET and other institutions including incentive systems for disadvantaged target groups/youth champions.
• Innovation in innovative advisory approaches in the agri-food sector (private sector, civil society, peer-to-peer, ICT platforms (co-creation) and mass media.
• Co-ordinating in the development of and following private sector advice to improve the range of products and services especially for young entrepreneurs (standards, needs, etc)

Requirements

• B.Sc. or higher in economics or comparable subject area
• Language : English (C1), Swahili (B2), Luo or Luhya (B1)
• 10 years of experience in rural private sector support, agricultural advise.
• 5 years of experience in competence-based education and training and advice to increase employability, e-extension
• 2 years of management experience.
• 5 years of regional experience in sub-Saharan Africa.
• 5 years of cooperation with development partners
• Experience in working with civil society and youth organizations

Applicant should  have following soft skills:

• Teamwork
• Initiative
• Communication skills
• Sociocultural competence
• Partner- and customer-oriented, efficient action
• Interdisciplinary thinking
• Innovation

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Project Duration: 16 Expert Months

Duty Station: Kisumu

Application deadline: 21st July 2020

Specific Tasks

• Ensuring the coherence and complementarity of the performance with other achievements of the programme at local and national level.
• Conception, implementation and monitoring and evaluation of measures for the capacity development of local partners in the following areas:

o   Advising partner institutions, training centres, district governments, youth organizations,      financial institutions and relevant companies; responsibility for developing the concept of education and training aimed at improving employability and employment opportunities and the agri-food sector.

• Ensuring the compatibility of project management. 
• Considering cross-cutting issues  (e.g. gender equality).
• Identification of short-term deployments  within the available budget, planning and management of operations and support for local and international short-term staff.
• Ensure impact monitoring.
• Support preparation and adaptation of the operational plan, project-relevant research and in the preparation and implementation of an internal evaluation/preparation of a follow-up project.
• Responsibility for controlling the use of funds and financial planning in consultation with officer responsible for the commission.
• Ensuring networking and coordination with other development partners in the region.
• Supporting development, presentation and dissemination of developed concepts and knowledge products in the discussions at national level.
• Supporting development of Public Relations materials and awareness-raising activities.
• Monitoring of trainees and trainees (if given) in their professional environment and feedback /measures to improve the working environment.

Requirements

• University degree (diploma/master),M.Sc. or comparable degree in vocational education, agriculture, agricultural economy, rural development, social sciences or related fields
• Reliable English skills (C1 according to European reference framework); good command of the German language in word and writing (B2)
• 10 years of professional experience in the rural development and/or vocational training sector
• 8 years in agricultural value chains, rural vocational training/youth employment or regional economic development
• 5 years of management experience as a team leader in projects or management in companies
• 5 years of experience in projects in sub-Saharan Africa.
• 5 years of experience in EZ projects.
• Experience in cooperation with private companies and financial institutions, application of gender-sensitive approaches and their Adaptation, consulting on organizational development and participatory processes, Monitoring and evaluation).
• Proven training in Capacity WORKS
•  Experience in financial management.

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Project Duration: 16 Expert months

Application deadline:  21st July 2020

Specific Tasks

• Validation of the selection and needs analyses of existing training courses in agricultural vocational training and training (ATVET, e.g. curricula on vegetable and fruit cultivation, poultry farming, fish and beekeeping).
• Expansion and revision of existing ATVET teaching materials on climate relevance and gender-sensitive aspects.
• Stocktaking and assessment of their training offers.
• Digitization of selected core modules.
• Needs-driven technical and didactic training of trainers in national institutions.
• Implementation of needs-based qualification packages, including incentive schemes for disadvantaged target groups/youth champions.
• Advising training centers on setting up a monitoring system for ATVET alumni and tracer study.

Requirements

• B.Sc. or higher in vocational education and training or similar subject area
• Language : English (C1), Swahili (B2); Knowledge of Luo or Luhya (B1)
• 10 years in vocational training, curricula development
• 5 years of experience in agricultural vocational training
• 2 years of management experience.
• 5 years or regional experience in sub-Saharan Africa
• 5 years of cooperation with development partners
• Experience in adult education and in the development of monitoring systems, e-learning and blended learning

 The applicant should  have following soft skills:

• Teamwork
• Initiative
• Communication skills
• Sociocultural competence
• Partner- and customer-oriented, efficient action
• Interdisciplinary thinking
• Innovation

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Project Duration: 44 Expert months 

Application deadline:  21st July 2020

 Specific Tasks

• Identification of demands from MSME, Start-ups and smallholders for improved access to inputs, services and markets 
• Identification of direct and indirect local income and employment potentials especially for women and young people in relevant input and service sectors in selected value chains. 
• Selection of (innovative, employment and demand oriented) inputs and services to be promoted. 
• Identification and development of business models for demand-oriented inputs and services as well as the access models to ensure the target groups will benefit from improved access  
• Piloting of the selected inputs and services as sustainable business models 
• Support access to financing for the promoted business models and their clients  
• Up-scaling of the tested business models and setting up of access models with the clients/target group, including networking of the established services with value chain actors (and supported MSME, smallholders/cooperatives and start-ups in action field 2), support to establishment on the market, establishment of business relationships in the funded value chains and sectors etc.  
• Setting up of inclusive contract farming or out grower schemes as access models to increase access to inputs, services and markets especially for small holders/cooperatives  
• Access to land and public financial services will be mainly supported by RYE, however, the contractor will be called to actively contribute in the frame of activities under the responsibility of the contractor. 
• Qualification of smallholders/cooperatives and ToT (training providers, extension service etc.) within the framework of cooperation with the private sector, e.g. on GAPs, certification / organic farming, quality standards, hygiene, innovation/diversification, entrepreneurship, marketing skills, etc.  
• Supporting  professionalization of (youth) cooperatives and producer groups (e.g. joint buying/selling and saving/lending, transparent administration, and registration procedures, thereby improving access to training, markets, financing, advice, inputs, etc. 
• Development and application (including ToT) of demand-oriented training material (for supported input and service providers as well as the training of farmers and producer groups.  

Requirements

• University qualification in agriculture, agribusiness, economy or related fields
• Very good business language skills in English (CEFRL: C1)
• General professional experience: Agricultural Value Chain Development, Private sector development
• Specific professional experience: services around agriculture (e.g. mechanisation, input sector), business promotion, agricultural markets
• 5 years’ experience working in Kenya
• 3 years’ experience working in Development Cooperation (DC) and 2 years in the private sector