Agribusiness/Market Systems Officer

Minimum Qualifications

• Degree in Agribusiness, Agricultural Economics, Business Administration, Value Chain Development, Rural Development, or related field. 
  
• At least 5 years of experience in value chain development, market systems, agribusiness, enterprise development, or private sector engagement. 
  
• Demonstrated experience linking smallholder farmers to markets, finance, and private sector actors. 
  
• Experience with youth enterprise development, post-harvest handling, value addition, or common user facilities. 
  
• Experience in refugee livelihoods or host community economic inclusion is an added advantage. 
  

• Conduct market assessments and identify viable market opportunities for selected value chains. 
  
• Support farmer groups and youth entrepreneurs to develop business plans and market-oriented production plans. 
  
• Facilitate linkages with off-takers, agro-processors, input suppliers, financial institutions, transporters, aggregation centers, and private sector actors. 
  
• Support training on post-harvest handling, storage, value addition, marketing, financial literacy, and business development services. 
  
• Promote bulk marketing, collective bargaining, aggregation, and quality improvement. 
  
• Support development of common user facilities, value addition centers, storage facilities, or aggregation hubs where applicable. 
  
• Facilitate apprenticeship and youth skilling opportunities in value addition, logistics, agri-transport, clean energy technologies, and service provision. 
  
• Track market access, sales volumes, income changes, business performance, and job creation outcomes.