Title: Associate Agronomy Advisor
Program: Horti MAP (DUTCH004 N-ADMIN)
Reports to: Business Advisor
Location: Central/Eastern Region
Grade: 5
Duration: 3 Months
Everyone deserves the opportunity to build a better future. This simple idea has been at the heart of work around the world for over 50 years. Techno Serve is a pioneer in leveraging the power of business and markets to create sustainable pathways out of poverty.
The low-income communities in which we work are full of enterprising people. Their small-scale farms and businesses are the keys to economic development. But they face many challenges: low literacy, lack of access to jobs and markets, unpredictable political dynamics and, increasingly, the effects of climate change. For many women and young people, the challenges are even more daunting. Working with Techno Serve staff, people around the world are lifting themselves out of poverty. The results are amazing...when incomes increase and living conditions for families get better, they are able to access health care and education previously out of reach. Communities and even whole countries are better off.
Job Summary:
This position is part of the Horticultural Value Chain Development Team, which ensures the delivery of high-quality, customized training to MDF clients, specifically farmers, producer organizations, retailers, and vendors.
The project is in its final phases, and the Agronomy Associate Advisor will work closely with Business Advisors /regional Coordinators to mentor and coach the last cohort of farmers, specifically in producer groups, and support the designated Horticulture cooperatives to grow their extension hubs and bulking centers. The AAA will support the documentation of learnings in their region and support the close-off of the project, discussing with farmers the transition and sustainability of practices regarding climate change, access to finance, and inputs. Work closely with local district government officials to wind down the Horti MAP Activities and ensure visibility through the closing period.
Program Overview:
Through the four-year Horti MAP program funded by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Techno Serve and partners BID Capital and PUM has transformed the horticulture industry in Uganda. The program combines catalytic funding through a Market Development Facility and Technical Assistance fund to leverage private sector and local resources and expertise to strengthen SMEs and regional supply chains while delivering entrepreneurship training to farmers and retailers to realize their potential. In its final phase, the project would like to consolidate these activities and ensure that the results achieved so far are sustained and the sustainability pipeline is clear to the sector.
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Preferred Qualifications:
We encourage all qualified individuals who share Techno Serve's vision of improving the lives of others through proven business solutions to apply.
With our commitment to diversity, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and and do not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, color, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, HIV/AIDS status, protected veteran status, disability and all other protected classes.
We are also proud of our commitment to protecting staff, partners, and beneficiaries from abuse and exploitation and thoroughly vet all final candidates through rigorous background and reference checks.
