Job Detail

Main Duties & Responsibilities:

Project Implementation and management:

• In collaboration with Consortium partners, adapt the agricultural value Chain training manuals and guidelines.
• Facilitate and monitor creation of new Women Agro-business Collectives (WABCs) and existing women agro-businesses in the project location.
• They will ensure WABCs quality implementation of enhanced agricultural production, post-harvest handling, storage, and processing, improved food safety and security, improved market linkages, business development, new product marketing and branding.
• Build the capacity of value chain actors through training, mentorship and coaching in basic business management and life skills.
• Program management related to distribution of input provision, backward linkages and forward market linkage activities to ensure sales through WABCs and existing women agro-business groups.
• Facilitate technical expert’s consultancy services to respective targeted WABCs and existing women agro-business groups on the relevant value chain knowledge and skills required.
• Identify appropriate local agencies, government departments, and academic institutions, training partners to ensure sustained technical support and buy in with the project implementation.
• Provide training and coaching to WABCs, existing women agro-business groups and self-help groups on processing, marketing, packaging, and selling approaches.
• S/He will develop value chain strategies with targeted SHGs and establish linkage or coordination with other community producer groups, cooperatives, associations, companies, businesses and other intermediaries.
• Supporting WABCs and existing women agro-business groups to develop into federation at community level to sustain key value chains.
• Facilitate project team members to organize exposure visits, trade missions, value chain working group platforms and broader stakeholder forums to enhance market linkage.
• Promote exchanges of knowledge and lessons learned in connection with activities under the EC project, and more generally with the development of efficient and inclusive value chains
• Perform any other tasks assigned by the Project Officer and Business and Value Chain Development Specialist related to EC project outcomes

Reporting and Communication:

• Submit accurate compiled reports, monthly, quarterly work plans and sharing with the final draft with Business and Value Chain Development Specialist.
• Liaise with logistic and finance team and other program team in case of required.
• Participating in stakeholders meeting at national and provincial level if required.
• Ensure government coordination for agribusiness related activities including technical liaison where required.
• Support Business and Value Chain Development Specialist and MEAL unit in developing of success stories/ case studies each year on successful value chains and businesses

Networking:

• Liaise with relevant government departments, NGO networks.
• Participate in relevant national, provincial and district level meetings and represent business and value chain development interventions.
• Network with other international and local NGOs for experience sharing and learning on business and value chain activities.

CHS & Emergency:

• Concern is committed to the Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS) to ensure accountability to all stakeholders. Concern activities are guided by CHS in all stages of both emergency and development projects. All Concern Afghanistan employees are responsible for compliance with CHS principles and benchmarks. You are required to give your full support for emergency response if requested.