EXCITING CAREER
Food for the Hungry (FH/U) is a Christian international relief and development organization that has been working in Uganda since 1989. FH is currently operating programs in Asia, Latin America and Africa with support offices in the UK, Canada, Switzerland, United States of America and Japan. FH’s primary goal is to end all forms of poverty World-wide. FH promotes practice of performance, accountability, and risk management in line with FH’s “Transforming Field Experience (TFE)” re-imagination initiative. In Uganda, FH is operational in the Districts of Adjumani, Kitgum, Lamwo, Kween, Mbale, Namutumba and Amudat Districts implementing programs in four main sectors of Education; Food Security and Livelihoods; Health/Nutrition and Disaster Risk Reduction; with the Head office located in Kampala.
FH Culture:
All we do, and how we do it, seeks to promote God’s beauty, goodness, and truth in a broken world. As such, we are defined by our ability to make people’s lives measurably better; our ability to deliver impact is the measure of our collective success. For we know that we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God has already prepared in advance for us to do. At Food for the Hungry, we operate under a set of values called Heartbeat Values.
EXTERNAL VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
FH/Uganda is actively seeking for qualified candidates committed to its Heartbeat and Corporate Strategy to fill the career openings below on a rolling basis;
Job Title: Value chain and Business Development Specialist
Position Type: Full Time-National Staff
Location: Kampala
Reports to: Program Director
Contract Length: 2 years (renewable)
Start Date: August 2024 (To be shortlisted on rolling basis)
Job Summary
Under the overall guidance and supervision of the Program Director (PD), the Value chain and Business Development Specialist will be part of the program delivery team responsible for Contextualizing and aligning the Livelihoods and Resilience technical program to the required FH new program model and Uganda line ministries standards. He/She will also undertake resource development, program design. representation, project/program management, monitoring, and training the staff for the appropriate implementation of the sectoral strategies and modules. H/She will conduct an analysis to identify priority sub-sector value chains for targeted interventions and will be responsible for planning and coordinating the implementation of the systemic interventions in the selected sector/sub-sectors of value chains and business development in the framework of promoting economic, environmental, and social inclusion for vulnerable groups.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Key Result #1 – Technical support and leadership (25%)
Key Result #2 – Strategic partnerships development for business acquisition and growth (20%)
Key Result #3 – Reporting and Donor Accountability (25%)
Key Result #4 – Networking and External Engagement with technical working groups, donors, potential partners (15%)
Key Result #5 – Capacity Building and staff development (15%)
Education & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience in agricultural sciences, agri-business development, animal and livestock development, environment, natural resource management and energy, rural development, business administration and economics
- Master’s degree in agri-business development, Agricultural Economics, agricultural sciences, project management, environment, energy and resilience is preferred.
- At least 5 years working experience working on programmes supporting agriculture and agribusiness among smallholder farmers and farmer groups
Technical/Functional Skills
- Experience in project development and capacity development within the Agriculture Sector. Experience working in both public and private sector would be an asset.
- Demonstrable experience in value chain/market system analysis and design, for normative and field-support work.
- Demonstrable experience in engaging with a variety of stakeholders in a value chain/market system.
- Demonstrable capacity to work under stringent time pressure and to prioritise tasks.
- Demonstrable skills in writing well-structured technical, training and reporting documents (English).
Language Skills
Proficiency in spoken and written English is essential.
How to apply
NOTE:
Complete Job Descriptions are available through this link https://rb.gy/6pjqdt
FHU is an equal opportunity employer. All suitably qualified candidates are encouraged to apply by Clearly stating the position applied for in the Subject line and submitting only electronic copies in one pdf file not more than 25MB of an application letter, a detailed CV, contact telephone numbers, copies of relevant testimonials/certificates, names/contact details of three referees, addressed to:
The Human Resources Manager, Food for the Hungry Uganda Email: recruitment-fhuganda@fh.orgnot later than Tuesday 11th June, 2024. Consider your application unsuccessful if you don’t hear from us by 30th June 2024.
Safeguarding & Protection Clause:
FH strives to provide an environment free from Sexual exploitation, abuse, harassment and Fraud in all places where relief and development programs are implemented. FH holds a zero-tolerance policy against Sexual exploitation, abuse, harassment and Fraud. FH expects its employees to maintain high ethical standards, protect organizational integrity and reputation, and ensure that FH work is carried out in honest and fair methods, in alignment with the FH Heartbeat, Anti -Fraud, Safeguarding and associated policies. Violations to stated policies will be subject to corrective action up to and including termination of employment.
Note: All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and may be subject to appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Food for the Hungry Safeguarding, Anti-Fraud & HR policy. In line with this we will request information from applicants’ previous employers about any findings of fraud, sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By applying, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.
Disclaimer: It has come to our attention that several agencies or persons, are claiming to be acting on Food for the Hungry’s (FH)behalf in recruiting or facilitating the recruitment of personnel. FH does not outsource its recruitment process to any organization or agency which, through website postings, mass e-mail messages or otherwise claims to be doing recruitment on its behalf. FH does not solicit money for any part of its recruitment processes including short-listing, interviews, background, and/or medical check-ups. FH will not be responsible for such fraudulent correspondence or any loss of money or theft which may result from anyone engaging in any fraudulent recruitment activity.