Project Lead /Senior Project Lead - Agri Business Development & Capacity Building
Location : Bikaner
Role and Responsibilities :
- Providing support to the beneficiaries in the implementation of value chain development approaches/models; business plan development; market analysis; cost benefit analysis and facilitating preparation of detailed implementation report (DIR) etc.
- Facilitating access to technology to address critical gaps in production, post-harvest and processing, marketing etc.
- Facilitating partnerships development/linkages with key knowledge/technology institutions, private firms, marketing institutions;
- Capacity building and skills of key functionaries in Value Chain development and Market Linkages
- Review existing Value Chain Analyses and Market Assessments of agricultural and non-agricultural products and labour markets
- Assist project core team on Development of Commodity Value Chain and market linkage for various products/ commodities in the Agriculture and allied activities, scale-up, capacity-building, production techniques and value chain development (both forward & backward linkages)
- Work on development of value chains and market linkages for identified commodities/ products and roll out the plan in identified state.
- Facilitate formation of appropriate CBOs such as producer groups and producer companies.
- Capacity building and training of producer groups and producer companies in Value Chain development.
- Enhance knowledge sharing through exposure visits, sharing experiences of similar projects undertaken, approach paper, Development of manuals; guidelines; good practice notes; knowledge materials etc.
Requirements :
- Must have a Masters Degree or equivalent in Rural Management, Forest Management,
- Agriculture and allied activities, Natural Resources Management or a related field.
- Minimum 13-16 years in Development sector, with at least 7 years of experience in conducting market assessments, establishing agri value chains, business planning and financial analysis of FPO enterprises, innovative models in value chains like traceability, certification, commodity analysis etc.
- Experience development sector mainly on gender issues, community mobilization, FPO management, Agri-commodity value chain, etc.
- Capacity to interact effectively with community and their institutions from different cultures and work with donor agencies
- Strong team collaboration, Stakeholder management and leadership skills is desirable.
- Exposure to working with / supporting farmer producer companies is preferred
- Should possess good report writing, documentation and presentation skills
- Experience of managing teams and multiple project components
- Sound knowledge M/S Word/ Excel/ PPT
- Exposure to agriculture development work in Central India would be added advantage
- Flare for travel as the job profile requires 70% travel time
- Candidates should be willing to relocate to any Project location in India.
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