Agribusiness & Private Sector Engagement Specialist, USAID FtF Cambodia Agriculture Partnerships Hub 292 views

Agribusiness & Private Sector Engagement Specialist, USAID FtF Cambodia Agriculture Partnerships Hub

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Project Overview and Role:

 Primary Duties and Responsibilities: 

Background

The purpose of USAID/Cambodia’s upcoming “Feed the Future Cambodia Agriculture
Partnership Hub” will be to foster competitive, resilient, and inclusive
agricultural market systems development to provide increase economic
opportunities (jobs and income) for Cambodians, with a special emphasis on
women and youth.

The proposed Activity will promote and
expand market-based opportunities and will facilitate diversification and
competitiveness within the agriculture sector to achieve the following
high-level objectives:

1. Inclusive and sustainable agriculture market systems strengthened
2. Strengthened linkages and trust among market actors

Purpose of
Position
Palladium
seeks an innovative, private-sector oriented candidate to serve as the Agribusiness
and PSE Specialist on the upcoming Feed the Future Cambodia Agriculture
Partnerships Hub Activity. This position will oversee activities aimed at strengthening
inclusive and sustainable agricultural market systems in Cambodia. This
position will be part of the program’s senior leadership team.

Duration:              Up
to 5 years
Location:              Phnom
Penh, Cambodia 

Roles and Responsibilities

• Provide technical assistance and business consulting to private
  sector partners, such as supermarkets, wholesalers, and input suppliers, to
  increase investment in the agricultural sector, improve input uptake and
  quality, and promote inclusive business models
• Identify opportunities to facilitate
  private sector-investment in Cambodia’s agricultural market, with a focus
  on increasing use of climate-smart technology, and incentivize financial
  and business service providers to engage agri-MSMEs
• Help develop and provide technical input
  on Request for Applications (RFAs) and provide technical oversight to
  grants awarded to the private sector
• Work closely with the program’s Gender and
  Youth Inclusion Director to ensure activities increase incomes for women
  youth in the food system
• Share results and learning with project
  leadership team, Palladium, and USAID
• Other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications:

• Degree in agribusiness, trade, economics, international
  development, or similar
• Minimum 10 years’ experience working in
  Cambodia’s agriculture sector, with a strong preference for candidates with
  experience promoting private sector partnerships
• Experience establishing and strengthening
  productive and collaborative partnerships in one or more of the following
  areas:
  • Strengthening the technical and business
    skills of farms and firms
  • Supporting women and youth entrepreneurs
  • Promoting use of climate-smart
    agriculture
  • Facilitating private sector-investment in
    key technologies

• Ability to adapt programing based on
  market needs and in response to market data
• Prior experience overseeing partnerships
  between the private sector and development programs preferred
• Demonstrated leadership, strategic
  thinking and planning, management, and presentation skills
• Strong interpersonal and supervision
  skills managing teams
• Written and oral proficiency in English
  required