I. TechnoServe Background:
TechnoServe works with enterprising people in the developing world to build competitive farms, businesses and industries. We are a nonprofit organization that develops business solutions to poverty by linking people to information, capital and markets. With more than four decades of proven results, we believe in the power of private enterprise to transform lives.
II. Program Description:
TechnoServe collaborates with Partners in Food Solutions (PFS), a non-profit organization that aggregates and links the corporate volunteer expertise of leading food companies - General Mills, Cargill, Buhler, DSM, Hershey, Ardent Mills and Smucker’s - with promising food industry entrepreneurs in Africa.
Under the USAID-funded Alliance for Inclusive and Nutritious Food Project, TechnoServe works alongside PFS to engage local food companies, identify their growth challenges, and link them with volunteer experts from PFS corporate partners. The project will build the efficiency and inclusiveness of food processors, improving production and profitability, increasing linkages with smallholder farmers, and growing distribution channels to better reach Base of the Pyramid (BoP) markets.
III. Position Description:
The Market Linkages Specialist is a 6 months contract position, She/He will organize and Facilitate B2B forum for high end market linkages; Create access to nutritious product for BOP market consumers particularly the industry laborers; support the access to finance training organization; and support AINFP clients with customized assistance.
Specific Responsibilities Include:
High-End Market:
Organize and Facilitate B2B forum for high end market linkages
Low Income / Bottom of the Pyramid (BoP) Markets:
Access to FMCG to industry laborers
Customized Technical assistance
Support the facilitation Access to Finance training
Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
IV. Expected Deliverables
IV. Required Skills and Experience:
Success Factors:
Competency is a combination of knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs) directly related to successful performance on the job.
Core Competencies include:
Job Specific/Technical Competencies include: