Value Chain and Marketing Officer (Kordofan) – Concern Worldwide

Job Description

Organization:	Concern Worldwide
Job Title:	Value Chain and Marketing Officer
Salary:	Grade D0 to D5 with monthly gross salary of 620 USD to 792 USD based on experience
Based in Country:	Muglad – West Kordofan State
Supervisor	FSL Coordinator with dotted line to PM
Closing Date:	25 August 2024

The purpose of this position is to provide technical expertise, analysing market needs and opportunities of key value chains, advising on technical management for the development of sustainable value chains. The position holder will coordinate and liaise with other Concern’s sector supervisors as FSL project Officer, Field supervisor, System Team, other program staff

Duties and responsibilities:

Programme Implementation: 

• Prepare monthly work plan of activities to be implemented and submit to the FSL coordinator for approval.
• He/she will be responsible in establishing farmer producer groups, capacitates them to generate incomes and provision of periodic capacity building training to develop them in line with identified weakness.
• Conduct meetings with business leaders and farmer organizations.
• Organize discussions and negotiation between suppliers and buyers to “link” farmers and agribusinesses.
• Work with M&E department to track the linkages between farmers and agribusinesses and to measure their impact on farmers.
• Identify market chain participants at each exchange point and be able to approach them to investigate their volumes handled, prices they pay for raw material, their sale prices, and interview them to determine their constraints and bottle necks.
• Provide periodic training to farmer groups on basic bookkeeping and business analysis.
• Offers professional training in marketing to the established groups e.g famer groups, income generating groups etc.
• Take lead on engaging relevant and key value chain actors and coordinate their roles on respective value chain stages (producers, inputs suppliers, transporters, processors, consumers etc)
• Facilitate stakeholders’ forums to address value chain constraints and maximize market development opportunities.
• Train, coach and mentor local market facilitators for effective market linkages.
• Facilitate project officers in the delivery of in Market and Value chain thematic interventions.
• Lead value chain (and/or situational) analysis exercise among the implementing organization.
• Facilitate prioritization of specific ecological sounding and market-led value chains which will contribute to land restoration efforts to the community in accordance with the value chain analysis’s report recommendation.
• They will ensure project 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.
• Provide training and coaching to new, existing women agro-business groups and self-help groups on processing, marketing, packaging, and selling approaches.
• 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 project, and more generally with the development of efficient and inclusive value chains.
• Submit accurate compiled reports, monthly, quarterly work plans and sharing the final draft with FSL Coordinator/PM.

Networking:

• Liaise with relevant government departments, NGO networks.
• Participate in relevant locality 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.

Others:

• Be aware of, understand and comply with all of Concern’s policies and procedures (Code of Conduct and Associated policies, finance, logistics, HR, security management etc.).
• Contribute to ongoing security management and planning as necessary.
• Actively participate in any emergency response if called upon to do so (within the existing programme area or in a new one).
• Undertake other related duties as may reasonably be assigned by the Supervisor. 

Concern is committed to responding to emergencies efficiently and effectively in order to help affected people meet their basic needs, alleviate suffering and maintain their dignity. To this end, when emergencies strike and Sudan Programme is to respond, all staff are required to actively participate in the response, regardless of location and contribute to the efforts aimed at achieving the humanitarian objective of the organization.

Minimum Qualification, Skills and Experience Required:

Essential

• At least Diploma in Agriculture, Business, Agri-business, or related discipline with strong experience in value addition projects
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in NGO setting in direct field role as value addition or marketing officer.
• Good knowledge of agriculture and rural livelihood activities.
• Strong technical report writing skills. 
• Experience in different extension approaches and methods;
• Strong community mobilisation and facilitation skills; 
• Good communication skills. 
• Strong interpersonal skills and a team player 
• Computer skills. 
• Knowledge of and experience in working in West Kordofan.

Desirable

• Experience in using Digital Data Gathering tools 
• Experience in working with local community leaders. 

Emergency Response:

Concern is committed to responding to emergencies efficiently and effectively in order to help affected people meet their basic needs, alleviate suffering and maintain their dignity. To this end, when emergencies strike and Sudan Programme is to respond, all staff are required to actively participate in the response, regardless of location and contribute to the efforts aimed at achieving the humanitarian objective of the organization.

Other duties

The above duties will be prioritised by the manager in consultation with the post-holder. The post-holder may be asked to re-organise their work to help Concern respond to changes in type or extent of need. This would be done in a way consistent with the purposes of the post and in consultation with the post-holder.

Confidentiality:

Except in the normal duties of work, information relating to the practices and business of Concern Worldwide must not be disclosed to another person or organisation without authorisation.

Concern Code of Conduct and its Associated Policies.

Concern has an organisational Code of Conduct (CCoC) with three Associated Policies; the Programme Participant Protection Policy (P4), the Child Safeguarding Policy and the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Policy. These have been developed to ensure the maximum protection of programme participants from exploitation, and to clarify the responsibilities of Concern staff, consultants, visitors to the programme and partner organisation, and the standards of behaviour expected of them. In this context, staff have a responsibility to the organisation to strive for, and maintain, the highest standards in the day-to-day conduct in their workplace in accordance with Concern’s

Core values and mission. Any candidate offered a job with Concern Worldwide will be expected to sign the Concern Staff Code of Conduct and Associated Policies as an appendix to their contract of employment. By signing the Concern Code of Conduct, candidates acknowledge that they have understood the content of both the Concern Code of Conduct and the Associated Policies and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these policies

How To apply

Please, submit a cover letter ,CV detailing your experience, skills and qualifications, a telephone contact number and two professional references to Concern Worldwide office in Muglad – West Kordofan

Concern is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified women candidates are particularly encouraged to apply.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for the interview. To find out more about Concern Worldwide visit our website at http://www.concern.net