Who we are

The Aga Khan Foundation(AKF) is a private, non-denominational, international development agency promoting creative and effective solutions to selected problems that impede social and economic development in parts of Africa and Asia. AKF-Tanzania is part of the AKF-East Africa that supports programmes in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. In Tanzania, AKF is managing a robust and expanding portfolio of multi-sectoral initiatives that includes programmes in inclusive economic development, health, nutrition, early childhood development, education and civil society strengthening. AKF is looking for a well-qualified professional with unquestionable integrity to fill the mentioned position.

Job Purpose: To support the project marketing coordinator to manage value chains dynamics, facilitate market intelligence and market linkage, managing b2b and b2 farmer linkages, and build the capacity of MSMEs to make project beneficiaries access markets and relevant technologies in order to increase incomes and create self or addition jobs

Major Responsibilities for PO-ED

• Work with different stakeholders to facilitate enterprise growth across Lindi and Mtwara to address clearly systemic constraints in a market system or specified value chains( this may include trade, processing, packaging, branding, labeling, and distributing).
• Facilitating business plan development for different MSMEs(eg Food processors, Village Agro inputs Agents, poultry keepers, traders, producers etc).
• Conduct training need assessment, prepare training materials and facilitate training to the project beneficiary on the areas of business management and marketing strategies.
• Assist project managers with meeting standards and requirements of specific markets
• Provide the necessary market information to producers on different markets requirements
• Incentivize buyers to producers to business transactions through a different form of agreements like contracts and relationship marketing etc.
• Provide market assessments and combinations for the most potential local and export market for specific food product categories that are linked to the project intervention
• Facilitate contacts in local and export markets( importers, traders(off-takers),Retailers etc) and influence producers, food processing/ marketing MSMEs ore producers representatives to link and negotiate with potential buyers/ importer of produced commodities.
• Forge strong linkage with a private sector dealing with technology development that can add value to producers and processors of horticulture, pulses, rice millers, poultry products etc. such institution could be SIDO, TFDA and other players
• Organise different market platforms and alliances which bring together different market actors for market information sharing, exposure to new opportunities and strategy to address systemic constraints.
• Facilitate Community Business Groups(CBSGs) with technical assistance to venture into other productive economic enterprises such as poultry and horticulture.
• Prepare and disseminate marketing communication materials, such as flyers, brochures, banners etc
• Support monitoring, evaluation,  research, and learning team to learn from experience and improve programming by documenting and sharing both success stories and case studies

Minimum Qualifications

• Self-driven and motivated person with minimum of 3 years experience in MSMEs development, agribusinesses, community market analysis and market linkage; and sells skills in profit-making private sector and/or development organization
  minimum of bachelor's degree in agribusiness, business management or any other related field.
• Strong understanding of market systems( market development/inclusive market) and how to pursue marketing opportunities for a range of value chains
• Innovative: a person who turned challenges into opportunities and as the capacity to see opportunities where others can't see and optimize that opportunity
• Must be willing to live in Mtwara and sometimes operating rural areas
• Experience of integrating Community Bases Saving groups(CBSGs) into other economic activities or vice versa.
• Able to ride motorcycle and possess a valid driving license

How to Apply

Interested candidates should submit a cover letter, CV(not exceeding four pages) and the names and contact information of three referees before the closing of business by 5th March 2018, to Country Human Resources Manager, Aga Khan Foundation, Tanzania, by Email to  recruit.akftz@akfea.org. Please mention the title of the position in your email and do not attach any document other than the cv and cover letter

Qualified Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.