Agriculture Advisor Job Vacancy at AVSI Foundation

Duties and Responsibilities: 

• The Agriculture Advisor will work closely with the agribusinesses and job brokers to design and test work/ entrepreneurship related activities and learning objectives that help young people to secure jobs or start agribusinesses;
• The incumbent will facilitate job shadowing activities, agri-prenuership training workshops, publications and/or special career events as needed and assigned in order to increase youth awareness of job opportunities and to build youth ‘soft skills’ for job readiness and retention.
• Provide labor market and vocational information to participants and match participants' skills, aptitude and abilities to prospective employment openings and make referrals to secure job placement.
• The incumbent will provide outreach services to market the program and recruit participants.
• Offer technical support to agribusinesses in the implementation of activities that support youth work and entrepreneurship;
• Ensure strong alignment between market assessment results, learning pathways and youth employment throughout the project;
• Work in liaison with the agro-institutions and agribusinesses to facilitate internships and practical training approaches to enhance youth work readiness and entrepreneurship skilling.
• Provide support to agribusinesses to carry out youth on the job skilling activities both in relation to the learning component and, more specifically, in relation to the employment/entrepreneurship component.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 

• The applicant should preferably hold a University Degree in Agriculture, Agribusiness, Small Business Management or related field and experience working in an entrepreneurial environment or as owner/manager of a training or learning firm
• A minimum of five years of professional experience in youth in agribusiness capacity building;
• Significant experience in working with public sector, private sector and agro-training institutes on institutional development or similar projects will be an asset;

How to Apply:  

All suitably qualified candidates should send their application letters, accompanied with updated Curriculum Vitae indicating three professional referees and copies of relevant certificates via E-mail with the subject line indicating ‘the position title’ addressed to:

The Human Resource Manager,

AVSI Foundation,

P.O. Box 6785, Kampala, Uganda.

E-mail to: hr.kampala@avsi.org

Deadline: 11^th March 2016