Cooperative Officer Job Vacancy at Trust for Africa’s Orphans Uganda (

Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Work in liaison with other Project staff to support community mobilization on formation of farmer cooperatives, cooperative committees, and providing market information to the farmer cooperatives formed.
• Work with other staff in collection and verification of baseline data
• Identification and registration of beneficiaries, organisation of the training clusters, commencement of training in Sustainable Agriculture, provision of crop inputs, planting and nurturing of the crops, ensure correct harvest and short term storage of crop products and bulking them in the Coop store
• Support the farmers set up Coop committee and training the leaders of their duties, record keeping, and village savings and loan schemes among others.
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• Responsible for the preparation and submission of monthly progress reports to the supervisors.
• In charge of supporting the farmer cooperatives on development of value chain strategy and ensuring that the strategy implemented can build capacity of famer cooperatives, committee and beneficiaries to find access in different Income generation activities and value addition linked to the market
• Perform any other duties that may be assigned to you by your supervisor that promote the aims and objectives of the organisation.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 

• The ideal candidate for the Cooperative Officer vacancy should hold a Bachelor's Degree in Rural Economy, Economics or Commerce or Business Administration/ Studies or Finance and Accounting from a recognized University/ Institution. Possession of a Post Graduate Diploma in Cooperatives or related field will be an added advantage.
• Previous exposure and experience in marketing or sales preferred, and a proven record of success in developing and implementing agricultural support projects is required

How to Apply: 

All candidates should send their application letters with detailed CVs, photocopies of testimonials, three professional references including their telephone contacts via post, email or hand deliver to the address below:

The Board Secretary,

TAOU Board of Directors,

Plot No. 152, Mutesa 11 Road, Ntinda Nakawa

P.O. Box, 4523, Kampala, Uganda.

Email: info@taouganda.org

Deadline: 18^th March 2016