Market System Developer
Job Description
Title: Market System Developer
Company Name: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Vacancy: Not specific
Job Location: Cox's Bazar
Employment Status: Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ Four year Bachelor degree in Agriculture, Business Administration, Development Studies or in a related field;
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 5 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ Organizational Unit: FABGD
∎ Job Type: Non-staff opportunities
∎ Type of Requisition: NPP (National Project Personnel)
∎ Grade Level: N/A
∎ Primary Location: Bangladesh-Coxs Bazaar
∎ Duration: 6 months (with the possibility of extension)
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Understand and analyze farm productivity, crop diversification appropriate for the farmers' groups and business models to enhance farmers' access to the market;
∎ Determine the cost-benefit analysis of the existing agricultural commodities produced by FAO-supported farmers' groups to promote their businesses in the rural market;
∎ Organize business linkage meetings and training for farmers, local service providers, market actors and relevant private sector representatives at union and sub-district levels;
∎ Conduct field-based demand and supply analysis of agricultural commodities;
∎ Assist in identifying diversified crop market actors, conduct the rapid market assessment, develop value chain maps and identifies constraints, market-based solutions, and incentives to integrate small-scale producers into diversified crop supply chains and commercial distribution networks;
∎ Monitor the field-level activities of the partner staff to ensure their capacities in exploring market opportunities for the farmers' groups /value chain actors;
∎ Provide technical assistance to the producers in organizing promotional events and demonstrations of their farm produce;
∎ Conduct regular field visits and spend a significant period with the farmers, stakeholders and market actors in strengthening linkages among them;
∎ Play a key role in increasing farmers' groups' access to the higher market in maximizing the profit with their potential commodities/high-value products;
∎ Contribute to establishing aggregation centers/collection points and market outlets to explore market opportunities for the potential /high-value commodities of the farmers' groups;
∎ Assist in preparing the progress reports and documents regularly for the management, donors and other stakeholders;
∎ Support in analyzing existing market and design agro-business strategies to support FGs and Aggregation Centers for increasing their capacity to access higher markets;
∎ Support in Agro-business planning, market assessment and programmatic guidance for the partners and other stakeholders according to project guidelines and donor requirements;
∎ Support the Aggregation Center for the effective execution of the project interventions/activities with the coordination with partners, relevant market actors, and public and private organizations;
∎ Experience working in and with the private sector, market systems approach, inclusive business/market models, and public-private partnerships.
∎ Experience to work for sustainable and resilient agricultural production in the climate-affected area;
∎ Experience to work in the adverse climatic condition and disaster-prone areas;
∎ Perform other related duties, as required.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Minimum 5 years experience in agri-business development, rural market system analysis (inputs and outputs), farm economy and a good understanding of market development strategies, approaches and market for the poor (M4P);
∎ National of Bangladesh
∎ Working knowledge of English
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 29 Sep 2022
Company Information:
∎ 15 Sep 2022
∎ Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
∎ Business : UN Organization
Category: Agro (Plant/Animal/Fisheries)
Source: bdjobs.com
Deadline Expired on 29th Sep 2022
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