Value Chain Officer

Job Description

Title: Value Chain Officer

Company Name: World Vision Bangladesh Rohingya Crisis Response (WV BRCR)

Vacancy: 1

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Teknaf, Ukhia)

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Master's Degree in Agriculture preferably in Agricultural Marketing from a reputed university.

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 5 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ The Promotion of Market Linkages in Local Community project aims to continue to strengthen and localize fresh food supply chain through the development of a unique value-based market system, by linking WFP-contracted retailers to producers in the Cox`s Bazar district. The hereby proposed project intervention aims to:
∎ Improve dietary diversity amongst the most vulnerable refugee households via direct access to fresh food items including eggs, live fish and chicken.
∎ Improve market linkages between refugees and host communities
∎ The Value Chain Officer (VCO) will facilitate and develop the capacity building of staff in implement FFC market systems and supply chain model activities of the project to foster sustainable linkage between AC and FFC. This position will provide overall technical and business development support to the ACMC/producers groups. Responsible to build capacity of all market linkage officer, assistant market linkage officers and community mobilizer of their day to day activities on producer groups technical and business relevant information. Assist to implement the piloting of F2Go apps and other initiatives and ensure supply orders to FFC for increasing their marketing/business skill.

Job Responsibilities:
∎ The overall responsibility for this position is to lay out staff capacity development plan, develop training module, schedule and conduct capacity building training for staff, ACMC members and producers, organize meeting and workshop, establish prolific linkage with line ministries, ensure food safety and quality, ensure technical quality of project implementation, prepare project reports, case studies, and document lessons learned as required.
∎ Develop training modules & guideline for Aggregation Center technical capacity building issues specially post-harvest technologies and food safety
∎ Conduct ToT for ACMC/producer's group's members on post-harvest technology and food safety.
∎ Conduct supply chain market assessment, established value chain and develop guideline for business plan on fresh foods/ vegetable value chain program development.
∎ Identify and organize comprehensive training package by the Farm to Go application for fresh products small holders/entrepreneurs.
∎ Select targeted young and women entrepreneurs on business promotion through involving them as local service provision system development.
∎ Assist to established supply chain model base market development support plan in Value chain, new market strategy, market channel, FFC and AC at community level.
∎ Assist in organizing meeting between FFC retailer/buyer and producer/seller, record and maintain day to day product wise assembling quantities, number of project farmers/Non-project farmers marketed produces through FFC market value chain, assist in organizing exposure visits for the FFC retail shops for AC committee members and farmers.
∎ Prepare and submit accomplishment reports on monthly, quarterly and annual basis. Conduct case studies and operations research, and document lessons learned and best practices for wider sharing.
∎ Provide technical guidance and implementation of market systems, and value chain system development on fresh products.
∎ Conduct market supply chain assessment.
∎ Developed DIP of project interventions.
∎ Initiative to developed IEC/BCC materials for producers business support.
∎ Need to work on Linkage, Networking and Collaboration with different market actors.
∎ Documentation of all kinds of data/information properly for timely reporting and wider sharing.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Age 30 to 40 years
∎ Knowledge of market system development, e-commerce.
∎ Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills.
∎ Proficiency in computer literacy and online tools.
∎ Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
∎ Demonstrated inter-personal and negotiation skills.
∎ Good time management skill and ability to work with minimum supervision.
∎ Have a clear understanding of working relationship with private sector engagement guidelines
∎ Practicing innovation/creativity and achieving quality results and service.
∎ Motorcycle riding license
∎ Minimum 5 years proven experience in agricultural production, value chain and supply chain management, marketing, training module development and training facilitation, livelihoods and market development related projects. 2+ years of work experience with Aggregation Centers/ Collection Centers will be an asset.
∎ Experience in developing and implementing standard monitoring, supervision and follow-up tools.
∎ WFP funded programs preferably Market System development program.

Salary: Negotiable

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Mobile bill, Medical allowance, Weekly 2 holidays, Insurance
∎ Festival Bonus: 1

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 21 Jan 2023

Company Information:
∎ 16 Jan 2023
∎ World Vision Bangladesh Rohingya Crisis Response (WV BRCR)
∎ Address : Sayeman Heritage Residence, Second Floor, Block - B, Sayeman Road, Baharchora, Cox's Bazar -4700
∎ Web : http://www.wvi.org/bangladesh

Category: NGO/Development

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