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Officer
Our Client the Agricultural Business
Initiative (aBi) Trust was set up by the
Governments of Denmark and Uganda
with a mission ‘To promote private sector
agribusiness development to enhance
wealth creation in Uganda’.
aBi Trust achieves both its mission
through a unique approach of combining
agri-business development services with
the availability of financial instruments for
the rural communities and private sector
actors in the agri-business sector in
Uganda.
aBi Trust also undertakes major activities
in supporting value chains in Coffee,
Cereals, Dairy, Pulses, Oil Seeds and
Horticulture; financial services
development in rural areas; and offering
lines of credit to financial institutions and
guarantees for lending to beneficiaries in
the agri-business sector.
aBi Trust is now searching for exceptional
leaders to fill the position of Chief
Operating Officer.
The right candidate will have high levels
of proven integrity to manage the fund
and drive it towards achieving its strategic
objectives.
Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer,
the Chief Operating Officer will provide
the strategic and operational leadership
to ensure that the aBi Trust realizes its
vision and mission for the development of
agribusiness in Uganda.
Key responsibilities
Coordinate and lead the management of
the aBi Trust to deliver the agreed work
plans, budgets and strategic objectives;
Act as the primary point of contact within
aBi Trust for stakeholder, development
partners and sponsors engagement in the
areas of enhanced productivity, effective
producer and trader association
collaboration, post-harvest handling, value
chain development, access to market
information systems, and creating
linkages to domestic, commodity
information on local, regional and
international markets;
Plan, coordinate and ensure
implementation of the aBi Trust Value
Chains and Financial Services
Development Activities with the
integration of Green Growth, Human
Rights Based Approach to Development
(HRBAD) and Gender matters into the
work;
Provide operational leadership for the
Financial Services Development and Value
Chains Development Chief Managers with
reference to Governance framework
documents;
Identify strategic business development
opportunities to drive growth in the
agribusiness sector and carry out business
development activities;
Develop innovative solutions for
supporting agricultural value chain
developments supported by the aBi Trust
and ensure synergies and coordination of
work with aBi Finance;
Oversee the M&E function responsible for
the monitoring of the aBi Trust’s activities
and of the ongoing evaluation, ensuring
Implementing Partners adherence to
agreed terms and conditions and
reporting these to the Chief Executive
Officer on a regular basis;
Chair of the Grants Committee with the
emphasis on transparency, accountability
and non-discrimination;
Develop an effective team, motivate and
retain staff within the aBi Trust;
Ensure that risk management measures
are undertaken within the aBi Trust;
Ensure timely completion of technical
activities and of contractual technical
reports and deliverables (Quarterly and
Annual Reports, Annual Work Plans,
Performance Monitoring Plan and reports
etc.);
Participate in the development of
innovative financial products for
agricultural value chains, together with
rural financial institutions, and in close
cooperation with apex organizations with
particular emphasis on financial access to
the rural communities; and
Ensure effective financial management of
aBi Trust funds including budget
development and efficient utilization of
staff and resources in complete
compliance with aBi Trust rules and
regulations.
Person specifications
The successful candidate will have:
A thorough knowledge and understanding
of the Ugandan and regional agricultural
and agn- commodity markets, industry
and development;
Knowledge of input and output markets
for agriculture and food production,
processing and trading;
An understanding of the aBi Trust’s
products and facilities and what constitute
opportunities and risks in this working
space;
Strong understanding of the domestic and
international development policy
environments and priorities and the
frameworks and tools most commonly
used to deliver those;
Rich experience with rural financing;
Ability to identify new opportunities for
the aBi Trust, structuring solutions for
those and then being able to negotiate
operational partnerships for
implementation and financing Intuitive
and innovative;
Strong, applied economic, financial and
organizational analytical skills and the
ability to use those to engineer better
investment and development outcomes;
Strong negotiation skills and the ability to
“close the deal” in a timely manner.
Ability to manage budgets and resource
allocations efficiently as well as having a
strong commercial acumen; and
Excellent interpersonal and teamwork
skills; the ability to motivate staff to
perform at a consistently high level and to
retain those staff.
We are looking for a candidate who holds
a Masters Degree in Business
Administration, Agribusiness, Agriculture,
Agricultural Economics or a related field
and a Bachelors degree in Business
Administration, Economics, Agriculture or
any other related discipline from a
recognized university.
The ideal candidate must possess
Operational Management experience of
not less five (5) years obtained in an
agribusiness development organisation
and should be have a demonstrated
record of ongoing continued Professional
Development.
He/she should have not less than twelve
(12) years of working experience with
value chain development in developing
countries.
He/ She must be able to demonstrate a
track record of initiating and successfully
managing progammes of sustained
agribusiness value chain support.
If you believe you fit the required profile,
please send your application in confidence
to the address below by close of business
Friday 28th March 2014.
Please send your curriculum vitae (by
post or email) containing details of your
qualifications, experience, present
position, current and expected
remuneration as well as copies of
professional/academic certificates.
Include day and evening telephone
numbers, e-mail address, names and
addresses of three references to:
The People and Change Division
PricewaterhouseCoopers Limited
1 Colville Street
P.O. Box 8053
Kampala, Uganda
E-mail: hr.s@ug.pwc.com
Only short listed candidates will be
contacted.