Project Officer at Agricultural Business Initiative

The Agricultural Business Initiative Group is a social enterprise with the overall vision to contribute to a competitive and sustainable agriculture and agribusiness sector in Uganda in support of equitable wealth creation in Uganda’. The aBi Group consists of two companies Limited by Guarantee, aBi Development and aBi Finance.

The main focus of aBi Development is to increase agricultural production and value addition by extending matching grants and business development services (BDS) to agribusinesses, farmer organizations and intermediaries. The grants and BDS enhance planning and management, production and business infrastructure, and upstream and downstream market linkages of producers and agribusinesses. aBi Finance expands access to business finance for agricultural producers and agribusinesses by offering to Financial Institutions (FIs), financial incentives and infrastructure that make lending to the agricultural sector more attractive and less risk.

Project Officer
aBi wishes to recruit a Project Officer. A summary of the Key Responsibilities and requirements are given below.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE:
The role of the Project Officer is to provide administrative support to the Portfolio Management Team. The Project Officer shall ensure excellent relationships with, and service delivery to, all stakeholders involved in projects, especially implementing partners. S/he plays an important role in ensuring that the logistical arrangements associated with programme design, partner on-boarding and project implementation are managed efficiently. The job holder has the capacity to make a significant contribution towards the effectiveness of the department. .

AREA OF RESPONSIBILITIES
The Project Officer shall be responsible for:
• Portfolio.
• Project Implementation.
• Learning & Knowledge Management.
• Communications & Advocacy.
• General Administrative Support

KEY QUALIFICATIONS
• Bachelor’s degree in Agribusiness or Agriculture
• MS Office Experience.

JOB RELATED EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE
• At least 2 years’ Post-graduation experience in the agribusiness sector.
• Good planning organization skills.
• Results oriented.
• Demonstrable experience in data and information management
• Good oral and written skills.
• Proven experience in managing logistics and coordination of team activities.
• Integrity & commitment.
• Learning & capacity building.
• Proactivity & innovation.
• Getting work done.
• Relationship building.
• Thinking and problem analysis.
• Communication and Information handling.
• Resource and business management.

The post Project Officer at Agricultural Business Initiative appeared first on Jobweb Uganda.

from NGO Jobs in Uganda – Jobweb Uganda https://ift.tt/3vK37zv