Dairy Technical Director
Fintrac, a leading international development company, is seeking
an experienced dairy specialist to implement the USAID-funded Kenya
Agricultural Value Chain Enterprises Project (KAVES).
- Provide
technical and strategic leadership for the design and implementation of
dairy value chain development interventions and activities for the KAVES
project.
- Coordinate
and manage a cross section of non-profit and partners, subcontractors and
KAVES staff to achieve set targets and ensure significant sustainable
commercialization of the dairy value chain enterprises in the 22 KAVES
target counties.
- Mainstream
gender, especially women, involvement in the dairy value chain
- Facilitation
of linkages and relationship building between smallholder farmers and
private sector actors.
- Introducing
dairy farming to smallholder farmers in nontraditional dairying regions.
Creating systemic change in dairy value chain in collaboration with other
KAVES value chains for enhanced household incomes, nutrition and food
security
Minimum Qualifications
- 10
years’ experience with successful value chain development programs most of
which should be on the dairy value chain,
- 10
years’ experience on large complex agricultural commercialization
projects,
- Demonstrated
success in implementing projects aimed at increasing the competitiveness
and inclusiveness of dairy value chain using facilitation approaches,
- Demonstrated
experience in actively integrating women into dairy value chains,
- Masters
degree in a field relevant to agricultural development such as;
agricultural economics, marketing, agribusiness management, or related
fields,
- Private
sector experience is an advantage.
Submit current CV, salary history and three references by email
to kenrecruit@fintrac.com before 19th April 2013.
Please indicate DAIRY DIRECTOR in the subject heading.
Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
