Abt
Associates in Kenya is actively recruiting qualified professionals for a new
investment program aimed to promote private sector growth for development
gains.
The
program looks to identify small businesses (and larger when applicable) and
entrepreneurs to mobilize all forms of capital with technical assistance and
transaction advisory services – both by itself and in partnership with other
USAID programming – to seed enterprise growth at scale.
Work
is expected to begin December 2016.
Abt
invites applications from experts and leaders across multiple
disciplines.
Technical
areas of expertise are expected to include:
Agriculture
Value Chain Development –
demonstrated experience in inputs (seed and fertilizer), production and
agronomy, financing, post-harvest handling and storage, processing,
transport
Enterprise Marketing – demonstrated experience in commercial operations and marketing, market linkages, agribusiness and business planning, facilitating regional and international trade
Investment
and Financial Services –
demonstrated experience in working with financial institutions (banks, MFIs,
equity firms) to develop innovative financial products for the target sectors;
creating favorable policy and enabling environments for investment in target
sectors
Institutional
Development –
demonstrated experience in assessing organizational capacity using standard
tools and analyses, as well as designing and delivering tailored
capacity-building programs to SMEs, organizations, businesses and associations
in target sectors
Nutrition through Agriculture – demonstrated experience in delivering improved nutritional outcomes through agriculture value chains, designing nutrition-sensitive interventions, behavior change communications, analytical methodologies for evaluating nutritional outcomes, and creating favorable policies supporting improved nutrition
Gender and Youth in Agriculture – demonstrated experience in mainstreaming gender and youth in the target sectors
Successful
candidates must have university degrees in agriculture, environmental
management, business administration, finance, law, economics, communications,
health and behavioral or social sciences; as well as a minimum of 8 years of
experience in implementing nationally relevant programs in agriculture for
government, private businesses or non-governmental organizations.
Interested candidates may send a CV and cover letter to abtkenya@abtassoc.com
Only
qualified candidates will be contacted.