Agriculture Value Chain Manager at Ikore International Development Limited

Ikore, meaning “harvest” in Yoruba language, is an international development organization, proffering innovative solutions to drive sustainable social and enterprise development.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Agriculture Value Chain Manager

Location: Abuja


Scope of Work

• Identify technical, social, governance and financial gaps required bring various value chains to scale
• Collaboratively with community groups develop 10-year detailed implementation plans and activity-based budgets for each project and set of value chains
• Identify, evaluate and prepare/expand the business case for projects/value chain for use to seek investments from private investor and other funders
• Oversee implementation of activities that expand value chain and build market links for the projects
• Identify and support capacity development of leaders within the communities needed to drive business results
• Assist in the monitoring of the project results throughout their implementation
• Working with program’s environment finance lead, support the development of financial models and attracting value chain investors and supply chain buyers
• Support value chain projects in negotiating terms and conditions for investments.

Expertise and Qualifications

• Master’s degree in an Agriculture, Economics or a Business related field.
• At least five years of experience as the technical manager for donor-funded value chain, Making Markets Work for the Poor (M4P) and/or Market Systems Development projects.
• Demonstrated success using facilitation in at least one of the following: value chain approach, M4P, or Market Systems Development approach, which lead to greater competitiveness and inclusiveness in markets.
• Demonstrated experience with conducting value chain analysis and developing value chain work plans preferred.

Application Closing Date
30th September, 2018.


Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV’s with Cover Letter to: [email protected] with the Job Title as the subject