JOB DETAILS:
Position Description
The Market Analyst expert will lead the overall market of NORAD project, including markets and value chain assessments and analyses, supporting business plan development and implementation. The Market analyst will manage identification, design and implementation of irrigation technology funds; establish and manage relationships with irrigation technology companies. Analyze entrepreneurial and irrigation production options; analyze out-growers’ export crop profitability (Gross margin) and seed market. Provide export crops’ strategic advises to respective stakeholders’. The Market analyst will coach and train smallholder irrigation out-grower farmer groups, local extension, Business Advisors, farmer trainers and Development Agents to enhance their ability to analyze different entrepreneurial and agronomic options and support effective out-grower groups and export crop production by applying crop selection tool. Promote TechnoServe market to affiliate institutions including private sectors. S/he will facilitate linkages to exporters/buyers; financial institutions and other key market actors as well as ensure ongoing learning, knowledge exchange and capacity building. Manage relationships with companies and local gov’t, sector offices.
Duties and Responsibilities
• Technical Assistance in Market analysis and Marketing
• Provided technical support to out-grower farmers’ to produce high-value, exportable crops & access to seeds improved
• Assess the export crop supply chain opportunities by identifying and engaging potential exporter
• Assess technical and financial viability of export Irrigation crop market opportunities through data collection and analysis
• Evaluate current irrigation out-grower farmers horticultural production and marketing systems and identify opportunities for developing new and/or enhancing existing export crop production businesses
• Engage without-grower farmers and their organizations to make choices on major crops to be cultivated and technologies applied based on an informed analysis of their options, which depend on export market demand, technical capability, assess to technologies and finance, as well as other relevant factors;
• Support the development of business plans at Irrigation out-grower farmers scheme level, including strategies for strengthening out-grower farmers
• Support farmer groups with technical issues related to business plan implementation as they emerge
• Support Financial analysis of farming/Cropping system;
• Identify and promote smallholder regenerative agriculture in Ethiopia, best practices and success story to be share for the large audience
• Promote learning by sharing key learning issues related to NORAD project and advance gender equity
• Prepare and share NORAD project horticultural crop export business on relevant workshops/briefings on lessons learned
• Participate in TechnoServe learning networks
• Network with other relevant actors to promote knowledge exchange
• Training and Coaching
• Train and coach local extension experts, BA, Development Agents (DAs), and Out-grower farmers
• Engaging in participatory planning and applying tools for financial viability analysis;
• Regularly visit out-grower farmers, BA, FTs, and DAs to coach them and monitor performance; market oriented irrigated crop production, Business plan Development, and other training identified through Training Need Assessment;
JOB DETAILS:
Job Description
Our company quantum technology wants to hire qualified candidates in the following positions for an indefinite/definite employment.
Job Requirements
Minimum qualification
• BA degree/Masters’ degree in Marketing management or related filed
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in the field
Skills required
• Excellent communication skill
• Marketing & Sales skills
• Excellent negotiation skill
• Strategic planning skills
• Computer and analytical skills
• Team work skills
• Creative thinking and collaboration skills
• Experience in the telecom business
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 60
Level of Education: Bachelor Degree
Job application procedure
The Application should have: Application letter, CV and letter of reference/recommendation (All in one PDF file)
Application area: Email your application in the next 5 consecutive days.
Email: hr@quantum.com.et
Only Email application is acceptable!
Location: Addis Ababa, Meskel Flower, Enat Bank Building 4th floor