The Sustainable Employment through Agribusiness (AgriBiz) is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, with funding from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and co-financed by the European Union (EU, Output 5).
\n\u2022 The project implementing partner is the Ghanaian Ministry of Trade and Industry (MoTI).
\n\u2022 The objective of the project is to promote productive employment in micro-small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the agribusiness sector.<\/p>\n
Job Description<\/strong><\/p>\n Job Title: Technical Advisor- Agribusiness<\/strong><\/p>\n Scope of the Role:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 The Technical advisor will primarily work together with the existing technical team responsible for operations in eleven (11) districts in Upper West, two (2) districts in Savanna and one (1) district in North East Regions to support decentralized structures especially Districts Departments of Agriculture, Districts Assemblies and PPRSD, with capacity building as well as planning. Contribute to respective milestones of output, strengthening sector extension services and support PPRSD to undertake regulatory activities<\/p>\n Your Tasks<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Assist and monitor the development and implementation of programme plans and activities in close consultation with Qualification Required & Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n Your Profile<\/p>\n \u2022 University degree in an area that is related to the project\/programme objectives, with a focus on a relevant field (equivalent to BA or MBA) Location:<\/strong>\u00a0Upper West, Savanna and North East Region<\/p>\n How To Apply For The Job<\/strong><\/p>\n Interested and suitable applicants are to forward their detailed Curriculum Vitae (CV) and a one-page cover letter to:<\/p>\n hrghana@giz.de<\/strong>\u00a0under the\u00a0Job Code 2021\/AgriBiz\/04\/01<\/strong>. Please note if you do not hear from us two (2) weeks after the deadline, please consider your application unsuccessful.<\/p>\n GIZ is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity. All qualified candidates regardless of age, sex, ethnicity, race, and religion are encouraged to apply.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Sustainable Employment through Agribusiness (AgriBiz) is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, with funding from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)…..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6721,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[135],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2nO32-eVT","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57405"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6721"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57405\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\n\u2022 Responsible for the design, preparation and implementation of workshops, seminars and other events on topics connected with the programme\u2019s area of activity.
\n\u2022 Promote public\/private partnerships in maintaining and prioritizing development of new productive infrastructure, transportation, storage, and processing capacity.
\n\u2022 Facilitate complementarity between extension and farmer training activities of the programme and the Government Extension Services, based on the deployment of capacitated Agriculture Extension Agents (AEA\u2019s)
\n\u2022 Advise Government institutions on measures that, for various targeted value chain, could be taken to support expansion of the sector and access to markets.
\n\u2022 Support the Regional and District Department of Agriculture and PPRSD to plan and carry out regulatory inspection on seed quality, quarantine, pesticides, and fertilizer.
\n\u2022 Prepare appropriate input for various programme reports including annual reports and contributes to the other reports required by the HoU, the programme manager and GIZ Head Office and the EU.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 At least 5 years\u2019 professional experience in a comparable position
\n\u2022 Professional experience in planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting
\n\u2022 Very good working knowledge of ICT technologies (related software, phone, fax, email, the internet) and computer applications (e.g., MS Office)
\n\u2022 Diligent, results-oriented, open minded and innovative, team player and ability to perform task without supervision.
\n\u2022 Proficient in spoken and written English; a working knowledge of German is an asset.
\n\u2022 Strong interpersonal skills, work experience in an intercultural environment is an asset.
\n\u2022 Strong managerial, organisational, and social competence
\n\u2022 Very strong communication skills and ability to engage stakeholders and facilitate networking.
\n\u2022 Willingness to upskill as required by tasks to be performed \u2013 corresponding measures are agreed with management.<\/p>\n