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Company | IFDC |
Industry | Agriculture/A... |
Category | Finance |
Location | Accra |
Job Status | Full-time |
Salary | Attractive |
Education | Master’... |
Experience | 10 years |
Job Expires | Oct 14, 2015 |
Contact | ... |
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Company Profile The International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC) is a public international organization (PIO) governed by an international board of directors with representation from developed and developing nations. The non-profit center focuses on increasing and sustaining food and agricultural productivity in developing countries through the development and transfer of effective and environmentally sound crop nutrient technology and agribusiness expertise. Job Description Background The program entitled “Toward Sustainable Clusters in Agribusiness through Learning in Entrepreneurship” (2SCALE) aims at improving rural livelihoods and food and nutrition security in Africa. It was created by a consortium of partners, led by the International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC), and comprising the Base-of-the-Pyramid Innovation Centre (BoPInc.) and the International Centre for development-oriented Research in Agriculture (ICRA). The program is supported by a grant of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (through the Directorate-General for International Cooperation, DGIS) of the Netherlands. From 2012 to 2014, 2SCALE developed a portfolio of 53 public-private partnerships in selected high-potential sectors in nine sub-Saharan countries[1]. From 2015 to 2017, 2SCALE will support its private partners to deepen and scale-up these partnerships. The objective is to offer significant opportunity to over 500,000 smallholder farmers to improve their livelihoods and 2,500 SMEs to improve sales and provide jobs, while sustainably supplying food to regional, national and local markets, of which 40 percent will be BoP consumers. Access to finance offers opportunities to strengthen partnerships and improve the competitiveness of chain actors. 2SCALE will continue, and where possible intensify, its efforts to identify relevant/ interested financial institutions and investors, and to bring financiers and private partners (farmers and their organizations, small and medium enterprises, lead firms) together to bridge the gap between demand and supply of financial services. The 2SCALE technical team is composed of country teams (Cluster Advisors and Cluster Assistants – Partnership Facilitators) supported by cross-cutting thematic specialists with a regional scope (access to finance; technical innovation; local empowerment; BoP marketing; action-research in partnership development; communications; grants; monitoring & evaluation). IFDC seeks to recruit an Access to Finance Specialist to support 2SCALE interventions in West Africa. Duties The Access to Finance Specialist is responsible for developing and implementing strategies to significantly improve access to finance for agribusiness cluster- and value chain stakeholders in focus partnerships. Specific duties include the following:
Supervision
Position and duty station The Access to Finance Specialist for 2SCALE in West Africa is a position open to African nationals, with a duty station at IFDC’s office in Accra, Ghana (or in Cotonou, Benin). The position requires intensive travels (minimum 50% of the time) in Benin, Ghana, Mali and Nigeria, and exceptionally to other African countries. Required Skills or Experience
Women willing and able to travel intensively are highly encouraged to apply. How To Apply Sorry, job has expired.
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