Agribusiness Officer
2025-06-16T19:11:53+00:00
Impuls Africa
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FULL_TIME
Lusaka
Lusaka
10101
Zambia
Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources
Agribusiness
2025-06-21T17:00:00+00:00
Zambia
8
Job Summary
The Agribusiness Officer will provide technical and business support to smallholder farmers, cooperatives, and agri-based enterprises to improve their productivity, profitability, and integration into competitive value chains. The officer will focus on enterprise development, access to markets and finance, value addition, and private sector engagement across multiple agricultural commodities.
Key Responsibilities
Agribusiness Support & Advisory
- Identify and provide technical assistance to smallholder farmers, cooperatives, and SMEs with high growth potential.
- Provide tailored business development services including business planning, cost analysis, recordkeeping, and marketing strategies.
- Promote elevating from subsistence farming to commercially viable, market-driven agribusiness.
Market Access and Value Chain Integration
- Facilitate linkages between producers and markets (aggregators, processors, retailers, exporters).
- Identify opportunities for value addition and support the development of market-aligned products.
- Promote inclusive participation in structured markets (e.g. contract farming, commodity exchanges, aggregation centers).
Financial Inclusion and Access to Capital
- Link farmers and rural enterprises to appropriate financing solutions, including loans, grants, input credit schemes, and microinsurance.
- Support financial literacy training and loan application processes.
- Track credit utilization and support development of a positive loan repayment culture.
Value Chain Development
- Map and strengthen agricultural value chains such as horticulture, livestock, grains, and aquaculture.
- Facilitate input-output linkages, logistics improvement, and business partnerships across the chain.
- Promote the use of climate-smart, gender-responsive, and inclusive business models.
Training and Capacity Building
- Conduct business skills training covering topics such as entrepreneurship, product development, branding, sales, and negotiation.
- Strengthen farmer groups and cooperatives in governance, group marketing, and joint investment planning.
- Build the capacity of youth and women to enter and grow in agribusiness.
Monitoring, Learning, and Reporting
- Maintain detailed records of beneficiaries, enterprises supported, and business performance.
- Prepare and submit regular progress reports, success stories, and data for learning and evaluation.
- Contribute to periodic reviews and adaptations of agribusiness strategies.
Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Agribusiness, Agriculture Economics, Business Administration, or a related field.
- At least 3 years’ experience supporting rural agribusiness or enterprise development projects.
- Strong understanding of agricultural markets, value chains, and private sector development.
- Proven experience in working with smallholder farmers, SMEs, and cooperatives.
- Familiarity with financial services, input supply systems, and market facilitation approaches.
- Excellent facilitation, coaching, and report writing skills.
- Fluency in English and at least one local language relevant to the project area.
Key Competencies
- Strong agribusiness and entrepreneurial mindset
- Market systems thinking and value chain development
- Stakeholder engagement and partnership building
- Financial literacy and business planning skills
- Field adaptability and solution-oriented approach
- Effective communication and analytical abilities
Agribusiness Support & Advisory Identify and provide technical assistance to smallholder farmers, cooperatives, and SMEs with high growth potential. Provide tailored business development services including business planning, cost analysis, recordkeeping, and marketing strategies. Promote elevating from subsistence farming to commercially viable, market-driven agribusiness. Market Access and Value Chain Integration Facilitate linkages between producers and markets (aggregators, processors, retailers, exporters). Identify opportunities for value addition and support the development of market-aligned products. Promote inclusive participation in structured markets (e.g. contract farming, commodity exchanges, aggregation centers). Financial Inclusion and Access to Capital Link farmers and rural enterprises to appropriate financing solutions, including loans, grants, input credit schemes, and microinsurance. Support financial literacy training and loan application processes. Track credit utilization and support development of a positive loan repayment culture. Value Chain Development Map and strengthen agricultural value chains such as horticulture, livestock, grains, and aquaculture. Facilitate input-output linkages, logistics improvement, and business partnerships across the chain. Promote the use of climate-smart, gender-responsive, and inclusive business models. Training and Capacity Building Conduct business skills training covering topics such as entrepreneurship, product development, branding, sales, and negotiation. Strengthen farmer groups and cooperatives in governance, group marketing, and joint investment planning. Build the capacity of youth and women to enter and grow in agribusiness. Monitoring, Learning, and Reporting Maintain detailed records of beneficiaries, enterprises supported, and business performance. Prepare and submit regular progress reports, success stories, and data for learning and evaluation. Contribute to periodic reviews and adaptations of agribusiness strategies.
Bachelor’s degree in Agribusiness, Agriculture Economics, Business Administration, or a related field. At least 3 years’ experience supporting rural agribusiness or enterprise development projects. Strong understanding of agricultural markets, value chains, and private sector development. Proven experience in working with smallholder farmers, SMEs, and cooperatives. Familiarity with financial services, input supply systems, and market facilitation approaches. Excellent facilitation, coaching, and report writing skills. Fluency in English and at least one local language relevant to the project area.
JOB-68506c7903535
Vacancy title:
Agribusiness Officer
[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources, Category: Agribusiness]
Jobs at:
Impuls Africa
Deadline of this Job:
Saturday, June 21 2025
Duty Station:
Lusaka | Lusaka | Zambia
Summary
Date Posted: Monday, June 16 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
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Job Summary
The Agribusiness Officer will provide technical and business support to smallholder farmers, cooperatives, and agri-based enterprises to improve their productivity, profitability, and integration into competitive value chains. The officer will focus on enterprise development, access to markets and finance, value addition, and private sector engagement across multiple agricultural commodities.
Key Responsibilities
Agribusiness Support & Advisory
- Identify and provide technical assistance to smallholder farmers, cooperatives, and SMEs with high growth potential.
- Provide tailored business development services including business planning, cost analysis, recordkeeping, and marketing strategies.
- Promote elevating from subsistence farming to commercially viable, market-driven agribusiness.
Market Access and Value Chain Integration
- Facilitate linkages between producers and markets (aggregators, processors, retailers, exporters).
- Identify opportunities for value addition and support the development of market-aligned products.
- Promote inclusive participation in structured markets (e.g. contract farming, commodity exchanges, aggregation centers).
Financial Inclusion and Access to Capital
- Link farmers and rural enterprises to appropriate financing solutions, including loans, grants, input credit schemes, and microinsurance.
- Support financial literacy training and loan application processes.
- Track credit utilization and support development of a positive loan repayment culture.
Value Chain Development
- Map and strengthen agricultural value chains such as horticulture, livestock, grains, and aquaculture.
- Facilitate input-output linkages, logistics improvement, and business partnerships across the chain.
- Promote the use of climate-smart, gender-responsive, and inclusive business models.
Training and Capacity Building
- Conduct business skills training covering topics such as entrepreneurship, product development, branding, sales, and negotiation.
- Strengthen farmer groups and cooperatives in governance, group marketing, and joint investment planning.
- Build the capacity of youth and women to enter and grow in agribusiness.
Monitoring, Learning, and Reporting
- Maintain detailed records of beneficiaries, enterprises supported, and business performance.
- Prepare and submit regular progress reports, success stories, and data for learning and evaluation.
- Contribute to periodic reviews and adaptations of agribusiness strategies.
Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Agribusiness, Agriculture Economics, Business Administration, or a related field.
- At least 3 years’ experience supporting rural agribusiness or enterprise development projects.
- Strong understanding of agricultural markets, value chains, and private sector development.
- Proven experience in working with smallholder farmers, SMEs, and cooperatives.
- Familiarity with financial services, input supply systems, and market facilitation approaches.
- Excellent facilitation, coaching, and report writing skills.
- Fluency in English and at least one local language relevant to the project area.
Key Competencies
- Strong agribusiness and entrepreneurial mindset
- Market systems thinking and value chain development
- Stakeholder engagement and partnership building
- Financial literacy and business planning skills
- Field adaptability and solution-oriented approach
- Effective communication and analytical abilities
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 36
Level of Education: bachelor degree
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