CARANA Corporation (www.carana.com), a contractor for USAID, designs and directs innovative economic growth strategies to help countries and businesses compete globally, reducing poverty and raising living standards around the world. For 30 years, we have specialized in market-led solutions to development challenges in more than 100 countries, packaging our expertise with on-the-ground resources for continuing, cost-effective results.
CARANA seeks an Agriculture Trade Specialist for an anticipated, multi-year USAID funded trade expansion project in East Africa. The East Africa Trade and Investment Center (TIC) will be based out of Kenya, the project will facilitate and reduce barriers to the trade of staple foods, cash crops, horticulture, live stock and other export products within East Africa and between the region and international markets.
Duties:
•Leverage Border Information Centers as dissemination points for agricultural trade rules and market information
•Develop and maintain a strong relationship with the private sector and relevant national government ministries,
•Liaise with agricultural market information user and stakeholders groups, identifying user and partner needs, while managing communication between them
•Create and facilitate national and regional workshops, ministerial, summits and other events where key policy determinations can be debated and approved to expedite progress toward a free trade area and customs union
•Work with the TIC Communications Manager to ensure maximum outreach to existing and potential counterparts, private sector associations and other key stakeholder groups through monthly articles and press releases
Minimum Qualifications:
•Master’s degree or equivalent in agriculture, agricultural business, agricultural marketing, or related area or equivalent preferred;
•Minimum ten years of relevant experience with developing agricultural trade in developing countries, preferably in Africa;
•Experience working to meet the requirement of the end markets, trends in the end market and buyers regionally or internationally;
•Demonstrated experience with setting up the channels and facilities of agricultural trade;
•Experience dealing with the key value chain stakeholders: producers, traders, and the actors in the supporting markets; the business enabling environment; and associations which support and research and policy institutes that study and publish on agricultural trade;
•Demonstrated experience achieving increased competitiveness in agricultural products the developing country context;
•Demonstrated skills for fostering inter-firm collaboration; cooperation with associations, donors, and government;
•Minimum of 3 years of experience work collaboratively with institutional and private sector partners and stakeholders in a multi-country setting;
•Excellent writing and communication skills;
•Working knowledge of the latest ICT technology and computer software programs; •Preference will be given to local and regional nationals of East Africa
•Excellent English.
To apply: Submit a detailed CV caranatrade@gmail.com with the title of the position in the subject line. Qualified candidates will be contacted with more information. CARANA is an EOE.
CARANA seeks an Agriculture Trade Specialist for an anticipated, multi-year USAID funded trade expansion project in East Africa. The East Africa Trade and Investment Center (TIC) will be based out of Kenya, the project will facilitate and reduce barriers to the trade of staple foods, cash crops, horticulture, live stock and other export products within East Africa and between the region and international markets.
Duties:
•Leverage Border Information Centers as dissemination points for agricultural trade rules and market information
•Develop and maintain a strong relationship with the private sector and relevant national government ministries,
•Liaise with agricultural market information user and stakeholders groups, identifying user and partner needs, while managing communication between them
•Create and facilitate national and regional workshops, ministerial, summits and other events where key policy determinations can be debated and approved to expedite progress toward a free trade area and customs union
•Work with the TIC Communications Manager to ensure maximum outreach to existing and potential counterparts, private sector associations and other key stakeholder groups through monthly articles and press releases
Minimum Qualifications:
•Master’s degree or equivalent in agriculture, agricultural business, agricultural marketing, or related area or equivalent preferred;
•Minimum ten years of relevant experience with developing agricultural trade in developing countries, preferably in Africa;
•Experience working to meet the requirement of the end markets, trends in the end market and buyers regionally or internationally;
•Demonstrated experience with setting up the channels and facilities of agricultural trade;
•Experience dealing with the key value chain stakeholders: producers, traders, and the actors in the supporting markets; the business enabling environment; and associations which support and research and policy institutes that study and publish on agricultural trade;
•Demonstrated experience achieving increased competitiveness in agricultural products the developing country context;
•Demonstrated skills for fostering inter-firm collaboration; cooperation with associations, donors, and government;
•Minimum of 3 years of experience work collaboratively with institutional and private sector partners and stakeholders in a multi-country setting;
•Excellent writing and communication skills;
•Working knowledge of the latest ICT technology and computer software programs; •Preference will be given to local and regional nationals of East Africa
•Excellent English.
To apply: Submit a detailed CV caranatrade@gmail.com with the title of the position in the subject line. Qualified candidates will be contacted with more information. CARANA is an EOE.
