DAIRY ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT EXPERT JOB

DAIRY ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT
EXPERT
Location:Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with
frequent in-country travel
Start date:July 2011 (contingent upon
securing new funding)
Duration:5 years

Background Information:
TechnoServe is an international
business development organization
whose mission is to help
entrepreneurial men and women in
poor areas of the developing world
build businesses that create income,
opportunity and economic growth.
Our approach is based on hiring
high-performing people who share
our vision of private sector
solutions that create long-term
transformation in people’s lives. We
believe in hard work,
creativity, and leveraging the
dynamism of talented people. We are
committed to innovation,
learning, and results. Our global team
is drawn from world-class industry
and management
consulting firms. We are work in
nearly 30 countries in Africa, Latin
America and India.
The Livestock Growth Program (LGP)
is a comprehensive, transformative,
five-year program
that aims to increase productivity &
competitiveness of selected livestock
value chains in
Ethiopia to the benefit of
smallholders.The LGP focuses on
three value chains: (1) dairy, (2)
meat and (3) hides, skins & leather.
Role and responsibility: The Dairy
Enterprise Development Expert will
be responsible for
activities related to the creation and
implementation of value chain
development strategies. In
this senior leadership role, he/she
will work with project’s technical
teams, various livestock
related private sector actors and
service providers and livestock
related government technical
officials.
While final technical areas and
specific responsibilities will be
defined upon securing of funding
from USAID, following are the key
expected areas of focus for this
position:

•Value chain strategy
development

o Develop clearly articulated and fact-
based strategy for dairy, meat and
hides,
skins & leather value chain
interventions in collaboration with
other implementing
partners, ensuring that strategy
supports overall broader program
objectives and
goals for meat and animal, dairy and
hides, skins and leather value chains
o Lead rigorous and ongoing
industry assessments to identify new
industry and
client opportunities, with a focus on
end-market analyses
o Maintain understanding of current
global best practices related to
market-driven
value chain development and the
specified livestock value chains,
ensure that
these are shared with staff and
partners and actively incorporated
into strategies
and work streams
•Value chain intervention
planning
o Break down strategies into well-
defined work streams and ensure
that the scope
and projected impact of all work
streams are correctly defined and
understood
o Ensure that all work streams have a
detailed work plan which identifies,
prioritizes and sequences the
activities required for successful
delivery
o Ensure sufficient resources are
mobilized
•External representation
o Develop and sustain trust-based
relationships with key stakeholders,
including
otherinitiatives and interventions
o Leverage knowledge of key
stakeholders to secure buy-in to
ideas and initiatives
o Provide intellectual leadership in
helping team members identify and
develop
business and industry-wide value
chain improvement strategies
Requirements:
•Education: Masters degree in
livestock, agriculture, agribusiness,
agricultural
economics, or related field is
required.
•Experience:
o 10+ years of professional
experience in livestock sector value
chain development
with a major emphasis on: value
chain facilitation, agribusiness,
marketing and
financial services and private sector
development;
o 5+ years managing for-profit
agribusiness or value chain related
private sector
institution.
o Experience managing USAID-
funded value chain initiatives an
advantage
•
Specialized knowledge/skills:
o Excellent verbal and written
communication skills.
o Demonstrated advanced ICT skills.
o Established relationship with and/
or substantive knowledge of
international
agribusiness firms.
o Excellent problem solving and
analytical skills
o Entrepreneurial and self motivated
o Excellent communication skills in
both written and spoken English,
Amharic a
plus, but not required
o Experience with gender
mainstreaming in livestock/
agriculture projects is added
advantage.

•Women are encouraged to apply.
Fees and expenses: Negotiable.
Deadline for application: April 20th,
2011, However, applications will be
considered as they are
received.
Qualified candidates should mail or
email their CV/resume along with a
cover letter to:
Address:
TechnoServe Inc.
PO Box 100598
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Email:madmin@tnsethiopia.org and
hoh@tns.org