USAID-KAVES Regional Horticulture Specialist Job in Kenya

Vacancy: Regional Horticulture Specialist
 

The Kenya Agricultural Value Chain Enterprises (USAID-KAVES) is a five-year project funded by the United State Agency for International Development with the goal of increasing the productivity and incomes of smallholder farmers and other actors along dairy, horticulture, and staple crop value chains.

USAID-KAVES is looking for a horticulture specialist to support the project’s horticulture activities for domestic and export markets in Western Kenya and North Rift region; the specialist will be based in the project’s regional office in Kisumu.

The regional Horticulture Specialist will coordinate activities of KAVES target horticulture value chains focusing on increasing: income of smallholder farmers; compliance with domestic and export market requirements, and value addition and product diversification through agro-processing. 

Under the guidance of the USAIDKAVES Technical Director for Horticulture and the Chief of Party, s/he will ensure that all KAVES project supported activities implemented through sub-contractors are carried out in line with the strategic objectives and as per the recommended value chains interventions.

Qualification, experience and key skills
 

The ideal candidate should possess the following:

• A university degree in horticulture or related field with at least ten years practical experience of the Kenyan horticulture export industry;
• Practical experience in running out growers export horticulture schemes;
• Working knowledge on GLOBALG.A.P. requirements;
• Good understanding of horticulture products with large domestic markets;
• Previously successfully cooperated with public and private sector stakeholders in the industry;
• A team player with good leadership skills.

Kindly email your motivational cover letter & resume to kenrecruit@fintrac.com on or before Thursday, 20th November 2014. 

Please include the position you are applying for in the subject line of the email.