Service Providers Linkage Lead

Job Title:	Service Providers Linkage Lead
Education:	Master’s Degree
Location:	Egypt, Giza
Category:	Business Development, Marketing/PR/Advertising
Description:	Facilitate market linkages among small farmers in Upper Egypt and the Delta, food processors, exporters, cooperatives, associations, and other large buyers & input suppliers. Develop the skills of service providers in critical agriculture value chain segments—such as cold-chain, food processing, or other agro-processing—to support small farmers and integrate them into commercial partnerships. With the Markets and Production and Post-Harvest teams, identify service provider challenges and seek buyer commitment to develop incentives to solve them. Support development of hubs to meet the needs of producer organizations and small farmers. With the ERAS Agronomist, support design of a Delta Regional Center of Excellence Guide training and TA for service providers organized through the three regional offices. Assist the ERAS Cold Chain Coordinator to link producer organizations to cold chain service providers. Coordinate with relevant implementing partners—such as the USAID Strengthening Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development (SEED) activity, which provides technical support to business service providers—to leverage, rather than duplicate interventions. Participate in weekly teleconference calls with satellite offices to review ongoing activities and discuss planned activities. Participate in monthly MEL meetings among technical staff in the Dokki office.
Qualifications:	Degree in agricultural development, business, marketing, or another relevant equivalent field (master is preferred). Minimum of eight years of progressively responsible experience in provision of business development services is required. Demonstrated experience in public-private engagement and in identifying opportunities in local and export markets. Strong interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to engage productively with a wide range of organizations, beneficiaries, and related parties (e.g., producers, government, private sector, NGOs, research, and training institutions). Good verbal and written communication skills in both Arabic and English are required.
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