Program Officer - Training and Capacity Building
The Eastern Africa Grain Council (EAGC) is a membership-based organization registered in Kenya with country offices in Uganda and Tanzania.
Our core mandate is
to develop and promote orderly structured marketing systems and provide market
information for grains so as to reduce transaction costs and eliminate
barriers’ to regional trade.
The Eastern Africa Grain Institute (EAGI) is a division of Eastern Africa Grain Council (EAGC), which aims at providing agribusiness training, capacity building and consultancy services to key stakeholders in the grain value chain on a sustainable basis.
The Eastern Africa Grain Institute (EAGI) is a division of Eastern Africa Grain Council (EAGC), which aims at providing agribusiness training, capacity building and consultancy services to key stakeholders in the grain value chain on a sustainable basis.
The vision of the
institute is to be recognized as the regional centre for innovations and
advancements in the Grain Industry in Eastern Africa.
We seek to recruit a Program Officer – Training and Capacity Building for the Eastern Africa Grain Institute (EAGI) who has a strong work ethic, highly organised, team player, self motivated and able to work under minimum supervision.
We seek to recruit a Program Officer – Training and Capacity Building for the Eastern Africa Grain Institute (EAGI) who has a strong work ethic, highly organised, team player, self motivated and able to work under minimum supervision.
The successful
candidate will perform the following among others:
- Identifying,
developing, and evaluating the marketing strategy, to market the institute
training courses and services and create publicity for the Eastern Africa
Grain Institute through various media including web marketing, print and
other relevant form of media.
- Participating in
conducting stakeholders training needs analysis and curriculum design and
development.
- Preparing and
implementing an annual training calendar including budgets for EAGI.
- Monitoring and
reviewing the impact of capacity support and performing evaluations.
- Establishment of
collaborations with other learning institutions and universities.
- Participating
and supporting the process of recruitment of associate trainers.
- Setting and
managing a Grains Institute resources center.
- Ensuring
compliance of the institute with various statutory, regulatory and legal
provisions.
Qualification,
Skills and Experience:
- Graduate
qualification in Education.
- Post graduate qualifications
will be an added advantage.
- 2 years relevant
work experience with a bias in client services sales and marketing.
- Strong
communication skills.
If your background
and competence match the above specifications, please send your application
demonstrating how your experience matches our requirements.
The application
letter and an updated C.V, valid email address, daytime contact number and full
contact details of 3 referees including day time telephone number should be
forwarded to: hr@eagc.org copied to dkiai@eagc.org by 28th June 2013.
Only shortlisted
candidates will be contacted.
