Portfolio Officer – Seed for Impact Programme

ABOUT US

The AECF (Africa Enterprise Problem Fund) is a growth establishment that funds early and growth-stage companies to innovate, create jobs, and leverage investments and markets to create resilience and sustainable incomes in rural and marginalized communities in Africa.

Since 2008, we now have invested over US$ 220 million in over 420 companies throughout sub-Sahara Africa specializing in Agribusiness, Renewable Power, and Local weather-smart Applied sciences. We’ve impacted greater than 28 million lives, created over 25,000 jobs, and leveraged over US$ 757 million in matching funds to our portfolio corporations.

AECF is headquartered in Kenya, with workplaces in Côte d’Ivoire, Tanzania, Nigeria, South Sudan and Somalia.

The Programme

The Tanzania-specific window underneath the Seed for Affect Programme (SIP 2.0) funded by the Authorities of Sweden, seeks to deal with the challenges confronted by smallholder farmers (SHFs) in accessing seeds of improved and high-yielding climate-resilient crop varieties. By offering catalytic funds to personal seed enterprises by a grant coupled with technical help, this initiative goals to empower SHFs to extend agricultural manufacturing, mitigate the results of hostile local weather situations, and promote the consumption of nutrient-dense meals.

This help will give attention to enhancing their capacities in seed manufacturing, high quality management, and distribution methods. By strengthening the operational and technical facets of those enterprises, the initiative goals to make sure a sustainable provide of high quality seeds to SHFs throughout Tanzania.

The Portfolio Officer will likely be chargeable for the general complete planning and execution of assigned programme actions to make sure that: implementation is on observe, efficiency targets are met, progress reporting is well timed and correct, and assets are utilized appropriately. The position holder will need to have glorious technical abilities and the power to supply professional help to the portfolio of seed corporations, in addition to a deep understanding of enterprise administration processes and the challenges SMEs face within the seed enterprise.

This position will report back to the Head of Programmes, Agribusiness.

Key Tasks

• Work with the Head of programmes-Agribusiness to design the advertising and marketing technique and conduct new funding competitions/challenges in Tanzania.
• Contribute to establishing applicable linkages with the related state/ authorities departments, donors, non-public sector our bodies, potential venture companions, and civil society.
• Successfully onboard and handle the portfolio of permitted investees to make sure supply of set programme goals and growth influence targets in addition to Technical Help.
• Help in growing a sustainable seed system in Tanzania that may ship seeds of improved and climate-resilient crop varieties to rural smallholder farmers to mitigate in opposition to the challenges posed by local weather change.
• Lead in steady studying and design of initiatives associated to seed advertising and marketing, market intelligence, and seed enterprise to deal with seed manufacturing and advertising and marketing challenges.
• Design, execute, and oversee venture end result evaluation frameworks to make sure compliance with AECF tips and donor necessities. Facilitate the monitoring and analysis of investee efficiency, conducting knowledge cleansing, evaluation, and reporting by AECF Airtable system.
• In shut collaboration with the Affect and Information workforce, generate month-to-month perception merchandise on portfolio influence, contribute to storytelling and dissemination of analytical findings rising from portfolio corporations and ecosystem strengthening actions.
• Preserve a database of pipeline investees, whereas analyzing rising financing alternatives to feed into funding proposals.
• Commonly apply studying, rising improvements, and greatest practices from venture evaluations, subject go to reviews, and venture reviews throughout this system, and from different growth organizations and donors to new proposals.
• Guarantee compliance with inside controls and danger administration of the portfolio by the broader AECF LLC Danger and Compliance Administration Framework.

Appropriate candidates ought to possess:

• A college diploma in Agricultural Economics, Agribusiness, Enterprise Administration with Info Expertise (BBIT), or a associated subject.
• A minimal of 5 years of related expertise within the agricultural sector, expertise in managing donor programmes ideally within the seed sector, working with SMEs and monetary intermediaries working with micro and small companies.
• Expertise in related AECF sectors is most well-liked both in portfolio or funding administration, together with expertise with monetary and operational due diligence of early or growth-stage companies.
• Mission administration abilities and display the power to handle advanced and competing useful resource allocation necessities and the power to work with a various group of purchasers.
• A very good understanding of rural markets in Africa particularly Tanzania and an understanding of the operations of donors and worldwide growth organizations will likely be an added benefit.
• Have good analytical and communication abilities with the power to arrange proposals, reviews, funding memos, and idea papers to a excessive stage of proficiency.