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Kantipur Management Private Limited (KMPL) announces the vacancy for Agriculture Sector Development Programme (ASDP). ASDP is an undertaking of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development (MoALD) with the major financial support of the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD). The programme is in implementation through the fiscal year 2018/19. The duration of the Programme is six years. The overall goal of the programme is to contribute to the achievement of Nepal's Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 1 – No Poverty and SDG 2- Zero Hunger) by reducing poverty and nutrition insecurity amongst women and men in hill and mountain areas of the Karnali Province. The purpose of the programme is to contribute to the achievement of Nepal’s SDG 8- Decent Work and Economic Growth target through sustainable improvement in the income and food security of smallholders and disadvantaged rural groups (Dalits, Janajatis, Muslims, youth, landless and other disadvantaged groups) involved in commercially oriented production and marketing systems in selected high value agricultural value chains. KMPL hereby invites applications from potential and qualified Nepalese citizens for the following job positions as per the following minimum requirements of qualification and experiences:

Value Chain Expert (Business)
Jobs Function: Others Jobs Availability: Contract Time
Jobs Level: Officer Level Offered Salary: Negotiable
Jobs Location: Surkhet Min. Experience Year: 5 Years
Education Degree: Master No. of Openings: 1
Deadline: Sunday, Mar 24, 2019 (Expired) Preferred Gender: Any
job description

Duty station: PCO, Surkhet with frequent visits to programme districts

General scope of the position:

  • The Value Chain (VC) Expert - Business is particularly responsible for overall planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting of sub component 1.1: Inclusive and sustainable agriculture value chains expanded and diversified.
  • The scope of works includes value chain development (business & marketing aspects) in tandem with other component & sub--components within programme and ensure effective coordination, management and capacity building of programme staff to facilitate and support value chain actors in strengthening linkages, business planning, investment analysis and other areas that lead to improved performance of the value chain system.

Academic Qualifications and Work Experience:

  • Masters’ Degree in Business Administration, or Agribusiness Development, or Economics, or Marketing or equivalent with at least 5 years of experience in enterprises promotion, value chain development and private sector strengthening with demonstrable evidence of the results achieved.
  • Knowledge and experience in building capacity of stakeholders through advisory skills and facilitate multi-stakeholder consultation processes, value chain upgrading workshops and training.
  • Experiences with management and market analysis, investment plan development, appraisal, monitoring and evaluation, and feasibility analysis.
  • Experience in developing training courses and facilitating trainings on VCD, business management etc.
  • Experiences that demonstrate high quality attributes on leadership, facilitations and coaching and innovativeness.
  • Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team and facilitate the working of other team members;
  • Excellent communications skills - spoken and written, both in English and Nepali and possess good report writing skills;
  • Good inter-personal skills and capacity to work effectively with a range of institutions.

Age limit: The upper age limit for all the positions at the last date of submission of application will be 55 years (the applicant needs to submit a copy of certificate which certifies the date of birth)

Contract: For all positions there will be initial contract for one year with a probation period of six months. The annual contract will be extendable up to the programme period based on satisfactory performance in the preceding contract.

Salary and benefits will be as per the approved guidelines of the ASDP.

Preferences will be given to women candidate; candidate from disadvantaged groups (Dalit, Janjati/Indigenous, Madheshi, Muslim); candidates from Backward/ ASDP districts.


Detail ToR (including salary and benefits) can be downloaded from the link below.

The applicant needs to submit cover letterC.V. and self-attested copies of required testimonials compulsorily that verify the CVs. The application should be submitted within 15 days of the first date of publication of the notice i.e. 24th March, 2019 (2075-12-10) to the Email: asdp@kantipurjob.com or by post to the address mentioned below.

Kantipur Management Pvt. Ltd.

Panchayan Marga, Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal

Phone: +9771451572, 4251599

PO. Box No: 1672,

Email: asdp@kantipurjob.com

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