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Lead the Development of Inclusive, Investable Strategies for Production and Processing

Design and align high-impact, scalable strategies that create dignified work for young

Contribute to the development and implementation of EYE-C’s strategic and operational plans.

Participate in generating a systematic stakeholder analysis for improving the production and processing stages of the coffee sector and complementary value chains.

Undertake assessments for in-depth understanding of the production and processing ecosystems the program is targeting.

A portfolio of viable production and processing interventions established.

Stakeholder co-creation meetings conducted with documented impact on program design. Partnership engagement frameworks implemented. 

women across Uganda’s coffee and complementary value chains.

Participate in and liaise with technical teams to guide project selection for maximum impact.

Seek strategic partnerships; build and coordinate relationships with actors in production and processing.

Audit findings indicate compliance with risk mitigating policies/procedures / actions around project management.

Enhance Productivity Through Climate-Smart Agriculture and Good Agronomic Practices

Promote sustainable agricultural practices that increase yields, build resilience to climate shocks, and reduce environmental degradation.

Lead the design, implementation, and improvement of sustainable and inclusive production and agro-processing models.

Support development of interventions that increase yield of coffee and complementary value enterprises.

Participate in program design to promote climate-smart agronomic practices and high-quality processing.

Provide technical backstopping during project implementation to foster continuous improvement and realization of program objectives.

Farms reporting increased yields above baseline within the implementation period. Adoption of Climate Smart Agriculture practises and general good agronomic technologies.

Increase in quality produce as per market acceptance level.

Expand Access to Efficient and Youth-Owned Primary Processing Infrastructure

Facilitate the establishment of post-harvest systems that preserve quality, reduce losses, and create employment in rural communities.

Oversee setup and technical support to low-cost agro-processing technologies including; drying, pulping, grading, and storage facilities.

Build skills among young women for quality control, food safety, and certification compliance.

Develop models for shared infrastructure or community-owned processing facilities.

Increase in Grade A/B coffee processed by young women-led groups.

Number of community processing units fully operational and financially viable.

Reduction in physical and quality loss 

Support the implementation of inclusive skills development initiatives and safeguard mechanisms that promote equity, agency, and protection for women, youth, and other vulnerable groups across the production and processing nodes of the target value chains.

Participate in the design and implementation of skills development trainings ensuring that they are well aligned with young women initiatives transitioning into decent and meaningful work

Ensure that Gender safeguarding protocols are implemented and monitored during the Skilling process.

Leverage partnerships with implementing partners and other actors and align training with real job opportunities, internships, or apprenticeships for female youth aged 18 -35 years

Linkages made for Internships and or placements for participants to have hands-on training and or employment.

Proven demand for the skills imparted in programme participants.

Findings indicate compliance with gender and safeguarding protocols/procedures / actions during the project management.

Access to Finance &; Resource Mobilization

Lead initiatives that expand access to appropriate financial services and mobilize resources to scale primary production and processing interventions.

Liaise with Financial Inclusion partner/s (i.e. Fund managers, Financial Institutions, to ensure programme participants access credit/finance in a timely manner.

Work with the financial inclusion partner to review/refine blended finance products that include grant, equity and debt for scaling up female youth owned/led enterprises

Female youths access financing.

Digital tools enhance performance of female youth led agri businesses.

Coordinate and ensure that digital and financial literacy are integrated in the trainings for the program participants.

Farmer Services & Women Cooperatives

Lead the design and delivery of integrated farmer services and the strengthening of young

Support mobilisation and increase in cooperative membership and retention with special focus on young women.

Ensure that farmer-centric services are delivered to especially women cooperatives with focus on young female women.

Farmer services are delivered on time and to standard; or else corrective action is taken Project reviews ensure that projects are on track, meet objectives, and continuously improve. 

women-led MSMEs and female member-based cooperatives to enhance productivity, inclusivity, and resilience across the target value chains.

Liaise with the Business Advisory Service Manager and Capacity building service providers to identify gaps and design strategies to strengthen capacity of young women MSMEs and Cooperatives to improve operational efficiency and realize full potential.

Demonstrated improved capacity, governance and operational efficiency of women cooperatives and enterprises.

Promote Digital Tools, Traceability, and Learning for Continuous Improvement

Scale the use of digital platforms and traceability systems to increase market access, improve decision-making, and ensure global compliance.

Promote use of traceability systems and real-time digital platforms to support transparency and certification.

Collaborate with platform providers to integrate monitoring and compliance systems.

Support capacity building for cooperatives and MSMEs in using digital tools for e-extension, payments, and record-keeping.

Participate in MEL efforts to document best practices, innovations, and learning insights.

At least 80% of supported producers onboarded to traceability platforms.

Digital tools actively used for production tracking, payment, and decision-making. Number of learning documents or case studies published annually to inform scale- up.

Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning and Knowledge management.

Participate in monitoring, evaluation, and learning activities, ensuring that

attainment of project targets is

Contribute to the development of M & E tools to track youth engagement and project outcomes.

Carry out periodic monitoring and evaluation of female youth owned/led enterprises and bring to the attention of management any issues that may hinder project success for remedial timely intervention.

Track progress through pre- and post-assessments, follow-ups, and feedback.

Timely M&E reports on female youth participation and innovative production and primary processing models Annual sharing of lessons learnt Learning sessions conducted with partners to share knowledge and experience 

on track and learning is fully utilised to maximise impact.

The lead will play a key role in designing, implementing, and refining systems that track progress, measure impact, and inform strategic decisions.

Document best practices and success stories and prepare learning and periodic reporting to external and internal stakeholders. Adjust programs based on evidence of what works.

Documentation of best practices, success stories and lessons learnt to guide program improvement.

And any other duties as requested by the Program Technical Head