Project Officer Agro Enterprise Development

Job Description

Location: Dirang, West Kameng (Arunachal Pradesh) Job Profile: Note: this is an implementation heavy role. Programme Development: Prepare detail input and output business plan/s including nature and form of (farmers) institutions to be developed. Develop a system of collection and compilation of information on season wise inputs and output demands by interacting with farmers institutions well in advance. Lead the assessment survey in each season to identify commodities quantity and quality available for marketing. Programme Implementation: Ensure timely and effective implementation of the business plan/s. Prepare procurement and logistic plan for every farmer institution/s. Establish the procurement centres with all necessary equipment and infrastructure Responsible to ensure that farmers institutions have all required licenses for handling the input marketing and output marketing business and meet all the compliances and statutory requirements for the same. Responsible/facilitate for the orientation and training of field workers (from farmers institutions) for assessing the quality of commodity, procurement procedure, and storage and material handling process to ensure that they contribute effectively to the FPC output business. Manage the business growth, Monitor the buyers' demand, realisation of money from sales. Prepare a plan and establish linkages with various input companies for ensuring the timely availability of inputs at competitive price to FPC/members. Ensure the advance estimation and planning of Fund requirement and sanction from producer company Board of Director (BOD). Facilitate the procurement and delivery of input materials from input companies to FPC and further to its members. Prepare the strategy for marketing of input and output at village level and collection of sales amounts. Developing a transparent system of finance for input and output marketing. Analyse the sales and monitor the input and output marketing to keep the business profitable. Networking & Advocacy: Ensure that the farmers institutions are/ is able to service a minimum 70 % members through input and output supply activities. Establish advance linkages with potential buyers including institutional buyers and keep a close track on the market tends including daily pricing from various mandis to facilitate the marketing of farm produce at remunerative price so that FPC and its members both get benefitted. Establish the system for eMarketing by registering the FPCs on various trading platforms. Capacity building of team and farmers institutions. Reporting: Prepare and submit MIS report to the Landscape Coordinator and ensure proper upkeep of all files and documents. Develop the necessary template and record keeping system to track the input and output marketing. Requirements Desired Qualifications, Experience & Skills: The candidate should have at least 2 to 3 years work experience preferably in the Agri produce marketing sector, experience of working with farmer producer companies, engaging with farmers on supporting improvement in farm productivity and associated training etc., will be preferred. Preferred oral languages are Hindi/ English with good writing communication skill in English.