Senior Manager (FPO Program)

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About the Organization

Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (India) is a non-denominational, non-government development organization. AKRSP(I) works as a catalyst for the betterment of rural communities by providing direct support to local communities. AKRSP(I) is active in over 3255 villages of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Maharashtra. It has impacted lives of over 3.5 million people from marginalised sections of society. Over 80% of the households impacted by AKRSP(I)'s work belong to marginalised communities like tribals, dalits, and minorities. Over 60% of beneficiaries are women who form a core group for program interventions.

Job Description

• Providing overall leadership to the FPO program of the organization.
• Strategy building and guiding implementation of the strategy.
• Capacity building of field teams so that FPOs can be made vibrant institutions owned by farmers.
• Leading the market linkages of the major commodities available with the FPOs. The focus will be on bulk marketing of the available commodities at large volume.
• Leading the financial linkages of the FPOs.
• Project management including liaison with donors funding the FPO programs.
• Resources mobilization for the FPO program.
• Team management.
• Leading the digitization of FPO operations.
• Developing MIS systems for monitoring daily progress of the FPO businesses.
• Leading the relationship building with relevant government departments, think tanks, donors and market players

Education Qualification/Required Skills & Experience

• B.Sc. Agriculture, MBA-Rural Management/Development, Agribusiness, or Allied Qualification
• Experience: Min 10 years of experience in development sector with minimum 5 years of experience in leading FPO related programs

Skills & Competencies required

• AKRSP(I) has promoted over 40 Farmer Producers Companies having over 40000 smallholders as the shareholders. FPOs are in four states Gujarat, MP, Bihar and Maharashtra. These FPOs are working on linking smallholder farmers with remunerative markets. FPOs are trying to develop value chains around various agriculture commodities such as cotton, groundnut, pulses, millets, vegetables, cereals and livestock. In the long term all the FPOs are expected to develop the value chain of produce coming from the smallholders through regenerative agriculture practices. This position will require to lead the FPO program of the organization and provide strategic guidance to make FPOs economically vibrant institutions for the benefit of smallholder farmers particularly women farmers.
• Deep understanding of institution building processes for farmers collectives
• Expertise over the compliances, policies and funding environment around FPOs
• Strategy building
• Marketing linkages particularly for commodity marketing for commodities such as cotton, groundnut, pulses, millets etc.
• Team management
• Project Management and Financial Management
• Laison and relationship building
• Communications and presentation skills

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