Reproductive and Child Health Alliance (RACHA) is implementing the Multi-Sectoral Food Security and Nutrition Project (MUSEFO) - Food Bank project, funded by GIZ, that expands and strengthen its community activities to ensure climate-smart improvements in the food security and livelihood conditions and improving food and nutritional status of vulnerable households to food insecurity and malnutrition, especially women of child-bearing age, and young children. RACHA offers job opportunities for those with the skills and abilities, hard-working, creative and highly committed and have knowledge in the fields of nutrition sensitive-hygiene and agriculture and related tasks. The project is implemented in the two provinces of Cambodia.
PROJEC SUMMARY: RACHA will:
- Set up a process for food banks initiatives in each commune in Kampong Thom and Kampot province
- Equip the startups with necessary processing tools (such as solar dryers, grainers, cooking facilities for chutneys, fermentation, and kefir)
- Support the startups in business plan and recipe development
- Conduct training on processing, marketing and on food safety and hygiene
- Assist the startups to receives certification from MOH
PROJECT TITLE: Multi-Sectoral Food Security and Nutrition (MUSEFO)- FOOD BANK
JOB TITLE: Short Term Expert on Social Enterprise (1 position)
CONTRACT TYPE: Service Contract
DUTY STATION: Kampong Thom and Kampot Provinces
REPORTING TO: Project Director and/or Team Leader
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- in close coordination with the agriculture value chain expert, study the food value chain appropriate to the villages based on the abundant raw materials;
- ensure that the startups will be registered at the MoC as a formal business entity;
- guide the startups in preparing the needed documents and on the process of registering their business;
- in close coordination with the focal person from the MoC, design a training program on social enterprise development;
- organize the supply chain of startups, mobile food vendors, and market outlets;
- organize trainings on business registration;
- coordinate with the MoC on the registration of startups and monitoring the startup facilitators to ensure that the businesses of the startups will be registered with the MoC;
- prepare a marketing plan (includes direct selling, selling online, product exposition, branding, promotion etc.) to ensure that the products produced by the startups can be sold or penetrate the market
- Perform other tasks that will be assigned to him/her
JOB REQUIREMENT:
The short-term expert will be working full time. He/she should have the following educational background and experience:
- Have a Bachelor’s degree on agribusiness, entrepreneurship, business administration, marketing and other related fields;
- 5 years in rural and/or economic development, SME development, marketing;
- 3 years of SME development, marketing, startup establishment, and business development;
- Previous experience in rural Cambodia especially in the provinces of Kampot and Kampot Thom
- Working with a social enterprise is a big plus
The successful candidate should also essentially possess the following qualifications:
- Team skills
- Initiative
- Communication skills
- Socio-cultural competence
For more details on the job openings, please visit the RACHA website at http://www.racha.org.kh and/or: https://web.facebook.com/rachacambodia. Candidates MUST submit a current resume with a cover letter with three references to: RACHA Office House #02, Street 500, Phsar Deumthkov, Khan Chamkarmon, Phnom Penh, or e-mail to jobads@racha.org.kh and/or direct to Mr. Choun Satharidh at e-mail: csatharidh@racha.org.kh, Contact Number: +855 12 984 424.
Moreinfo: http://www.racha.org.kh/node/271
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