• Program Design & Implementation: • Design and implement strategies to promote sustainable, gender-inclusive, and youth-friendly value chains within the fisheries sector. • Develop activities aimed at increasing the capacity of women and youth to engage in fisheries value chains, from production to market access. • Actively support consultants, cross-border traders, and off-takers to collaborate in harnessing opportunities in cross border trade of fish. • Support youth and women group champions, local leaders, government officials, and other relevant stakeholders to partner in project activities. • Identify critical entry points for women and youth in the value chain, including roles in fishing, processing, value addition, and distribution. • Conduct in-depth analyses of the fisheries value chains to identify gaps and opportunities for improving the participation and economic empowerment of women and youth. • In liaison with the Program Team Leader, develop detailed fish project’ activity work plans and budgets. • Design and develop technical project materials and tools to support effective implementation. • Participate in the development and issuance of fish project procedures and policies to new partners and project staff. • Implement project-planned activities and track progress against milestones and key performance indicators. • Implement a system of compliance assessment to ensure adherence to KT and donor project standards and requirements. • Provide strong transactional leadership to: a) the core project team(s), b) sub-grantees and/or sub-contractors, and c) the private sector value chain operators involved in the fish business linkages – with a specific focus on: • – Leading in the annual planning and reporting of technical and financial results of the project. • – Provide effective guidance and support to technical staff members assigned to the project. • – Provide expertise and technical inputs in Value Chain Development aspects of the fish project. • Market Access & Linkages: • Facilitate the establishment of market linkages between women and youth fish producers and processors with local and international markets. • Support value-addition initiatives that allow women and youth to increase profitability through improved processing, packaging, and branding of fish products • Capacity Building & Training: • Build the capacity of champions, youth and women group leaders and enumerators in fish postharvest handling, safety standards and value addition processing. • Organize training programs targeting women and youth in fish production, processing, value addition, and post-harvest handling • Provide technical support to women and youth groups on entrepreneurship, business development, and access to financial services. • Build capacity of the fish value chain actors and partners to appreciate the opportunities in structured cross border markets/trade of fish. • Project Finance Management • Comply with project financial controls and all laid out operational procedures. • Ensure value for money principle is observed throughout project implementation. • Provide inputs that support the preparation of annual and other activity budgets, and conduct periodic budget reviews and analyses, undertaking accounts reconciliation of on-site and off-site budgets and reporting to the Program Team Leader • Prepare procurement requests for goods/services that require prior funders’ approval. • Project Monitoring, Evaluation & Reporting • Ensure high-quality technical and financial reporting in line with the requirements of Kilimo Trust and the funding partners. • In collaboration with the Project Team leader & M& E lead, develop a precise project monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEAL) plan. • Implement the MEAL plan in liaison with the M&E Team. • Manage and ensure accurate data capturing, analysis and reporting about project activities in accordance with donor requirements. • Prepare and review quarterly progress reports. • Review quarterly reports from field assistants, associates and or subcontractors/grantees in relation to sub-contract scope of work. • In liaison with the M&E team, ensure accurate updated support documents of project activity implementation are uploaded in the M&E portal on a monthly basis. • Support the Team Leader to consolidate findings and timely preparation of reports on project activities to project funders. • Monitor achievements of project deliverables, risks, and any issues as well as impact and report back to Program team Leader as stated in Project Implementation Plans • Manage and ensure accurate data capturing and analysis from country project teams. • Prepare regular progress reports and submit the same on time to the Program Team Leader for review. • Prepare and review quarterly, semi-annual, and annual project progress reports. • Ensure timely submission of project progress reports • Information & Communication: • Work closely with the Team Leader to ensure effective and unified communication to the project stakeholders and partners. • Prepare documentation of best practices including writing/editing articles, press releases, lessons learnt, and other project materials for publication. • Analyse data collected from project activity implementation and produce knowledge articles, blogs, short videos • Develop effective communication processes and maintain strategic relationships with stakeholders and partners. • Coordinate communications between Program Team Leader and field/project offices • Coordinate and participate in stakeholder and partners’ meetings • Expectation Outputs: • Work Plans and budgets developed and effectively managed in program implementation • Project study reports published • Regularly updated database (s) of project participants in place. • Updated support evidence of project activity implementation regularly uploaded in the M&E portal. • Knowledge materials in various forms published, e.g. manuals, policy briefs, articles, blogs, social media posts, short videos, documentaries • Donor-approved quarterly progress reports. • Project activity field monitoring reports • Supervise and mana

• Master’s degree in Agricultural Economics, Agribusiness Management, Entrepreneurship or Natural Resource Economics with a strong understanding of Fish Value Chain Development, Cross Border Trade Dynamics, and Economics. • Professional training in Supply Chain Management for perishable commodities, Entrepreneurship, Women & Youth empowerment or any of the above fields will be an added advantage. • Demonstrated experience in value chain development in rural contexts is a MUST. • A minimum of 7 years of progressive engagement in project management, especially in value chain development for youth and women empowerment initiatives in East Africa. • Demonstrated experience in the Value Chain Diagnostic studies, Supply Chain Management, Cross Border Trade and or Entrepreneurship is a huge added advantage. • Ability to speak and communicate well in any of the local languages of Tanzanian Fishing communities and Kiswahili is an added advantage.