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Dear Subscribers,
Please see herebelow a vacancy announcement from CIMMYT for a Seed Business
Development Specialist / IRS position to be based in Africa.
Amir Kassam
Moderator
Plant Production and Protection Division
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
00153 Rome
Italy
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
URL: www.fao.org/ag/ca
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From: Erenstein, Olaf (CIMMYT) <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, May 7, 2013 at 7:49 AM
Subject: Vacancy Announcement: Seed Business Development Specialist / IRS
position to be based in Africa ... (Ref. 12269)
To: "Amir Kassam ([log in to unmask])" <
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Dear Amir -
Greetings from Addis. Pl see attached vacancy and would appreciate its
circulation in CA-CoP.
Thanks.
Kind regards,
Olaf Erenstein
Agricultural economist
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) Ethiopia
c/o ILRI, Po Box 5689, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel: +251 (11) 646 2324 / 646 2326 / 617 2307 (direct) / 617 2000
Cell: +251.912 456 470
Fax: +251 (11) 646 1252 / 646 4645 / 617 2001
Skype: olaf_erenstein
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
http://www.cimmyt.org
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*From:* Flores, Guillermo (CIMMYT)
*Sent:* 06 May 2013 20:21
*Subject:* Vacancy Announcement: Seed Business Development Specialist / IRS
position to be based in Africa ... (Ref. 12269)****
*International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)*
*Texcoco, State of Mexico*
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Seed Business Development Specialist ****
(IRS position to be based in Africa)****
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*Please note this is an adapted re-advertisement of an earlier vacancy
(Seed Business Development and Policy Expert - Ref. 12269).*
*Suitable applicants to the former position are encouraged to re-apply.***
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We are seeking a dynamic, results-oriented, Seed Business Development
Expert for Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), with a strong background in the
assessment and development of seed markets and businesses from an African
perspective. The position focuses on seed business development in eastern
and southern Africa (ESA), with particular emphasis on the assessment and
development of markets for improved stress-tolerant maize seed and
associated capacity strengthening efforts and backstopping of collaborating
seed companies. The position contributes to and draws on the experiences of
a large multi-disciplinary research for development team that develops and
deploys improved stress-tolerant maize seed for SSA with public and private
partners. In particular this position will support the Drought Tolerant
Maize for Africa (DTMA) and Improved Maize for African soils (IMAS)
projects and focus on DTMA and IMAS products and markets. The selected
candidate will work as a member of CIMMYT’s Socio-Economics Program (SEP)
in close collaboration with CIMMYT’s Global Maize Program (GMP). ****
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The selected Scientist will be based at one of the CIMMYT regional offices
in eastern and southern Africa (Nairobi, Addis Ababa or Harare), but with
frequent international travel, including other CIMMYT and DTMA and IMAS
partner locations.****
Specific responsibilities of these positions will include:****
Agri-business and strategic management support to associated seed companies
producing and marketing improved stress-tolerant maize seed in ESA,
particularly DTMA and IMAS products; Assess maize seed business
opportunities in ESA delivery countries with special emphasis on demand and
supply of stress-tolerant maize seed, including seed market intelligence,
demand assessment, and development of associated tools; Provide information
and networks on seed market development on the advantages of stress
tolerant maize in ESA; Identify, support and enhance market development
strategies for stress-tolerant maize seed in ESA, including branding and
targeting options, business models, scaling up/out; Identify bottlenecks
affecting seed market development for small and emerging seed companies in
ESA; Identify needs and opportunities for capacity strengthening of
associated seed companies and community based seed organization and plan
and implement capacity building strategy for enhancing seed business and
marketing skills; Enhance access to business development services (e.g.,
financial services, certifying agencies, seed trade association) for
associated small and medium seed companies to further seed sector growth
and wider diffusion of improved stress-tolerant maize; Document the
regional maize seed business development and associated lessons; Assist
DTMA, IMAS and CIMMYT management in any other matters as and when required.*
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*Contact:*****
Guillermo Flores, [log in to unmask] ****
Human Resources/CIMMYT****
Reference* 12269*
Deadline: *May 31, 2013*
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*Announcement*
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We would greatly appreciate your assistance in bringing this announcement
to the attention of qualified candidates.****
If you or the candidate needed more information on the position, please
contact the Human Resources Department to Guillermo Flores
[log in to unmask],****
*Please note that only short-listed candidates will be contacted.*
*CIMMYT is an equal-opportunity employer and strives for staff diversity in
gender and nationality**.*****
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