The Eastern Africa Grain Council (EAGC), a membership-based organization registered in Kenya with country offices in Uganda and Tanzania, is seeking a Program Officer for Membership and Communication.
The EAGC's core mandate is to develop and promote orderly structured marketing systems and provide market information for grains to reduce transaction costs and eliminate barriers to regional trade. Its members include key stakeholders and players in the grain value chain, such as cereal growers, millers, and processors from within and outside the East Africa States.
Key Responsibilities ¶
- Implement the Tanzania membership development plan
- Manage member communications, including responding to regional EAGC member queries in Tanzania
- Maintain accurate EAGC Tanzania membership records and database
- Follow up on all EAGC Tanzania membership subscription fees
- Identify areas of research and conduct studies on key issues affecting the grain sector
- Collate and develop articles for the grain newsletter
- Coordinate EAGC Tanzania MIS products and services, including RATIN
- Collect information, including market prices, volumes, direction of flow, and local exchange rates, source and destination of specified commodities
- Coordinate EAGC events, especially member networking forums
Requirements ¶
- A degree in a relevant discipline
- Additional qualifications in Communication and Public Relations will be an added advantage
- Computer literacy
- Team player
- Good report writing skills
- Self-initiative/starter
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- High integrity
- Has initiative and is highly organized
- Capacity to manage several tasks simultaneously, be flexible, and be willing to assume a range of unanticipated assignments
Qualified applicants should submit their applications, including an updated CV, current remuneration package, valid email address, daytime contact number, and full contact details of three referees, to [email protected] and [email protected] by September 12, 2014. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
