CD4 Cooperative Coordinator

Venture37 is seeking candidates for the Cooperative Coordinator position for the Cooperative Development Program (CDP) funded USAID.  The project will run until August 2023 and is in its third year of implementation. CDP is advancing dairy, horticulture and maize cooperatives in Rwanda; horticulture and dairy cooperatives in Malawi; and agro-food processing cooperatives in Lebanon. The project aims to improve capacity, the enabling environment, and resources to meet the evolving needs of their members.

The Cooperative Coordinator’s responsibilities are focused on providing direct support to the Lebanon Cooperative Specialist in improving the cooperative enabling environment as well as increasing business performance of cooperatives; through sound planning, coordination and execution of project workshops & symposiums, mobilizing cooperatives to project trainings and data collection endeavours, provide general administrative support to the project and other day to day tasks involved with project implementation.

For detailed resposibilities please refer to the following link: https://lol.avature.net/Careers/JobDetail/Beirut-Lebanon-CD4-Lebanon-Cooperative-Coordinator/1548 

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in management or any other related agricultural development, agrifood business field/subject.
• At least 3 years of professional experience working with agricultural cooperatives, agrifood sector and other organizations in cooperative movement
• Proven experience organizing events/workshops (planning, executing and procurements)
• Experience in monitoring project consultants and service providers
• Self—motivated and willing to take on a variety of different assignments and tasks while working as part of a small team
• Ability and willingness to travel outside of Beirut to meet with project partners and support field activities regularly
• Good computer skills- effective use of Microsoft office package and internet