Outgrower Scheme Coordinator

Job Description

Outgrower Scheme Coordinator

GIZ-Led Cassava Value Chain Improvement Project, Sierra Leone

About the Opportunity

Solidaridad Network West Africa is seeking an Outgrower Scheme Coordinator to lead the development and monitoring of inclusive out-grower schemes under the GIZ-led Cassava Value Chain Improvement Project.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development of inclusive out-grower schemes linking smallholder cassava farmers with buyers and processors.
• Monitor the performance of out-grower schemes and report on progress, challenges and results.
• Facilitate engagement and agreements between farmers, farmer organizations and private-sector partners.
• Support farmer organizations to strengthen their institutional capacity to participate in out-grower schemes.
• Coordinate with the Field Coordinator and the Project Lead to align out-grower activities with farmer training and project workplans.
• Maintain accurate records and data on out-grower scheme participants, transactions and outcomes.
• Prepare regular progress reports for the Project Lead.
• Promote gender equality, youth inclusion, safeguarding and environmental responsibility in out-grower schemes.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in agribusiness, agricultural economics, agriculture, rural development, business administration or a related field.
• Relevant experience in out-grower, contract-farming or agribusiness market-linkage programmes.
• Experience working with smallholder farmers, farmer organizations and private-sector buyers or processors.
• Knowledge of cassava or other food-crop value chains is an advantage.
• Experience in monitoring, data management and reporting.
• Strong written and spoken English; knowledge of Krio and relevant local languages is an advantage.
• Willingness to travel frequently to project locations.

Core Competencies

• Out-grower scheme and agribusiness development.
• Negotiation, partnership development and stakeholder engagement.
• Monitoring, data management and report writing.
• Integrity, teamwork and commitment to inclusion and safeguarding.

What success looks like

The position will be expected to demonstrate;

• Progress in developing and operating out-grower schemes.
• Quality of farmer–buyer linkages and agreements established.
• Accuracy of monitoring data and timeliness of reports.
• Compliance with safeguarding, financial and reporting procedures.

Common Employment and Safeguarding Statement

Solidaridad Network West Africa is an equal-opportunity employer. Recruitment decisions will be based on merit, qualifications, experience and organizational requirements, without discrimination on the basis of ethnicity, religion, gender, disability, age, marital status, pregnancy, political opinion, sexual orientation or other protected status.

All successful candidates will be required to comply with Solidaridad’s policies and procedures, including its code of conduct, safeguarding, prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse, anti-fraud, anti-corruption, confidentiality, health and safety, and data-protection requirements. Employment will be subject to satisfactory reference checks and any other pre-employment screening required by the organization.

We encourage applications from qualified women, young professionals and persons with disabilities who meet the requirements of the job.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should submit:

• A cover letter explaining their suitability for the position.
• An updated CV, including contact details for at least three professional referees.
• Copies of relevant academic and professional certificates, where requested.

Applications should be submitted to vacancies.GH@solidaridadnetwork.org by 6 November 2026, using the position title as the email subject line. Applicants must clearly indicate the district in Sierra Leone for which they are applying from.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.