Association Burkinabè de Fundraising

"The most important thing, I think, is to have led people to have confidence in themselves, to understand that at last they can sit down and write about their development, write about their happiness and say what they want. And at the same time, to feel what the price is for happiness".
Thomas SANKARA

Terms of Reference Internship Young professional

Background to the assignment

Agriterra supports farmers' organisations in the fight against poverty, with advice from experts in the (Dutch) agricultural sector and funded by the Netherlands. Our view is that strong farmers' organisations lead to democracy, economic growth and better income distribution, economic development and working closely with the Dutch agro-industry.
In Burkina, AGRITERRA works with cooperatives that provide concrete services to their members, making them reliable and bankable. The portfolio has 09 clients spread throughout the country. Training and advice are regularly shared with the cooperatives. To achieve their objective, AGRITERRA Burkina organised several training courses in 2020, 2021 and 2022 on cooperative and financial management, women's leadership and basic marketing for all its clients. Action plans have been drawn up by the cooperatives to implement these improvements. Agriterra is recruiting a trainee to support the team in monitoring these action plans.

 

I. Trainee's mission

1. Objectives of the course :

The aim of the course is to :
For Agriterra and its cooperatives
- Support the trained cooperatives in implementing their action plans;
- Assisting the Agriterra team in organising and carrying out activities

For the trainee
- Gain work experience to improve your skills and competencies
- Acquire skills in agricultural cooperatives.

2. Duties and responsibilities :

The tasks carried out by the trainee will mainly involve supporting the monitoring of the implementation of the
cooperatives' action plans, but can be extended to other approaches and
office activities as required:
- Provide advisory support to customers to improve the management of their retail activities.
development
- Participate in training courses as required and indicated by the Agriterra Burkina office
- Drafting reports on action plan monitoring activities;
- Helping to prepare and carry out advisory missions based on requests
advice from customers ;
- Participation in meetings with Agriterra's partners under the responsibility of the Agriterra NBA.
office of Agriterra Burkina ;
- Participate in and carry out any other activity under the responsibility and authorisation of the NBA of the
Burkina office of Agriterra
- Writing an internship report

II. Expected results

1. The activities defined in the cooperatives' 2022 action plans are carried out.
2. The trainee has a good understanding of the Agriterra approach and is able to carry out certain tasks.
of the business advisor.
3. It makes a valuable contribution to the development of Agriterra's customer base in the
Burkina Faso.

III. General terms and conditions

4. The place of employment is in Ouagadougou with frequent travel to the sites of the
customers in Tenkodogo; Ouahigouya; Kaya and Orodara.
5. There will be close cooperation and communication between the advisors of the
Burkina on planning and information exchange ;

IV. Profile sought
Academic training

Minimum level: BAC+4/5 minimum in Economics (agricultural option; planning; management or
environment) or any other equivalent qualification

Professional experience

➢ Experience in a company in the agricultural or agro-processing sector is a plus.
real asset
➢ Experience of working with associations, co-operatives or groups of other types
farmers' organisations will also be greatly appreciated
- Other technical skills expected
➢ Entrepreneurial spirit and ability to assist in profit-oriented management ;
➢ Ability to produce technical and financial reports;
➢ Very meticulous about details ;
➢ Very high degree of autonomy in programming and monitoring own tasks;
➢ Very good computer skills: Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
➢ Oral communication skills and the ability to work in a team without conflict

Terms of reference

Reference term Trainee - Economics
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