The Agricultural Business Initiative Group is a social enterprise with the overall vision to contribute to ‘a competitive and sustainable agriculture and agribusiness sector in Uganda in support of equitable wealth creation in Uganda’. The aBi Group consists of two companies Limited by Guarantee; aBi Development and aBi Finance. The main focus of aBi Development is to increase agricultural production and value addition by extending matching grants and business development services (BDS) to agribusinesses, farmer organizations and intermediaries. The grants and BDS enhance planning and management, production and business infrastructure, and upstream and downstream market linkages of producers and agribusinesses. aBi Finance expands access to business finance for agricultural producers and agribusinesses by offering to Financial Institutions (Fls), financial incentives and infrastructure that make lending to the agricultural sector more attractive and less risky. Under the Financial Services Development (FSD) programme abi Finance provides matching grants to Fls to build institutional capacity for enhancing the provision of financial services and increase outreach in rural areas.
aBi wishes to recruit qualified personnel for the positions below. The full job descriptions for the positions can be found on the Future Options Consulting Ltd website: www.futureoptions.org  .

Job details:
• The Portfolio Development Manager is responsible for supporting the aBi Development team in the generation of a robust portfolio of grant investments that will achieve a Bi’s targets for Value for Money and programmatic fund absorption. S/he provides advice, guidance, and practical assistance to support the aBi team and partners in making sound investment decisions; ensuring that aBi continuously develops new and more effective approaches and has a positive impact on sustainable growth of the agricultural sector in Uganda. The Portfolio Development Manager leads the Implementing Partner (IP) onboarding and the proposal development process for a designated portfolio of funding windows. S/he leads a ‘mixed team’ of multi-disciplinary colleagues and consultants to conduct due diligence and capacity assessments on time and to standard, and then guides on the development of a portfolio of projects and investments that will achieve the goals of the funding window and meet the exacting standards of the investment committee.