Agricultural Risk Management Specialist, TogetHER project at SOCODEVI

About SOCODEVI

SOCODEVI contributes to improving the living conditions of communities by supporting the creation and strengthening of sustainable and inclusive cooperative and mutual companies.

Project Overview

The TogetHER Project aims to empower women and young adults (18-30 years old) in rural cocoa-producing communities in the Ashanti and Western North regions of Ghana. Through training and support, the project encourages collective savings, entrepreneurship, and financial inclusion, while contributing to the sustainable resilience of the cocoa sector and the equal distribution of economic benefits and opportunities.

This initiative reduces gender gaps in the cocoa sector and encourages resource flows at the community level, enabling cocoa cooperatives to become more inclusive. It fosters women and youth equal and effective participation and sustains their empowerment. SOCODEVI is leading the transformation of existing cooperatives to be more inclusive and resilient, in collaboration with all levels of government in Ghana.

Position Details

• Job Type: Full-Time
• Experience Level: Senior Level
• Required Experience: 5+ years
• Location: Kumasi, Ghana

Job Summary

Reporting to the Project Director and working closely with the Principal Coordinator & Finance Specialist and the ARM team at SOCODEVI Head Office, the Agricultural Risk Management Specialist manages risk for producers by identifying, analyzing, and advising on various risks to which cooperatives, organizations, and individual farmers are exposed, including production, financial, market, human, and institutional risks.

The successful candidate will work in partnership with the Ghana Cocoa Board, the Department of Cooperatives, Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources/Forestry Commission, and the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Private Sector Development.