The key responsibilities of the Agribusiness and Livelihoods Advisor will include the following: Lead the effective deployment and implementation of all sustainability and inclusive livelihood strategies and approaches to ensure youth and women are engaged as competitive entrepreneurs, employees and job creators in selected crop value chains. Lead the implementation of agribusiness development activities at the cluster level, with a strong focus on practical facilitation, market linkages, services and enterprise development. Contribute to annual, quarter and monthly planning, as well as regular reporting related to livestock and horticulture value chain and market system activities of the cluster Conduct sector assessments and market analyses of the livestock sector to identify agribusiness opportunities tailored to rural young women. Develop and implement the project annual activity plan in line with the targets and orientations of the Project annual work plan, monitor progress and anticipate challenges; This plan will indicate activities to be implemented to achieve youth and women targets and other project indicators and deliverables; Lead the implementation of the annual work plan, Innovate strategies that will improve availability and market uptake of diverse, nutritious, consumer responsive products from adapted crops. Facilitate and provide required technical support for market relevant and youth and women oriented, employability skills training and development in targeted counties; Strengthen the capacities of project partners, coaches and other stakeholders involved in youth support to achieve the project's objectives in terms of youth inclusion in agriculture sector; Support and partner with implementing partners to implement youth empowerment activities working with other technical project partners including coaching and accompaniment for work and market readiness. Support the Strengthening of research-informed policy instruments and investment readiness to create an enabling and attractive business environment for youth groups in adapted-crop value chains Forster public–private partnership agreements and institutional coordination mechanisms to enhance youth participation in adapted-crop value chains and markets. Ensure effective documentation and records of trained youth for self-employment, keep records of identified young agri-preneurs for coaching and market linkages facilitation;  Lead approaches/initiatives that ensure adapted-crop value chains are more efficient, better linked to markets, and supported by agribusiness development services. Prepare timely project activity reporting including youth selection, training and coaching progress and other deliverables from project partners.