Abola Sam
C/o St. Mary’s Lacor - Gulu
Mob Tel: 0788821625
E: abolasamie@gmail.com
October 22, 2018
RAU Kitgum Office,
Plot 44. Gen. Tito Okello Road,
Kitgum Municipality
Dear Sir/Madam,
RE: APPLICATION FOR THE POST OF MARKETING COORDINATOR
I hereby apply for the above referenced post that was advertised in your organization. This is an
ideal job for me - given my qualifications, work experience and enthusiasm to work with smallscale farmers.
As you will notice from my CV, I hold a bachelor of Agribusiness Management of Makerere
University and a National Diploma in Agribusiness Management of Bukalasa Agricultural
College. You would also notice that I attended several tailor-made practical capacity building
trainings for career enrichment, making me suitably fit for the above position.
I have more than five (5) years working experience, with various organizations and/institutions as:
Marketing Coordinator, Project Officer, Assistant Lecturer and so forth. I am a great team player
and I have good presentation skills that will add value in such a key position in your organization
and/or project.
I am a very hard working, time conscious and self-driven person. I do my work diligently and I
shall work for the best of your satisfaction when given the opportunity.
Attached overleaf are a copy of my Curriculum Vitae (CV) and academic credentials.
I look forward to being invited for an interview to discuss the possibility of joining such a thrilling
project/program.
Thanks.
Yours faithfully,
Abola Sam
ABOLA SAM
10TH MARCH, 1987, UGANDA
Address: Paidha Town Council
P.O Box 62, Paidha
Marital
Status: Married
Mobile: 0788821625
E-mail: abolasamie@gmail.com
Career Destiny: I am a trained agribusiness professional, with over 5 years work
experience in agriculture domain, making me both technically focused and resultoriented. I am looking for a job that is both challenging and rewarding in order to
apply the practical project management knowledge and skills acquired over years
in the effective management of a project designed in the context of transforming
small-scale farmers from subsistence to market-oriented farming. This is because
such a job would pretty much fit my vision of seeing small-scale farmers in Africa
practice Farming as a Business (FaaB), NOT as a last resort to livelihoods source.
This is because the future of farming in Africa ten years to come shall not lie in
agriculture, BUT agribusiness.
EMPLOYMENT DETAILS
Zombo District Farmers’ Association
(ZODFA)| C/o Zombo District
Job Title: Marketing Coordinator (DANIDAfunded DAR3 project)
September 1, 2015 to date
Duties and Responsibilities
 Implement marketing in accordance with the guideline provided by Coordination
Function (CF), RALNUC3/DAR3.
 Support farmer groups and establish linkages with large scale buyers/processors
and local traders on strategic crops.
 Collect and disseminate up-to-date local price information to farmers and
sellers.
 Sensitize farmers and buyers about new marketing possibilities/opportunities on
strategic crops.
 Mobilize farmer groups into organized bulk marketing groups.
 Collection of consolidated production data from farmers/farmer groups.
 Identify and coordinate large scale buyers/processors and link the bulk
marketing groups to large scale buyers/processors.
 Coordinate the marketing activities with other relevant actors in the district and
lower local governments such as operation wealth creation.
 Compile monthly, quarterly and annual progress reports on marketing activities.
 Any other duties as assigned by the coordinator.
Bukalasa Agricultural College
Job Title: Assistant Lecturer (Agribusiness)
March, 2013 – August, 2015
Duties and Responsibilities
 Prepare, plan and organize materials for practical training sessions.
 Conduct tutorials and practical trainings according to the set time table.
 Participate in setting, administering and marking exams.
 Carry out continuous assessment and evaluation of trainees’ practical
performance.
 Supervise trainees during practical and field studies.
 Keep and maintain class records and equipment.
 Guide and counsel students.
 Participate in co-curriculum activities and communities activities.
 Performing any other duties as assigned.
ACADEMIC BACKGROUD
Bachelors of Agribusiness
Management
Makerere University
Year completed:
2015
National Diploma in Agribusiness
Management
Bukalasa Agricultural
College
Year completed:
2011
Uganda Advanced Certificate of
Education (UACE)
Pope Paul VI SS,
Anaka
Year completed:
2008
Uganda Certificate of Education
(UCE)
Pope Paul VI SS,
Anaka
Year completed:
2006
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Some of the practical capacity building trainings attended include:
 Project planning and management, Mind Power Africa training.
 Human Resource Management and Organizational Development, Mind Power
Africa training.
 Leadership Trajectory (LEATRA) training, TRIAS (U).
 Project Monitoring and Evaluation (M & E), Mind Power Africa training.
SKILLS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Skills
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Use of MS-office applications (MS-Word, MS-Excel, Power point and
internet.
Technical writings (proposal, report, business plan, etc.).
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Leadership (While at schools, I served as Course Coordinator or Class
Representative, Guild Speaker, Chairperson-Uganda National Students’
Association, etc.).
Effective communication.
Training and presentation.
Agricultural Value Chain Analysis.
Mobilization (community, resources, etc.)
Accomplishments
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As marketing coordinator, I initiated market multi-stakeholder meetings in Zombo
district. Here, different market players/actors come together on agreed dates,
time and place to deliberate on relevant marketing issues. The initiative enabled
increased business negotiations between buyers and sellers, hence it partly led to
the success of collective marketing of farmers’ produce in the district. Input
dealers on the other hand, got a platform to explain their offerings to potential
buyers (farmers).
As assistant lecturer of Agribusiness Management, Bukalasa Agricultural College,
I enabled students/learners to see (mentally) enormous opportunities within the
African agribusiness industry/sector. For instance, many students I trained
(mentored and/or couched) are doing tremendous work in the field now, both as
employees as well as agri-preneurs.
HOBBIES AND REFEREES
Hobbies
 Travelling.
 Facilitation and/or conducting trainings.
 Writing (proposals, business plans, etc.).
 Discovering new ways of doing things better.
Referees
1. Mr. Ofoyuru Tom,
Coordinator| Zombo District Farmers’ Association.
Mob Tel: 0772567232.
2. Mrs. Anyait Christine Okello,
Former Principal | Bukalasa Agricultural College.
Mob Tel: 0782893454
3. Mr. Mama Julius,
Head of Agribusiness Dept.| Bukalasa Agricultural College.
Mob Tel: 0774455319.
E-mail Address: juliusmama27@gmail.com