Senior Agriculture Project Manager TechnoServe

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Description
Everyone deserves the opportunity to build a better future. This simple idea has been at the heart of TechnoServe’s work around the world for over 50 years. TechnoServe is a pioneer in leveraging the power of business and markets to create sustainable pathways out of poverty.

The low-income communities in which we work are full of enterprising people. Their small-scale farms and businesses are the keys to economic development. But they face many challenges: low literacy, lack of access to jobs and markets, unpredictable political dynamics and, increasingly, the effects of climate change. For many women and young people, the challenges are even more daunting. Working with TechnoServe staff, people around the world are lifting themselves out of poverty. The results are amazing…when incomes increase and living conditions for families get better, they are able to access health care and education previously out of reach. Communities and even whole countries are better off.

Program Management (30%)

Execute the project’s vision and objectives;
Design and implement detailed work plans to identify, prioritize, and sequence program activities for successful and timely delivery; and ensure mobilization of appropriate resources to deliver work plans;
Monitor program budgets and approve program expenditures in accordance with budget and TechnoServe policies in cooperation with local and regional finance and admin managers.
Coordinating the project activities and ensure they are completed on time and within the project scope and budget
Meet with clients to take give briefs and clarify on specific project requirements
Technical Assistance (55%)

At district/province level, provide technical leadership, oversight, and capacity development for nutrition-focused agricultural production components of the project, ensuring linkages with other project components.
Provide technical guidance on correct targeting focusing on members from SMSGs and CSLGs on all agricultural and livelihood interventions.
Support and guide efficient implementations of agriculture and livelihood guidelines on refocused interventions.
Participate in nutrition triggering meetings to enhance convergence of project interventions
At district/province level guide the effective activity implementation and achievement of agricultural production and market systems objectives including working with private sector in relevant agricultural value chains using a market systems approach.
Provide TA provincial and district and ward-level counterparts to support work plan implementation on smallholder livelihoods, including nutritious food production, storage, processing, marketing, and transport.
Monitoring and Reporting (15%)

Consolidate progress reports in accordance with TechnoServe and USAID/DAI guidance
Lead the development of an annual work plan and strategy to deliver outputs and objectives against agreed targets and coordinate delivery
Ensure appropriate systems and processes are in place to efficiently collect, analyze, and report on program data, in close collaboration with local and regional M&E staff;
Documentation of impact human stories

Required Skills and Experience:

Master’s Degree in a related discipline;
Significant program or project management experience and proven ability to guide and lead effectively;
7-10 years of experience using market systems approaches, value chain development approaches or similar to improve livelihoods and reduce poverty in the agricultural sector at the household and community levels;
Significant hands-on field level experience working with agriculture development and livelihood activities at the household and community levels preferably in the provinces in question;
We encourage all qualified individuals who share TechnoServe’s vision of improving the lives of others through proven business solutions to apply.

With our commitment to diversity, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and affirmative action employer and do not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, color, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, HIV/AIDS status, protected veteran status, disability and all other protected classes.

We are also proud of our commitment to protecting staff, partners, and beneficiaries from abuse and exploitation and thoroughly vet all final candidates through rigorous background and reference checks.