TechnoServe works with enterprising people in the developing world to build competitive farms, businesses and industries.
Required Skills:
Oversee implementation and management of SAFE program
- Accountable for program delivery - activities and outputs toward achievement of targeted outcome / goal
- Set annual targets, develop and execute to annual work plans, implement M&E plan, lead course correction if needed
- Report to USAID, PFS and TNS on program progress
- Manage the SAFE country and regional teams, including Deputy Chief of Party, M&E Manager, Finance Manager and Program Assistant
- Manage project to budget with robust planning and monitoring, including gender integration
- Coordinate with implementing partner, PFS, and donor, USAID, and share best practices
- Represent program at local and regional stakeholder level
Facilitate Safe Alignment, Coordination and Knowledge Sharing with Other Programs and Local Stakeholders:
Represent SAFE program at local and regional stakeholder level - governments, institutions, other programs, USAID Missions, etc
Foster alignment, coordination and shared learnings with stakeholders
Liaise with Project Director on contributions towards broader PFS activities – lessons, best practices and alignment with other PFS projects and priority partner interests
Manage Activities to Support Field Program Expansion:
- Provide input into expansion planning
- Liaise with local stakeholders and USAID missions in target geographies
- Co-ordinate the mapping study of new geographies to identify program opportunity
- Support the program design for new country implementation
- Manage the start-up and implementation within new geographies
Qualifications:
- Advanced degree in Agricultural Economics, Business Administration or other relevant field
- At least 5 years relevant project management experience (e.g., international SME development programs, USAID project management, private sector agro-processing)
- Experience living and working in sub-Saharan Africa, regional program experience preferred
- Strong market orientation, entrepreneurial and innovative thinker
- Experience leading and managing high caliber multicultural teams, preferably some experience with managing remotely
- Experience managing complex, multi-disciplinary, and challenging field operations in developing countries, Africa preferred.
- Demonstrated skills in problem solving, consensus building, and coordination of diverse stakeholders Knowledge of USAID regulations and procedures strongly preferred
- Verbal and written fluency in English
- Demonstrated capacity to produce high quality reports and proposals
- Previous successful experience mentoring and building capacity of staff and highly results driven
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
How to Apply:
Interested applicants should submit his/her resume to jobs@tns.org
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