Position Description:
TechnoServe seeks a Project Director to provide overall strategic, technical and administrative
leadership and expertise over the program.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Lead
overall implementation and management of the anticipated program, from
inception to close-out
- Provide
strategic guidance, leadership, management, and general technical
oversight of the program
- Served
as the primary liaison with BMGF as well as government and private sector
partners, and stakeholders involved with the program
- Recruit,
lead, manage, and supervise implementation teams comprising long- and
short-term team members and partners
- Continuously
develop operational efficiencies and driving innovations in delivery,
ensuring that the program meets established objectives and targets and
delivers value
- Provide
oversight of project activities, set work plans
- Oversee
the project budget both external and internal to TechnoServre
- Coordinate
internal and external evaluations, and report to the Foundation and
project partners on delivery and progress.
- Serve
as the spokesperson for the program and present its work
regionally/globally
- Identify
and communicate critical program learnings
- Identifying
issues and risks related to implementation in a timely manner, suggesting
appropriate program adjustments
- Represent
the project at strategic meetings, partnership negotiations, and learning
events.
Required Skills, Knowledge, Experience and Abilities:
- Bachelor’s
degree in business administration, supply chain management, or another
relevant field, and at least 12 years of experience in relevant
private sector roles, ideally within a top-tier management consultancy or
technology firm. Or a Master’s degree plus 7 years of relevant experience.
- Significant
project management experience in commercial agriculture and/or supply
chain management.
- Proven
success working in an innovative environment and in the development of
digital products and services.Ideally, experience leading digital
transformation initiatives within agricultural supply chains, including 5
years at a senior management level with demonstrable success in achieving
results
- Fluency
in English required. Understanding of Amharic, Swahili, and other native
languages is an advantage.
- Strong
interpersonal and communications skills and ability to effectively
motivate and manage teams in a multi-cultural environment
- Ability
to work under tight deadlines while managing multiple tasks and activities
- Ability
to develop well written, cohesive analyses and reports
- Understanding
of capacities and constraints of smallholder farming and agribusiness
development
- An
honest broker who is able to build win-win partnerships between multiple
agriculture sector stakeholders, including agribusinesses, public sector,
financial institutions, technology providers, and others
- Ability
to clearly communicate a high-level strategy to internal and external
stakeholders, while driving execution of a workplan and achievement of
short-term milestones. Ability to use adaptive management principles to
make strategic, data-driven decisions in the face of uncertainty and
complexity
Preferred Qualifications:
Additional qualifications that would make a candidate more
desirable. We seek candidates who bring experience with:
- Leading
complex horticulture or other agriculture programs in Kenya, Ethiopia
and/or Sub-Saharan Africa strongly preferred
- Influencing
and collaborating with senior management of agribusinesses (input
suppliers, producer organizations, processors, traders, etc.), financial
institutions, and other private sector actors to achieve partnership
results
- Implementing
Human Centered Design approaches
- Sourcing
and delivering demand-driven technical assistance and business development
services particularly through technical assistance facility mechanisms
- Designing
and implementing inclusive business models that integrate women and youth
(farmers, entrepreneurs) and successfully removing structural barriers
that bar entry from entering or thriving in agricultural value chains
- Designing
and implementing climate-smart approaches that improve the resilience of
value chain actors and agricultural sectors as a whole
- Implementing
consumer-facing campaigns to promote food safety and nutritious diets
- Implementing
large, complex programs funded by BMGF
How to Apply
If you have a disability
that affects your ability to use our online system to apply for a position at
TechnoServe please contact the Human Resources at recruitment@tns.org or call +1 202 785
4515.
