TechnoServe is a non-profit organization with a mission to build businesses that create jobs, income, opportunity, and economic growth in developing countries. Our strategies are based on a market-driven, business-oriented approach employed and refined over the past 40 years. TechnoServe has approximately 600 employees actively involved in developing businesses and value chains across Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
II. PRIMARY PURPOSE & FUNCTION:
This four-year program, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will generate an average annual income contribution of $200 from soy production and marketing for 67,000 smallholders in Mozambique, Zambia and India. To achieve this goal, TechnoServe has developed an integrated program approach focused on four objectives: 1) supporting the expansion of smallholder soy production; 2) facilitating access to inputs and advancements in science and technology; 3) strengthening market access and facilitating investment in soy storage and processing equipment; 4) promoting the competitiveness of feed and livestock industries through coordinated development of local and regional soy industries.
III. DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Management of program planning, activity implementation and supervision of subcontractors to ensure acheivement of objectives in Mozambique and Zambia
- Provision of direction to team members in the execution of program activities in accordance with the Foundation’s policies and procedures
- Identification of and relationship building for the mobilization of program matching funds
- Development of a ‘strategic soy road map’ to guide the transition between the present program and a broader set of opportunities to develop the soy industry across Southern Africa
- Creation of an African Soy Alliance, a platform charged with supporting SSA soy industry stakeholders to grow the soy value chain and expand both the production and use of soy across the region
- Facilitation of the linkages between farmers (both men and women) and the services they need (including extension services, input supply, planting material access, and credit/financial services)
- Facilitation of the development of innovations/technologies with a broader reach including production technologies
- Communication and coordination of all stakeholders in Mozambique, Zambia and the US, including the Program Implementation Team, Steering Committee members, industry, program subcontractors (e.g., CLUSA), implementing partners (e.g., Cargill) and the government
- Development, as requested by the Foundation, the Steering Committee, the PIT, the National Program Advisory Groups, and the National Program Leadership Groups, of program performance updates and reports
- Recruitment, supervision and training of program staff necessary to implement the program work in Zambia
- Recruitment and management of short-term consultants and volunteer consultants in Zambia
IV. KNOWLEDGE & EXPERTISE:
- At least 20 years of professional agri-business management experience, soy experience preferred
- Degree in agronomy or business, and an excellent academic record
- Significant experience living and working in Southern Africa
- Excellent people and robust program management skills with significant interpersonal and communication skills, especially in multicultural and multi-ethnic contexts
- Adept at developing and sustaining high-level relationships
- Strong analytical skills and strategic capacities
- Strong team player, consensus builder and networker
- Adept at working with multiple stakeholders
- Fluency in Portuguese and English is required
Reports To: Chief Operating Officer
Position Location: Lusaka, Zambia
For details of how to apply, click here.
TechnoServe is an equal opportunity employer.
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