Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, September 21, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Program Manager

Job Summary:
Reporting to the Chief of Party for TechnoServe’s AINFP program, the Program Manager (PM) will be responsible for implementation, quality, and impact of the “Implementing Inclusive Growth Strategies for Gender-Diverse Food Processing SMEs in Kenya & Tanzania” program, funded by Visa Foundation. S/he will oversee client pipeline development and selection for program support. The PM will coordinate with members of TechnoServe’s Alliance for Inclusive and Nutritious Food Processing (AINFP) program, and other TechnoServe programs, to implement program activities. S/he will also be responsible for aggregating program data, supporting monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL), compiling lessons learned and producing knowledge products that will be used to inform future programming.

Primary Functions & Responsibilities:
Technical
• Develop selection criteria for participating food processors, together with Inclusive Business Specialists
• Select food processors for the program, together with Inclusive Business Specialists
• Provide support/oversight to Inclusive Business Specialists as they drive development of inclusive business plans and inclusive marketing plans with short-term value chain specialists. Support includes: guiding the strategies and technical interventions for the inclusive business plans and inclusive marketing plans for each food processor; ensuring high-quality data collection and analysis; and joining interviews with food processors and other key stakeholders
• Develop a structure for the co-investment element of the program, and manage all elements of disbursement and tracking. Collaborate with AINFP Chief of Party to establish the process/criteria for determining grantees and the amounts of the awards, as well as disbursing and tracking grant use.

Program Coordination and Management
• Directly manage and provide guidance to 2 full-time Inclusive Business Specialists
• Coordinate with the AINFP team and other TechnoServe programs and specialists to identify/select clients, and carry out other program activities (*note* a majority of clients for this program will be selected from among AINFP’s current active clients)
• Ensure compliance with TechnoServe and funder regulations

Program Quality and Impact
• Optimize and implement the program strategy to achieve program targets and objectives
• Assume ownership and accountability for high-quality programming and the resulting outputs and outcomes in Kenya and Tanzania
Program Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
• Coordinate with Inclusive Business Specialists and AINFP team members to regularly and accurately collect program data
• Analyze program data to track program performance against targets, and develop/execute strategies to overcome challenges and constraints
• Record and compile learnings from program implementation. Develop knowledge products to share program learnings, and coordinate with Communications team to disseminate these knowledge products internally and externally.

Funder Communication & Reporting
• Coordinate/provide program updates to the funder at an agreed-upon frequency, ensuring that the appropriate TechnoServe staff are included and serve as the main program contact for the funder.
• Lead program reporting efforts, and ensure timely delivery of reports to the funder.
• Ensure clear and effective communication of the program to all relevant parties.
• Build reputation of the program through sharing of evidence-based impact and participation in key stakeholder events.

Basic Qualifications:
• Master's degree in business, agribusiness, economics, agriculture or other relevant discipline.
• Minimum 7 years of professional experience in a relevant field: agribusiness, business, entrepreneurship, or related.
• Significant knowledge and understanding of the business and/or technical challenges of agro-processing in Kenya and/or Tanzania.
• Strong quantitative skills; comfortable aggregating and analyzing data, and using data insights to guide programmatic decisions.
• Microsoft Office, particularly Excel.

Preferred Experience:
• Management consulting or business advisory service
• Experience with monitoring, evaluation and learning for agricultural programs & co-investment grants.
• Managing multiple, complex stakeholder relationships & Strategic planning
• Private sector agribusiness experience or management of a donor-funded private sector development program

Required Languages
• Fluency in English (speaking, reading, writing)
• Kiswahili is preferred
Travel
• Willingness and ability to travel within Kenya and Tanzania

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Leadership
• Works cooperatively and flexibly with team members to achieve common goals
• Provides leadership and mentorship to staff and clients to build capacity
• Takes ownership of decisions, and uses sound judgment to escalate issues when necessary


Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 84

Level of Education: Associate Degree

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