TechnoServe is looking for qualified applicants for the following open positions.

Job Title: 

Project Manager

Job Overview:

Job Type: Full Time

Salary: Company’s Scale

Place of Work: Addis Ababa , Ethiopia

Job Position:

1.Project Manager

Responsibilities

• Working with project staff and partners, develop refined approach to key deliverables, including crop selection, farmer mobilization, designing and provision of technical assistance to farmers and crowding in enterprises.

• Provide leadership in determining crop water requirements, availability and selection of smallholder appropriate irrigation technologies, in obtaining GoE exemption for export enterprises to offer irrigation technologies on input credit as well as creating solutions for better access to finances.

• Develop and maintain overall work plan for project and corresponding budget on an annual and quarterly basis; monitor project and update/adjust accordingly;

• Ensure benefit to women and youth

• Work together with and support Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) team, integrating them into the team to promote evidence based decision making and adaptive management

• Coach and support project staff to enable them to transfer advanced new agribusiness knowledge and replicate effective technologies at other sites;

• Lead, manage and supervise project team, convening regular team meetings and ensure project staff receive necessary support on HR, financial and administrative matters, as required;

• Oversee and ensure that training and coaching delivered through Project is effectively

• Promote learning and advance gender equality within team and with partners; adapt project approach as needed based on implementation feedback and progress

Manage direct reports, through regular follow up and individual coaching as well as regular performance reviews and feedback.

Job Requirement:    

Qualification:

Education: 

• Bachelor’s Degree with 7-10 years; Master’s Degree with 5-7 years in Agriculture, Economics, Marketing, Finance or related fields.

Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years of managerial level experience

• Demonstrated expertise and experience in market based agriculture, agribusiness; and, in particular, marketing of agricultural products

• Demonstrated strong analytic capabilities: Value chain analysis, financial analysis, markets analysis

• Experience working with financial institutions and government institutions, such as Ministry of Agriculture, at federal and regional levels,

• Experience supporting smallholder farmers and farmer organizations in rural areas

• Excellent planning skills; Strong and very detailed oriented when planning and preparing documents

• Ability to work according to a work plan and meet deadlines; while at the same time adapting to new information

• Entrepreneurial, creative team player with excellent inter-cultural and inter-personal skills

• Good listener and thoughtful communicator with strong leadership skills; Strong interpersonal/people management and organizational skills and excellent oral and written communication skills a must, including report writing and presentations

• Strong, analytical thinker and ability to systematically and methodically conceptualize

• Excellent problem solving and negotiation skills

• Willingness and experience serving remote rural areas

• Strong skills in business software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc.)

• Fluency in written and spoken English and Amharic

• Learning mindset

• Committed to quality and achieving impact; motivated; high level of integrity and honesty

• Preferred Qualifications and Capabilities

• Prior experience in export commodities.

• Finance Degree

• Experience identifying buyers and facilitating agreements

• Experience working with irrigation schemes in Ethiopia

How to apply

Interested applicants, who fulfill the above requirement, can submit your CV, copies of relevant documents and Application to: THISLINK

 Deadline:  12,August.2022