Country Director

Description

• Program Goals: The primary goal of this program is to generate rapid, sustained, and broad-based food security and economic growth in the agricultural sector, with an emphasis on youth engagement, entrepreneurship, and technology adoption

Duties

• Responsible for overall administration, management and performance of program operations
• Provide leadership and design activities that achieve program objectives and results targets
• Assume program budget and financial accountability
• Ensure compliance with all Winrock International and USAID policies and procedures
• Work to be performed:
• Work with target groups/cooperatives/associations, private sector businesses, universities, extension, research, agribusiness and other agricultural related agencies and youth enterprises to identify potential assignments, conduct needs assessments and prepare scopes of work; as necessary, train additional program staff in these activities
• Supervise personnel and activities for the field component including travel to field sites as required
• Train, mentor and evaluate field staff and their performance
• Ensure that program staff have the skills and resources to collect accurate and timely baseline and project impact information following USAID and Winrock guidelines
• Promote, organize and facilitate the program in coordination with Program Director and supporting staff at Headquarters
• Coordinate the activities of the program at the project sites and supervise personnel and activities for the field component of the program
• Develop strategic partnerships to leverage other public and private sector resources and ensure project success
• Supervise selection of host/partner organizations and development of scopes of work to ensure the program will meet its results targets, including targets and strategies for youth engagement and gender equity
• Prepare country project descriptions, work plans, budgets and reports as required by USAID, and Winrock for the timely implementation of the program
• Act as program representative and liaise, as necessary, with local institutions, agribusinesses, farmer groups and government officials as necessary to maximize effectiveness and avoid duplication of effort
• Coordinate and supervise STTA logistics and movement in the project areas
• Accompany technical assistance providers during their assignment implementation, when necessary, and work as interpreter and local resource person, and ensure safety and security
• Conduct program assignment evaluations/impact assessment as required
• Prepare semi-annual reports, annual reports and other technical reports
• Review monthly financial reports and wire transfer requests sent to the Winrock HQ at Little Rock, Arkansas, US and operate the official bank account as the signatory
• Conduct Financial and program audits as per the requirement of local laws, Winrock and USAID
• Perform other duties as necessary

Requisites

• Master’s degree or higher in Agriculture, Business, Finance or Natural Resource Management is preferable
• At least 10 years of work experience in project management, agribusiness, finance, or youth engagement
• Proven experience managing USAID-funded projects or similar projects preferred
• Computer/IT: Candidate must be fully able to work with MS Office- Word, PowerPoint and Excel
• S/he must also be able to manage program data and documents
• Fluent English is a prerequisite
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Willingness to work flexible hours including weekends and travel to remote regions as needed

Notes

• Only short listed applicants will be contacted

How to Apply

1. Documentation

• Cover Letter
• Curriculum Vitae

2. Application

• Send your Documentation via email to peter.saling@winrock.org with the Subject line “Country Director”