Deputy Chief of Party

TechnoServe works with enterprising people in the developing world to build competitive farms, businesses and industries. We are a nonprofit organization that develops business solutions to poverty by linking people to information, capital and markets. Our work is rooted in the idea that given the opportunity, hardworking men and women in even the poorest places can generate income, jobs and wealth for their families and communities. With more than four decades of proven results, we believe in the power of private enterprise to transform lives.

TechnoServe Mozambique is one of TechnoServe’s largest programs, with a 15-year continuous presence and an excellent reputation for catalyzing transformational change in Mozambique.

This is an anticipated USAID/Mozambique Feed the Future program, a potential 5-year effort, which, if awarded to TechnoServe, would be expected to begin in late 2013 or early 2014 focusing primarily in the Nacala and Beira corridors. The project intends to increase smallholder incomes by promoting market-oriented, competitive businesses in priority food and cash crop sectors namely oilseeds/pulses, fruit and cashew value chains.

Description

The DCOP will support the COP with overall management of all program activities, and is responsible for all management and reporting in the absence of the COP. The DCOP will be based in Maputo with regular travel to the field, and is expected to play a lead role in his/her technical area, which should be complementary to the technical background of the COP.

Requisites

• 10 years’ experience with successful value chain projects
• 10 years’ experience on projects with similar magnitude and complexity in developing countries
• Demonstrated expertise in one of the key areas mentioned above and complementing the experience of the COP
• Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal skills
• Significant relevant private sector experience, for example, at senior levels of a national or multi-national agri-business
• Innovative, creative, solution-oriented
• Master’s Degree in agricultural economics, economics, or other value chain-related field
• Portuguese fluency required (will consider Spanish fluency)

Notes

• Qualified and interested applicants should submit a Word-formatted single document consisting of cover letter, resume and salary history to the email address supplied above
• Please identify the position for which you are applying in the subject line
• Only applicants meeting minimum qualifications will be considered or contacted
• No phone calls please