TechnoServe is  looking for qualified applicants the following open position.

Job Title:  

Senior Manager

Job Overview:                             

Job Type: Full Time

Salary: Company’s Scale

Place of Work: Addis Ababa ,Ethiopia.

Job Position:                               

Senior Manager

Duties:

• Cultivate and maintain strong relations with key external stakeholders including donors, government, industry bodies, growth sector firms and other development actors working in this space
•  Maintain good relations with the USAID mission team, ensuring timely delivery of contractual obligations and responsiveness to any issues raised
• Ensure regular communication with all program partners, and challenges (if any) are timely addressed.
•  Participate in regular calls/meetings with program partners to ensure mutual understanding and alignment.
• Represent the programs and TechnoServe at relevant country level fora and coordination meetings, ensuring a high level of awareness of the programs and their achievements
•  Builds the reputation of the program through sharing of evidence-based impact and participation in key stakeholder events
•  Build trust and confidence in TechnoServe as a key player in support to growth sectors, food and nutrition systems
•  Regular meetings with the Country Director to inform her/him of program progress, align with country objectives, administrative and compliance requirements and to receive support and assistance from the local office as required
•  Coordination in-country with Finance, HR and Procurement functions as required to ensure  smooth implementation of the program.
•  Ensures clear and effective communication with all internal program stakeholders including clients and PFS Program Strategy, Quality and Impact
•  Develops, presents, and implements the strategic vision, annual goals, and objectives for the programs in line with the overall strategy and objectives
•  Strategically selects areas of work, partnerships, and methodologies that contribute to effective delivery of a high impact portfolio
•  Takes ownership and accountability for improved quality, impact and effectiveness
• Ensures high quality management of the program portfolio, overseeing the timely and impactful implementation of AINFP within the program resources and delivering agreed outcomes
•  In coordination with the Chief of Party and regional team, develop annual work plans
•  Overall accountable for delivery of program outputs and objectives against targets
•  Proactively review, make recommendations and report on programmatic activities to deliver the agreed plans and contribute to success of the broader programs/portfolio
•  Hold regular coordination meetings with the implementation team and partners to ensure implementation is on track and to course correct as necessary
•  Identification of new opportunities for synergy with other programs, within TechnoServe and beyond, to further the aims of the program and grow our impact in these sectors
•  Ensure strict compliance with TechnoServe and USAID regulations, policies and procedures
•  Coordinates with Capacity Building Team, M&E Manager, Budget & Finance Analyst and other country team members to ensure learning across the team.
• Lead the process of client recruitment for AINFP program in Ethiopia
•  Ensure onboarding of high quality clients in line with the program result areas
•  Ensure that high quality project charters, other forms of technical assistance and interventions of AINFP contribute to program outcomes
•  Ensure that AINFP has a strong knowledge base of the food processing sector in Ethiopia
•  Support the Business and Market Linkages Specialist; the Grant and Access to Finance Specialist and the Senior Food Processing Specialists in managing the technical components of the project
  towards achieving project results
•  Ensure documentation of program performance based on TechnoServe’s corporate program  quality management standards and AINFP specific documentation requirements Budgeting & Financial Management
•  Review program expenditures on a monthly basis to identify and explain any budget variances
•  Coordinate with the Finance and Budget Analyst in timely tracking of country expenditures, budget management and forecasting
•  Ensure direct expenditure in accordance with approved budgets
• Ensure that the country team is complying with financial procedures, including timely reporting on expenses and use of correct task codes
•  Lead teams in annual work-planning and budgeting
  Monitoring and Evaluation
•  Ensure preparation and timely submission of high quality monthly program update reports forsharing with the Deputy Chief of Party, M&E Manager and PFS.
• Ensure preparation of good quality quarterly Program Status Report (PSR) and participation in calls to discuss.
•  Ensure timely preparation and submission of good quality semi-annual and annual reports to donors in coordination with M&E Manager
•  Ensure timely collection, analyses and reporting of program data in coordination with M&E Managers, including success stories, case studies and outcome harvest reports.

Job Requirement:                       

Qualification:

Education: 

• Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s degree in Food Science, Nutrition, Food Engineering, Business, Economics, Agriculture, or other relevant disciplines.

Experience:

• 10 years or 7 years of professional experience in a relevant area i.e. food science, business, economics, agriculture, development, and agricultural value chains respectively.

Skills:

• Good knowledge and understanding of the business and/or technical challenges of agro-processing in Ethiopia
• Familiarity with USAID private sector engagement or Feed the Future
• Strong project management skills
• Significant experience in managing multiple and complex stakeholder relationships
• Strategic planning and innovation
• Basic knowledge of relevant topics an assets, such as food production and processing, Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), finance for growing businesses, and food systems value chain development.
• Ability to work independently and diplomatically in a multicultural environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

How to apply

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

Deadline:  31 , March , 2023.

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