Position Announcement
Project Manager:
Homegarden Scaling in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda
Project Manager:
Homegarden Scaling in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda
AVRDC - The World
Vegetable Center is a non-profit, autonomous international agricultural
research and development center with headquarters in Taiwan
and regional offices around the globe. AVRDC conducts
research and development that contribute to improved income
and balanced diets in the developing world through increased
production and consumption of health-promoting vegetables.
For more information about AVRDC-The World Vegetable Center, please
visit our website: www.avrdc.org.
The Center seeks a Project
Manager to manage a multi-partner and
multi-country project“Deploying Vegetable Seed Kits
to Tackle Malnutrition in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda”funded
by the USAID. The project will scale up and enhance a
widespread and rapid adoption of AVRDC’s validated home
garden concept and associated production and processing
technologies by target households in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.
Through deployment of nutritional seed kits with
complementary training and technical backstopping across the
entire value chain, over 25,000 target beneficiaries in East
Africa are expected to improve their household nutrition,
diversify their incomes and improve their social capital
over an initial three-year phase of the project. The
position will be based at AVRDC’s Eastern and Southern
Africa hub in Arusha, Tanzania and will report to the
Center’s Global Theme Leader – Consumption.
The Job:
The Project Manager
is responsible for the overall management of the project
through planning, implementation and technical expertise,
monitoring progress and ensuring proper evaluation of
outputs, outcomes and impacts, financial accountability and
technical reporting.
Specific
Responsibilities
- Oversight and planning of project operations, organization of workshops, maintain project schedules, deliverables and evaluation activities and prepare and submit project reports in all 3 focus countries for submission to the donor.
- Manage project finances.
- Supervise and coordinate the work of country site coordinators; jointly responsible with country site coordinators in implementing field activities and meeting program targets.
- Facilitate training for M&E data collection, database management, and serve as lead field monitor when necessary.
- Liaise and coordinate closely with colleagues managing other complementary USAID-funded programs, USAID mission representatives, and with project managers of similar home gardens scaling up program initiatives to document regional experiences, best practices and program evaluation.
- Ensure high-quality science and research delivery and promote gender equity within the project as well as in its outcomes and impacts.
- Identify and pursue funding opportunities to strengthen the impact of the project and the donor’s investment.
- Represent the Center on project and related issues.
- Perform other duties as may be assigned by the Global Theme Leader – Consumption or his appointed representative.
The Person
- Applicants must have a minimum of M.Sc. (Ph.D. is desirable) in preferably social science disciplines, with a minimum of three years of extensive work experience in food (nutrition) and agriculture.
- Strong written and spoken English language skills, proficiency in Swahili an added advantage.
- Extensive knowledge of and work experience in East Africa.
- Ability to oversee development/implementation of work plans, reports and presentations; ability to write clear and concise technical documents; strong organizational skills.
- Capacity for strong teamwork, partnership building and project management skills as well as supervisory and mentoring skills.
- Ability to interact with public, private, and civil society leaders and groups on data collection and surveying for project monitoring is an advantage.
- A passion for the generation of scientific knowledge that advances pro-poor development.
- Demonstrated financial management and budgeting skills.
- Flexibility to travel extensively.
The Reward
This is an
Internationally Recruited Staff (IRS) position with
competitive pay and benefits. This is a fixed-term
appointment for three years, subject to funding availability
and performance of the incumbent. The position will be
available on or after 2 January 2015.
How to Apply
Applicants should
submit a letter of application explaining their suitability
for and interest in the position, with a curriculum vitae, a
recent passport size photograph, names and addresses
(including telephone/fax/e-mail) of three referees, and date of availability.
Please send applications stating the job title by e-mail to human.resources@worldveg.org,
before 1 December 2014.
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