Description
The program manager's responsibilities include:
1. Initiates and oversee technical implementation of the projects in Babati, Kiteto, and Zanzibar.
2. Direct oversight of Agriculture and Nutrition Program Officers in Babati, Kiteto, and Zanzibar to ensure program output according to supportive surveillance priorities.
3. Provide technical support to the Project Officers in Babati, Kiteto, and Zanzibar and monitor implementation plans to ensure program impact according to supportive surveillance priorities.
4. Lead the program officers in the development of project individual work plans and approximate costing for planned activities and timely submission, ensuring agreement with overall program budgets and workplans.
5. Contribute to monthly, quarterly and annual work plans, reports, and detailed budgets for Agriculture and Nutrition implementation aspects of the program.
6. Work closely with the Dar es Salaam-based Monitoring officer to oversee a supervision structure for optimal accountability of implementation actors from village level volunteers, agricultural extension officers and community health workers to the program officers and CSOs.
7. Liase with the District Government Authorities and community-level government representatives for partnership in implementation
8. Oversee and help build capacity of the local implementing partner(s) to ensure work is being conducted in a high quality manner and to the company standards
9. Ensure adherence to work plans and budgets
10. Follow a regular supervisory schedule to ensure program activities are operating smoothly
11. Support partners’ managerial and operational systems to ensure strategic, organized and timely implementation
12. Provide Country Director with updates of activity progress and performance of the company's officers.
13. Recommend preferred implementation approaches according to relative successes.
14. Organise donors’ field visits and key meetings and ensure the follow-up
15. Participate in the office management meetings
Program manager will be required to have the following
1.Master’s degree in management, agriculture, agronomy, horticulture, nutrition or related field with at least 5years
2. experience in implementing large programs of 1 million USD annual size; Or, Bachelors and 7 years relevant experience.
3. Strong technical skills in agriculture, food security, and nutrition programs
4. Knowledge and experience with training beneficiaries on planting and maintaining home gardens to increase consumption of vegetables, including use of modern gardening techniques; water harvesting, and biofortification an advantage.
5. Experience with seed preparation, agronomy, harvesting, nutrition education, marketing, and food preservation.
6. Demonstrated success in taking on managerial demands of increasing responsibility
7. Strong experience in development politics at local, regional and national levels.
8. Strong analytical skills and results- oriented
9. Excellent oral and written communication skills in both Kiswahili and English.
10. Readiness for 80% travel and regular work in remote environments.
Experience required includes
1. Five years of experince with a Masters for Bachelors 7 years of relevant experince.
2. Experience in capacity building of government extension workers, farmers, local CSO’s and NGO’s and women’s groups.
3. Experience in Equity of gender and diversity approaches will be an added advantage
4. Experience with contract management and oversight of quality control systems will be an added advantage.
5. At least 3 years’ experience as team leader, including conducting staff performance evaluations.
6. Experiences with managing development projects/programs with International NGOs or equivalent in the private sector
Application Instructions
To apply please follow the below website
http://www.radarrecruitment.com/
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