Project Summary:
Land O’Lakes Venture37 is recruiting for a Deputy Chief of Party in anticipation of an upcoming United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food for Progress (FFPr) Program in Rwanda that will focus on addressing food insecurity and nutrition for domestic consumption enhancing the cultivation and trade of export crops.
Position Summary:
The DCOP will support the Chief of Party (COP) by providing day-to-day guidance on technical activities. S/he will work closely with the COP and other team members in designing, implementing, and monitoring project interventions to achieve the objectives and deliverables required under this project. S/he will work with the COP, staff, home office and USDA to adjust programmatic approach, staffing and resources as required based on continuous monitoring of project activities.
The position will be based in Kigali, Rwanda.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Assist the COP in developing and executing project workplans and overseeing and implementing project activities.
- Provide leadership, management and technical direction to field-level activities.
- Lead and oversee technical team and components and ensure activities align with the workplan.
- Adapt project implementation and activities to achieve objectives and targets as needed.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for technical activities to implementing partners.
- Facilitate collaboration across technical teams to ensure gender equality and socially inclusive approaches are integrated into programming and effectively implemented; regularly identify learnings, refining the design as needed to improve social inclusion across project activities.
- Provide or facilitate capacity building and training to team, beneficiaries, and partners.
- Assist the COP in monitoring, evaluation and reporting functions.
- Serve as Acting Chief of Party when required.
Required Skills and Qualifications:
- An undergraduate degree (e.g. BA/BS) in agribusiness, international development, economics, horticulture, business management or other relevant field.
- A minimum of five (5) years of experience developing and implementing food security and nutritional reform projects in a developing country with two (2) years in a leadership role.
- Practical technical experience in cultivating agribusinesses to successfully grow crops for domestic and export markets, climate smart technologies, agricultural policy, regional or global trade, facilitating investment and/or enterprise development in developing countries.
- Proven leadership skills building and managing cooperative, high-level relationships and motivating diverse teams.
- Excellent interpersonal and written and oral presentation skills.
- Fluency in oral and written English and French.
Preferred Skills and Experience:
- Minimum of six (6) years of experience in a supervisory role with projects or enterprises of similar size and complexity.
- An advanced degree (e.g. Master’s) in agribusiness, international development, economics, agriculture, business management or other relevant field.
- Fluency in oral and written Swahili.
The position described above is contingent upon activity award.
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. No phone calls will be accepted.
Land O’Lakes never requests money or payment from candidates for any position type. Please report any such requests to Land O’Lakes.
Land O’Lakes Venture37 is an equal opportunity employer and an organization striving to help global communities thrive through agriculture. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status, among other factors. Our culture values a diversity of voices. So bring us your unique experiences, your workstyle, and your dreams — they’ll only make us stronger.
