Mozambique: Team Leader (Mozambique)

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 is shortlisted to submit an application for Service Provider for the Development of Value Chains in Nampula and Zambézia Provinces. This is a potential 60-month program financed by the World Bank and led by the Ministry of Land, Environment and Rural Development as part of the larger Agriculture and National Resources Landscape Management Project (ANRLMP). The project aims to improve rural incomes by promoting agriculture and forest-based value chains (VCs) and to contribute to the strengthening of natural resources resilience, through improved land tenure security and institutional performance in the management of ecosystems/landscapes. Through implementation of the TOR, the Value Chain Service Provider will reach 100,500 direct beneficiaries (individuals) in the targeted 10 Districts of the Zambezia and Nampula provinces.The program is projected to commence April 30, 2017.

As Team Leader you will:

• Act as main point of contact with all stakeholders, primarily the Ministry of Land, Environment and Rural Development.
• Lead technical implementation and technical quality.
• Supervise implementing partners including government entities, private sector and local and international NGOs, and oversee implementation of market interventions.
• Support with overall program delivery including human resources management, logistics and compliance with donor requirements.

You will have:

• Minimum MA degree in Management/Agriculture with at least 10 years of progressively responsible international work experience, including at least three years in a leadership role at the Country Director level.
• Proven experience in developing and implementing market-led value-chain projects and interventions in agricultural / rural markets, ideally with strong Mozambique experience.
• Experience working with private sector and dealing with trade policies including market dynamic and systems.
• Understanding of Mozambican private sector challenges and opportunities; experience working in a sub-Saharan African context, with Mozambican experience strongly preferred.
• Strong leadership and managerial skills and demonstrated capability of effectively managing large teams.
• Project management experience, with proven success in implementing large international donor projects; World Bank experience preferred.
• Fluent in English as well as Portuguese.
• Mozambican candidates strongly encouraged to apply.
• This position is contingent upon funding.

Please follow this link to apply: http://www.aplitrak.com/?adid=YWNvd2VsbC4xNTQyOC4zODMwQHRlY2hub3NlcnZlLmFwbGl0cmFrLmNvbQ