Jobs at CARE

JOB SUMMARY

The Project Manager shall provide technical oversight and administrative roles for the success of the Project by ensuring timely and adequate implementation. He/she will be responsible for overall project and budget management, and line
management of key project staff. With support from the Gender Specialist and the Monitoring and Evaluation Coordination, the Project Technical Manager will

in addition have responsibility for:

• Planning, Implementation, supervision, monitoring and evaluation,
• Compiling technical reports narratives – quarterly, annual and final progress reports
• Developing programmatic tools including budget plans, work plans (with quarterly detailed implementation plans - DIPs) and procurement schedules
• Managing project partnerships and collaborations locally including with County Government and other National Stakeholders
• Review expenditure reports, budget realignments and financial reports
• Participation in Project Steering Committee and ensuring implementation of actions identified by the same

QUALIFICATIONS

Education/Training

Mandatory

• The Project Technical Manager will have a minimum qualification of a university degree, and preferably an advanced degree, or equivalent in Agriculture, Rural development/livelihoods, agribusiness or other relevant field.

Experience and Competencies Required

• Minimum of five years’ experience working in agricultural development, value chains, enterprise, access to financeand/or agribusiness in an East African setting and Kenya in particular
• Consulting, corporate sustainability, start-up and/or financial sector experience preferred.
• Experience in agricultural market & value chain analysis, designing and piloting outgrower schemes or otheractivities linking small holder farmers to agricultural commodities markets
• Experience in potatoes coffee, maize and sugarcane value chains preferred
• Experience in enterprise development, business analytics and SME financing – with a particular focus on agri-businesses and producer organisations
• Experience in commodity price risk management, and financial modelling for agribusinesses
• Experience building capacity development plans for SMEs and producer organisations
• Experience with certification of farmers and their associations like Fair Trade or organic
• Demonstrated experience providing financial and business analysis that increase the competitiveness and inclusiveness of SME and value chain actors