Job Description
Exhibit A – Position Description
Position Title: Country Director, Mozambique
Position Type: Full Time / Regular
Reports To: Vice President, Business Development and Operations
Job Location: Maputo, Mozambique
Position Summary:
The Country Director (CD), Mozambique is responsible for every aspect of program activities in Mozambique, including:
- overall resource generation (fund mobilization) for iDE Mozambique programs
- financial management and accountability
- project accountability to individual donors
- public identity in Mozambique
- country program planning, implementation, and performance review
- staff management and development
This position reports directly to the Vice President, Operations, and receives technical and other support from iDE headquarters staff and from other Country Directors and technical staff based within Africa and beyond. The CD works closely with the iDE offices in Canada and the UK, when funding and program implementation are generated from those offices. As iDE’s representative in-country, the Country Director has responsibility and accountability for all of iDE’s finances, assets and legal standing in Mozambique.
Who we are looking for:
iDE incorporates business methods into its operations. We understand that our customers – small scale farmers – are entrepreneurs in their own rights and that our approach offers them a chance to use technologies and services that we promote, to create significant additional income. We believe that the private sector is the best vector for service delivery and that subsidies undermine the potential for long term business profitability. We are looking for someone who shares these views. The CD also needs to have well developed analytical and financial skills and to understand how value chains and supply chains operate. A good understanding of rural marketing and selling to the ‘base of the pyramid’ is also required.
Major Duties and Responsibilities:
Strategic Management:
Link country activities to the overall strategy and performance improvement targets of iDE as a whole through developing country specific strategies and plans.
Resource Generation:
Raise funds for the implementation of iDE Mozambique programs and their expansion by coordinating with international donors and other funding sources. This includes responsibility for:
- development of funding strategies
- identification of potential funding sources
- securing grants
- cost recovery of appropriate organizational expenses
- preparation and submission of proposals with coordinated budgets
Program Management:
Day to day management of programs including:
- appointment and supervision of program staff
- review of existing accomplishments, target achievements and strategies to date
- implementation of effective decision-making systems – including internal management, etc.
- overall reporting and communication internally and outside iDE,
- implementation and reporting for all projects
- responsibility for ensuring that program design is in compliance with iDE’s corporate mission and objectives
- responsibility for ensuring compliance with donor and iDE rules and regulations on program implementation
- annual review of the performance service providers and grantees
- other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the Vice President
Finance and Administration Management:
Provide administrative and financial management consistent with iDE organizational policies and procedures – in close cooperation with the Vice President, COO, Chief Financial Officer and with iDE headquarters staff – to the iDE program in Mozambique. This includes responsibility for:
- appointment and supervision of financial staff in conjunction with the Chief Financial Officer
- development and maintenance of all administrative and financial controls and systems for all aspects of the Mozambique program
- responsibility for ensuring that administrative and financial procedures, practices and reporting are effective and in compliance with iDE standards and general accounting and administrative guidelines
- responsibility for ensuring that all Mozambique field offices are run in compliance with established administrative and financial procedures
- responsibility for ensuring adherence to relevant Mozambique Government regulations concerning operations of not-for-profit organizations in Mozambique and for maintaining the good legal standing of iDE in Mozambique
Human Resource Management:
Consistent with iDE organizational policies and procedures and in close cooperation with the COO and with iDE headquarters staff, develop and manage Human Resource functions for all iDE Mozambique personnel including:
- preparation of job descriptions
- identification, funding and hiring of personnel
- development and implementation of salary and benefit policies and procedures
- discipline and grievance issues
- implementation of annual performance reviews for all staff
- staff induction, professional development and training
- compliance with Mozambique labor laws, insurance and tax regulations
Liaison:
Maintain collaborative relationships at all levels of the organization, by:
- ensuring good communication with iDE headquarters, including timely submission of program reports, financial reports, planning documents and reports to donors
- ensuring good communication with other iDE country programs and committees
- developing and maintaining excellent working relations with relevant donors, national and regional governments, and NGO, public and private sector representatives
- participating in collaborative efforts with other NGOs, national and local governments, donors, public and private sector partners, etc.
Qualifications/Requirements
- Advanced degree in Agriculture, Engineering, Business Management, Marketing or related field or equivalent experience
- 10 years relevant managerial experience
- Portuguese business fluency required
- Ability to think innovatively and to see where opportunities exist for iDE to use technology (GUIS, telephonic, etc.) for planning and implementing operations
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of constituencies in a diverse community
- Ability to work collaboratively and to foster a cooperative environment with peers in other iDE country/regional units
- Proven track record of successful fund-raising and grant writing experience
- Proven track record of working in multi-cultural environment
- Proven ability to develop and manage financial management information systems
- Good organizational and problem-solving skills; ability to use independent and effective judgment
- Intermediate / advanced proficiency in MS Office suite
Working Conditions and Physical Demands
- Frequently required to perform work outside normal work hours
- Frequently required to travel domestically and/or internationally, sometimes in difficult environments
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.
About the Organization
iDE is dedicated to creating income and livelihood opportunities for poor rural households. By increasing access to markets and affordable agricultural inputs, iDE supports smallholder farmers in participating effectively in high-value agriculture market systems. iDE’s first point of entry is supporting the value chains necessary for affordable irrigation technologies to travel the “last mile” into the hands of smallholder farmers. Beyond irrigation, iDE also works to improve household food security and nutrition, build on-farm climate resilience, and improve access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) technologies at the household-level. Building on 30 years of experience in designing and implementing creative approaches to income-generation, iDE currently operates country programs in Nepal, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Vietnam, Zambia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Mozambique, Burkina Faso, Nicaragua and Honduras. The organization employs over 900 staff worldwide and its 2015 budget is $32.1 million.
