Senior Program Manager, Coffee Initiative, Ethiopia

Job Description

Reporting Unit/Supervisor: Ethiopia Country Director
Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Travel: International up to 10%, Domestic up to 40% PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:

TechnoServe’s Ethiopia Coffee Initiative (CI) is funded primarily by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and aims to help over 90,000 small-holder coffee farmers improve their incomes by increasing coffee quality and production. The project was launched in 2008 and has secured funding through the end of 2015. Through its staff of 300 people the program currently trains over 50,000 farmers and supports over 100 cooperative wet mills.

POSITION DESCRIPTION:

The Senior Program Manager will serve on the management team of the Ethiopia Program Office and the Coffee Initiative team to manage the operational activities of the coffee program including, field administration, training, credit access, program monitoring and donor reporting. S/he will also drive key new business processes, carry out strategic analysis and develop industry strategic plan for the Coffee Initiative program. The role will be responsible for the below duties:

FIELD ADMINISTRATION:

• Support program managers to develop detailed work plan and program budget and ensure they receive regular supervisions and reviews/feedback
• Monitor program expenses against budget and participate in monthly budget reviews meetings.
• Ensure field admin functions are efficiently supporting program staff
• Review and advise on administrative polices and directives
• Guide and assist on the preparation of annual operation plan of resources to improve and maximize resource utilization.

CREDIT ACCESS:

• Support cooperative clients’ to access credit facilities, namely short-term working capital and longer term investment capital
• Work with banks, international guarantors and other partners to ensure clients have access to sustainable credit facilities (post-TechnoServe support)
• Provide mentoring and training to Coffee Initiative’s Credit Manager as well as local bank officers

TRAINING:

• Manage CI’s training department; provide supervision and coaching to the training coordinator
• Support training coordinator to develop detailed annual work plans

STRATEGY AND LEADERSHIP:

• Work closely with the Country Director to develop, present and implement the overall goals and objectives of the program
• Mentor, coach and work with program managers and other coffee initiative staff with caliber to develop technical and managerial skills so as to assume greater responsibility.
• Regularly review and update the strategic plan for the Ethiopian coffee sector
• Identify and pursue opportunities for TechnoServe to build new partnerships and expand its work in Ethiopia
• Identify key risks to the project and propose solutions to mitigating such risks

DONOR REPORTING:

• Draft donor reports for the programs they manage.

REQUIRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant subject required; Master’s degree preferred (e.g., business, economics, international development, etc.).
• With a Bachelor’s degree a minimum of seven years of managerial experience, with a Master’s degree a minimum of five years of managerial experience is required of which at least two years should be managing large complex projects and large team.
• Management experience in several of the following key skills areas – business development, consulting, training, financial analysis, and coaching.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively service clients/partners, particularly in the for-profit sector
• Proven analytical and financial skills
• Demonstrated leadership skills, teamwork and relationship building
• Excellent oral & written presentation skills required
• Able to prioritize and meet deadlines
• Strong computer skills, including MS Word, PowerPoint and Excel
• Ability to work independently, flexibly and responsively
• Able to adapt to changing working conditions
• Developing country experience with strong interpersonal and cross-cultural skills
• Strong analytic and financial modeling skills

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Experience working in coffee sector
• Additionally, prior work with non-profit/International NGO organizations and field-based experience is preferred.

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:

Qualified and interested applicants should submit a single Word-formatted document consisting of cover letter, resume and salary history to jobs@tns.org. Please identify the position for which you are applying in the subject line. Only applicants meeting minimum qualifications will be considered or contacted. No phone calls please. Closing Date for applications is June 9, 2015.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER OF MINORITIES, FEMALES, PROTECTED VETERANS, AND INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES

About the Organization

I. TECHNOSERVE BACKGROUND:

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.