Food Income and Markets Programme Manager

Date requested: 15/1/1015

Contract Grade: B

Contract Length: 24 months

Date Needed By: 3/2/2015

New Post or Replacement: Replacement

Accompanied / Unaccompanied: Unaccompanied

Exact Job Location: Quelimane, Zambezia Province, Mozambique

Reports To: ACDP

Responsible For: Project Managers and FIM team

Liaises With: Country Financial Controller, (CFC) Country Director, (CD) Assistant Country Director Systems (ACDS), Project Support Officer (PSO) and Programme Quality Manager, Alliance partners, Nutrition Manager

Job Purpose:

To manage the implementation, strategic and technical direction of the Food Income and Markets programme in Mozambique.

Main Duties & Responsibilities:

• Reporting to the Assistant Country Director for Programmes,  (ACDP) the FIM PM will lead  in defining the programme strategy and technical direction as well as overall planning, managing, implementing, monitoring of the programme activities, and the accountability for the programme impact.
• The PM is responsible for directly managing 2 - 3 FIM Project Manager (local project staff) – the FIM Project Managers in turn manage a team of 2-3 Project Officers depending who in turn manage a team of (4-6) FIM Community Mobilisers and Social Capital Community Mobilisers. The FIM PM will ensure that their responsibilities are fulfilled to the required highest standard.
• The PM has overall responsibility for ensuring that the team under his/her management has appropriate performance objectives in place and has routine PDR’s and managed follow-up of performance
• The FIM Programme is a component of the wider country programme which includes nutrition and emergency response.  The FIM PM will work closely with the nutrition/health managers and contribute to conjoined implementation, research, M+E and reporting of findings on the relationship between FIM and nutrition.
• He/she is also required to oversee the organizational development aspects of the Programme, document & communicate lessons learned, meet donor requirements, and develop Project Proposals in collaboration with the ACDP and CD
• He/she will ensure the efficient financial management, recruitment, procurement, and administrative functions of the programme.
• He/she will build and develop strong relationships with relevant government departments and ensure that those departments buy into the learning opportunities within the Concern FIM programme.  He/she will also ensure that there are established MoU’s with the relevant ministries stating the practice and responsibility of Concern and the Ministry in the course of the implementation with at least bi-annual learning and review mile-stones.
• He/she will pro-actively build links with Private Sector Agri-Businesses as sources of demand for programme area production, developing value added production and establishing sustainable relationships of supply and demand from the programme areas.
• The FIM PM will establish, manage and build relationships with key partner organizations.  This will include implementation partners and service providers, including training institutions.  This will involve serving as a liaison person between the teams and these external partners.  National liaison technicians may be recruited, where they are in place, the FIM PM will support the technicians in contributing technical findings to the national level advocacy and technical exchange fora.
• The FIM PM will work in close collaboration with the Programme Quality Manager in assuring the programme quality meets beneficiary, donor and organisation requirements.  This will be achieved by maintaining effective programme planning, monitoring and evaluation and learning systems for the FIM programme in line with the M+E framework, plans and Concern and Donor policies.
• The FIM PM will seek support and manage technical input from the Concern Technical Advisors in Food Security, DRR and WASH and Nutrition and ensure accountability and efficiency.
• He/she will ensure that FIM programme reports are produced to a high standard and in a timely manner.
• He/she will lead research and advocacy interventions related to the FIM programme, present findings in Mozambique and contribute to Concern’s research programmes at various levels
• He/she will represent Concern at national and international Livelihood networks and meetings.
• He/she will coordinate the capacity buildings of livelihood staff and partners.
• He/she will ensure the mainstreaming of HIVAIDS, gender transformation and DRR across the programme.
• He/she will contribute and participate in the ongoing development of policy and good practice in Concern Mozambique.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

ESSENTIAL

Education, Qualifications & Experience Required: 

• Minimum bachelor’s degree in agriculture or agricultural economics and/or experience in working in agricultural programmes and  other relevant related fields
• Minimum 5 years’ experience working overseas in the private sector or development programmes focused on poverty reduction via rural livelihoods and small-scale agriculture
• Proven ability to manage a team
• Proven ability to link programmes to the private sector for value added production/out grower systems/technology transfer etc.
• Experience in social protection projects
• Experience working with vulnerable populations
• Experience of programme design and management
• Experience in managing research and advocacy
• Experience with HIV&AIDS and gender mainstreaming and disaster risk reduction

• Experience of incorporating government in implementation and learning for policy and implementation change.

DESIRABLE

Education, Qualifications & Experience Required:

• Master’s degree in an appropriate discipline including development studies and social sciences.
• Recognized qualification in training or capacity building
• Emergency response experience
• Experience working in politically sensitive programmes and contexts
• Experience of capacity building with partner organisations

Special Skills, Aptitude or Personality Requirements:

ESSENTIAL:

     DESIRABLE:

• Previous experience in a similar capacity in a Portuguese speaking country

Any Other Special Requirements:

• Knowledge of Southern African Social and Political Context
• Familiarity with Concern policies and the strategic plan.

All applications should be submitted through our website at https://jobs.concern.net by closing date 8TH February 2015.  CV’s should be no more than 4 pages in length.

Due to the urgency of this position, applications will be short listed on a regular basis and we may offer posts before the closing date.

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