Project Manager at Land O’Lakes Venture37 Tanzania

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Project Manager – AIDI, Tanzania
Project Manager – AIDI, Tanzania at Land O’Lakes Venture37 April 2024
Tanzania, United Republic of
Ref#: 1808
Project Description
The
Accelerated Innovation Delivery Initiative (AIDI) is a CGIAR initiative
consisting of a series of rapid impact interventions aiming to ensure
that smallholder farmers in key food production areas of sub-Saharan
Africa have the information and innovation they need to offset the
increase of food, fuel and fertilizer prices brought on by the war in
Ukraine. The initiative aims to support resource-poor smallholder
farmers to increase crop production and productivity through access to
know-how, fertilizers, improved seeds, and financing mechanisms.

Land
O’Lakes Venture37 has a sub-agreement with the International Livestock
Research Institute (ILRI) to implement a rapid impact intervention
focusing on the commercial and indigenous poultry value chains in
Tanzania. The Accelerated Innovation Delivery Initiative-Livestock
(AIDI-L) is a 24-month project whose overall aim is to contribute to
improved food and nutrition security and rural incomes in Tanzania.
Specifically, the project’s purpose is to improve productivity and
availability of poultry meat and eggs at household and local market
levels through widespread adoption of sustainable livestock innovations.
AIDI-L aims to reach 17,000 smallholder
households in Tanzania though private sector-led, women- and youth-
focused innovations in poultry, and 400,000 through poultry vaccination
and media campaigns.

AIDI-L objectives:

• Improve
  access to and scale-up of improved dual-purpose chickens, agricultural
  inputs and agricultural information, through private sector
  agribusinesses providing bundled advisory services and inputs in areas
  where added advantages for these breeds are identified.
• Support
  cost-share of start-ups and scale-ups of small-scale poultry enterprises
  in production, and marketing of locally produced chicken meat and eggs.
• Provide
  advisory services through mass media and extension services to raise
  awareness of key poultry diseases, preventive health practices, and
  business skills, supporting and facilitation of private sector
  engagement.

Position Summary
The Project Manager
is responsible for the programmatic implementation of the Land O’Lakes
Venture37-led AIDI-L project activities. The Project Manager shall
provide technical leadership, supervise team members, and be responsible
for coordination of all parties. This includes liaising and
coordinating with ILRI on all integrated program activities; building
and maintaining local partnerships with host government, private and
public sector, farmer-based organizations, and other key stakeholders.

The
Project Manager is also responsible for the appropriate oversight and
support to project consultants and staff. Through the Finance and
Administration Manager, they will be responsible for ensure program
operations and office functions, including all Tanzanian legal
registration and reporting requirements, are met and maintained, and
that all project deliverables, including program and financial reports
are accurate, of good quality and are submitted in a timely manner.

The
Project Manager is to be based in Arusha. The position requires close
collaboration with Land O’Lakes Venture37 headquarters team including
Technical Teams, Program Management Teams, Monitoring and Evaluation,
Contracts and Compliance, Finance, and Human Resources.

Reports to: Group Director, Technical Impacts, and Innovation

Primary Responsibilities
A. Technical and Programmatic

• Play
  a lead role in development and execution of project work plans,
  updating as needed and maintain technical oversight of all poultry
  production and promotion activities.
• Provide technical oversight
  to potential grantees on all aspects of proposal development including
  institutional, technical, and financial components.
• Lead the
  development of quality project reports, work plans, contracts, Monthly
  Status Updates and other programming documents, and monitor ongoing
  activities to ensure they are reaching the intended objectives and are
  in full compliance with donor regulations.
• Liaise and coordinate
  closely with Land O’Lakes Venture37 supervisory and technical staff, as
  well as ILRI on program technical implementation activities and
  partnerships.
• Initiate engagement and build relationships and
  partnerships with key planned project stakeholders including private
  sector, farmer-based organizations, and government in target provinces.
• Guide the design and rollout of the project’s cost-share investment partnerships with local enterprises.
• Participate in regular field visits and provide technical assistance in field activities.
• Provide
  support and input into the project’s gender analysis and ensure that
  findings and recommendations are incorporated into project
  implementation.

B. Operational and Administrative

• Ensure appropriate scopes of work for program employees and contingent workers as necessary to ensure programmatic success.
• Support
  field staff and consultant orientation process including any necessary
  training/onboarding on, for example, project goals, objectives,
  activities, and workplans, organizational and funder rules and
  regulations, accounting and finance systems and procedures,
  administrative and human resource processes.
• Lead day-to-day
  implementation of all program activities including providing direct
  supervisory support to four key project staff members ensuring all have
  detailed workplans and achieve individual milestones.
• Support the Finance and Administration Manager in identifying resource needs such as supplies and services.
• Oversee
  the project’s budget and projections to ensure that funds are used to
  maximize project performance in compliance with Venture37 internal
  controls;
• Ensure that deliverables are completed in full
  compliance with Venture37’ standard operating procedures, donor policies
  and regulations, and national policies and law.
• Implement country security plan in conjunction with the Group Director, Technical Impacts and Innovation

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Required Skills and Qualifications

• Undergraduate
  degree (BSc) in Animal/Poultry Science/Production, Veterinary science
  Agribusiness, Agricultural, Rural Development, or other relevant fields.
• A
  minimum of seven (7) years of demonstrated relevant field experience in
  implementation of livestock development projects with an emphasis on
  poultry.
• A minimum of five (5) years of demonstrated senior
  management experience in managing relevant and complex US Government and
  other donor-funded development programs
• Proven project
  leadership skills building and managing technical and administrative
  field teams, stakeholder relationships, and motivating team members.
• Proven
  ability to liaise with US Government representatives and other
  donor-clients, research institutions, host country governments, and
  diverse sets of public and private sector stakeholders.
• Demonstrated experience coaching and training, with innovative thinking and leadership.
• Extensive
  experience and/or technical knowledge in implementing poultry
  development projects and activities across the Tanzania poultry value
  chain, both commercial and indigenous poultry including production,
  inputs & services, processing, transport, cold chain, retail, and
  financing.
• Demonstrated experience adapting project
  implementation and activities to achieve objectives and targets in a
  timely manner as needed.
• Program office financial, administrative, and human resource management experience.
• Ability to communicate effectively, instilling trust and confidence.
• Able to work with limited supervision and deliver on time.
• Team player with excellent interpersonal and written and oral presentation skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft packages including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Fluency in oral and written English.

Preferred Skills and Qualifications

• Postgraduate
  degree (MSc) in Animal/Poultry Science/Production, Agribusiness,
  Agricultural, Rural Development, or other relevant fields.
• Experience working in the commercial and informal poultry industry in Tanzania.

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