Farm Africa Jobs Tanzania M4P Programme Manager

Job description

Farm Africa is seeking a high calibre experienced professional to lead its projects following the Making Markets Work for the Poor (M4P) approach in East Africa, and provide thought leadership on the use of M4P approaches across Farm Africa’s portfolio.

The initial focus will be 100% on our new project Flourishing Futures: Market approaches to sunflower production in northern Tanzania starting in March 2017, but we expect the scope to later expand to other projects (and not confined to Tanzania).

The Flourishing Futures project itself will be supporting 30,000 smallholder sunflower farmers in the Manyara and Shinyanga regions of northern Tanzania, along with 50 small scale processors of sunflower oil. The project will facilitate the emergence of new market systems to supply farmers with reliable, high quality agro-inputs, enable access to extension support, thereby increasing volumes and quality of production, and connect farmers to markets. It will support the small scale processors to become more efficient and profitable, and to expand their market reach. Innovative features will include bundling credit-based-inputs with micro-insurance, testing different approaches to the use of ICT in spreading Good Agricultural Practices, and developing women entrepreneurs and new youth apprenticeship opportunities in the sunflower value chain.

This role is an exciting opportunity for a highly qualified and experienced development professional. Specific technical expertise in M4P experience is a must. In addition we are looking for someone who has proven leadership and project management skills and experience in development programme M&E, as well as knowledge and experience of delivering projects working with agricultural value chains.

If you are interested in this role and would like to apply please visit the jobs page of our website.

Director of Programmes

Location: Flexible (London, Ethiopia, Kenya or Tanzania)

Duration & hours: Permanent, full time

Effective agriculture has the power to change lives. It underpins prosperity, food security and stability the world over. Farm Africa focuses on transforming agriculture and managing natural resources sustainably. We champion a holistic approach that boosts yields, protects the environment and connects smallholder farmers to thriving markets.

We are looking for a Director of Programmes who has outstanding technical expertise, the integrity, maturity and confidence to inspire and motive a team of specialists; and who has a real passion for sustainable rural development in Africa.

We have an ambitious strategy to expand our work over the next five years. We’ll increase our impact. Lift more communities out of poverty. Work with more corporate partners who share our vision. Open up more agricultural markets. Provide more expertise.

The Director of Programmes will lead the work to build our portfolio of high quality programmes, ensuring that they deliver maximum impact for the communities we work with. You will, as part of a team of directors, drive technical expertise and excellence throughout the organisation and you will play a key role in influencing investment and funding by being an envoy for our work.

We’ll make change happen.

If you want to be part of this change, send your full CV and a covering letter to recruitment@farmafrica.org by 9:00 am, Monday 27 March. More information about Farm Africa’s strategy and the Director of Programmes role can be found in the appointment details.

Note: Farm Africa will not accept third party applications and recruitment consultants are respectfully asked not to get in touch with regards to this role.

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