TechnoServe - Associate Practice Lead - Agriculture Operations & Project Management (16-20 yrs)

Associate Practice Lead - Agriculture Operations and Project Management

Program Management:

- Managing large-scale Agriculture development programs within India as well as those that have an international interface.

- Ensuring timeliness and quality of deliverables for a portfolio of projects and providing leadership support to the project operations and lead the teams reporting in to this position.

- Builds reputation of the program through sharing of evidence-based impact and participation in key stakeholder events.

Monitoring & Evaluation:

- Coordinate with M&E team for the timely preparation and submission of good quality monitoring and evaluation reports, and learning systems for the projects along with Program status reports, outcome reports and success case stories.

- Conducting diligence and gap analysis and supporting program/s for emerging opportunities.

Value Chain Development:

- Providing leadership in the implementation of value chain development approaches/models; business plan development; market analysis; cost-benefit analysis and facilitating preparation of detailed implementation report.

- Assist project implementation team/s on Development of Commodity Value Chain and market linkage for various products/ commodities in the Agriculture and allied activities, scale-up, capacity-building, production techniques and value chain development (both forward & backward linkages).

- Should have hands-on experience in overseeing project deliverables.

Institution Building:

- Oversee internal strategic initiatives that help contribute towards continuous evolution as an institution.

- Build and strengthen internal systems contributing towards efficient functioning of the organization, contribute to team performance and management of the program staff, provide leadership and motivation and develop a culture of constant learning and improvement.

- Ensure strict compliance with TNS's objectives, strategies, policies, procedures and best practices, as well as those of the donors.

Business Development:

- Actively seek out opportunities for new programs or program expansion in the areas of agriculture systems, entrepreneurship, livelihoods and social enterprises contributing towards long term growth.

- In collaboration with the Program Development team develop an opportunity pipeline and nurture relationships to capture new funding.

- Accountable for donor engagement including business development, thought leadership and stakeholder engagement.

- Build upon TechnoServe's expertise of delivering value, and grow our portfolio of programs.

- Cultivating and supporting relationships with domestic and international donors and partners.