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Technical Deputy Chief of Party, Food Systems Transformation

2 months ago

Arlington, Virginia, United States TechnoServe Full time
Job Summary

The Technical Deputy Chief of Party will lead the implementation of a comprehensive technical strategy to transform the local food processing sector in Feed the Future countries. This will involve working with local food processing companies to support better business practices, more durable market linkages, and improved knowledge.

Key Responsibilities
  • Provide technical leadership and oversight for the project's activities, ensuring alignment with project goals and objectives;
  • Work closely with the Chief of Party to develop and implement project work plans, ensuring technical quality and compliance with donor requirements;
  • Represent the project and organization in technical forums, conferences, and meetings with donors and other stakeholders;
  • Lead efforts to capture, document, and disseminate lessons learned, best practices, and innovations from project implementation;
  • Manage relationships with key regional and local stakeholders and support them as they build their capacity on regulatory control systems for food quality, nutrition requirements, and safety standards;
  • In collaboration with the Chief of Party and the M&E Manager, design, review and continuously improve program implementation on the basis of results obtained, based on quantitative and qualitative data and feedback from program participants, clients, partners and staff;
  • Plan, establish, and direct a wide range of program interventions (special studies, after action reviews, partners' meetings, organizational learning surveys, on-line engagements) to inform and advance the program's Collaborating, Learning & Adapting (CLA) Plan, to facilitate overall program implementation;
  • In collaboration with the Chief of Party, ensure that the programming execution meets TechnoServe quality standards;
  • Assist Chief of Party with other strategic and technical tasks as required.
Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree plus 10 years of relevant experience, (i.e. business management, food science, economics, agriculture, development); Or Master's degree plus 7 years of experience
  • Fluency in English with excellent oral and written communication skills required
  • Up to 40% international travel is expected
Preferred Qualifications
  • Proven agri-food private sector expertise including market analysis, product development, quality control/quality assurance, regulatory affairs, and marketing
  • Management consultancy, business advisory services or experience managing local consultants/BDS providers
  • Significant experience of managing key relationships with stakeholders at a senior level.
  • Strategy planning and implementation
  • Managing knowledge and learning, training and program quality
  • Experience supporting USAID-funded programs and familiarity with USAID's CLA approach
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
  • Strong program management and analytical skills, as evidenced by leading roles on successful initiatives engagements of significant scale.
  • Good knowledge and understanding of the business and/or technical challenges of agro-processing in emerging markets.
  • Ability to work independently and diplomatically in a multicultural environment.
  • Detail orientation, including strong organizational, analytical and quantitative skills.
  • Ability to anticipate demand, manage multiple tasks/programs and meet tight deadlines.
  • Proven team player with strong interpersonal and cross-cultural skills.
  • Outstanding written communication skills including prior experience editing and proofreading documents.
  • Strong program management skills including the ability to anticipate demand and manage multiple tasks and programs while meeting tight deadlines.
  • Excellent computer skills in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Internet.
  • Outstanding organizational skills.