Position Description
The Area Program Manager responsible for coordination in Amhara from the office in Bahir Dar, will be leading the implementation and coordination of all technical activities at the regional level while providing oversight to day-to-day project operations. The Transforming Agriculture activity has established regional field offices that will maintain local relationships and make locally focused programmatic decisions for market actors supported by the project. This position will be based in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, and will report to the Senior Area Program Manager.

Responsibilities

• Overall coordination and manage Transforming Agriculture activities in the Amhara region.
• Oversee all activities involved with grant, procurement, logistics, HR, and IT functions for the regional office. Responsible for data collection and submission to main office.
• Support and coordinate with Transforming Agriculture technical teams in nutrition, food and agriculture systems, and market systems to ensure technical quality of core activities to ensure scale and impact across sectors.
• Develop and maintain relationships with private sector actors within their regions, engaging them as grantees, learning partners, and stakeholders in local food market systems. Oversee and coordinate local partners, sub-contracts, and grantees implementation and reporting.
• Engage with other donors and donor-funded activities by including them as active participants in learning agendas and events, to ensure that learnings are shared, and successes are amplified and replicated.
• Coordinate and work closely with regional government and district (woreda) level government for smooth and collaborative technical implementation of Transforming Agriculture activities.
• Continually monitor field travel and day-to-day risk assessments. Overall security management is of paramount concern given the volatile environment throughout Amhara region. Therefore, taking care of staff and property, and coordinating closely with the RTI and Transforming Agriculture security protocols, is of critical importance.
• Ensures that regional support needs are clearly identified to the head office.
• Supervise and support technical and operational staff in the field, including coordination in the preparation process of work plan development and activities implementation, monitoring of activities and progress made using partners’ data platform, identification of needs for technical.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree and 6 years of experience, or a Bachelor’s degree and 8 years of experience, or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Demonstrated skills in building, mobilizing, and leading multidisciplinary teams, with preference for experience with USAID project management.
• Supervisory experience required, with proven ability to work under pressure, and with multiple concurrent demands.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Verbal and written fluency in English required.
• Ability to travel and work throughout Ethiopia in difficult terrain/conditions at times.

Level of Education: Postgraduate Degree

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 72