Team Leader - Agricultural and Seed Value Chain Project

About us:

GITEC-IGIP GmbH is a leading consulting company for international development cooperation projects headquartered in Germany’s fourth-largest city Cologne. GITEC-IGIP’s multi-cultural team and global network of companies and offices around the world has more than five decades of professional experience across four continents. Our companies lead mainly publicly financed development projects.

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About the future project: 

Project name: "Strenghtening of rural value chains in Ethiopia"

Location: Ethiopia

Client: KfW 

The project objective: "Climate-resilient and agroecologically sustainable production of staple foods as well as strengthen value chains especially with regard to an improved input market access for the target group, strategically important agricultural value chains will be supported"

Requirements: 

Education:

• Postgraduate university degree in a project-related field (e.g., rural development, agricultural economics, agronomy, etc)

Experience:

• >10 years overall working experience in the sectors rural development, agronomy, seeds and value chains
• >10 years of experience in management of donor funded agricultural development projects (studies, implementations) as Team Leader/Project Manager including team management, financial management, procurement according to international guidelines)
• Proven project management experience in collaborative multi-stakeholder settings
• Profound experience in implementing KfW rules and regulations with regard to financial management and procurement (at least 5 years)
• Profound experience of international standards with regard to ESHS aspects would be an asset
• Working experience of at least eight years in d Ethiopia
• Good knowledge of the English language is mandatory

Responsibilities:

• Overall project management
• Oversee financial management and procurement
• Preparation of Project Implementation Manual, Work Plans and Budgets, Procurement plan a.o.
• Oversee project measures and achievements in accordance with approved log frame, time schedule and technical specifications
• Oversee compliance with ESMF and related international standards
• Delivery of Inception Report, the overall and annual work plans/operational plans (including procurement plans) and other reports
• Support preparation of contracts/agreements/MoUs with farmer-based organizations, rural SMEs and other key project partners
• Carry out the technical and contractual supervision of project activities, personnel and contractors
• Support the evaluation/review of the programme (including during inspection missions) as appropriate
• Responsible for M&E concept, implementation and reporting
• Develop a sustainable O&M concept and supervise its implementation
• Project stakeholder management, risk management and project communication
• Elaboration of technical reports
• Carry out training on the job
• Advise on/support all training and capacity building activities incl. study tours, exposure visits etc.

If you are interested. Please send us an email containing your most recent English CV, copies of relevant diplomas and employers‘ certificates including full contact details, fee expectations USD/day (International)  and details on availability to: alejandra.arbulu@gic-group.com or careers@gic-group.com

Quoting the Job ref. no.: 240225 - TL

Please note that we can only consider candidates who meet the required criteria!