Job Description
Position Summary:
Tanager is promptly seeking a creative and dynamic Team Leader for Impacting Gender & Nutrition through Innovative Technical Exchange in Agriculture (IGNITE) project funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. This 5-year project will improve household nutrition and women’s empowerment by strengthening African institutions’ ability to integrate nutrition and gender in agriculture interventions and business practices.
The Team Leader will implement a strategy to accomplish sustainable gender and nutrition outcomes in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, and Tanzania and will strengthen networks and collaboration with government agencies, private sector companies, and NGOs working in agriculture.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Provide technical and managerial oversight and leadership in the design and implementation of annual work plans and strategies and ensure that interventions create sustainable development outcomes.
Serve as Program Manager for the IGNITE program responsible for operational and financial compliance with the donor and Tanager’s policies and processes.
Consider and address access to finance obstacles faced by women and youth-led businesses, and ensure activities are designed and implemented to be inclusive of these groups. Guide the entire project with a clear, consistent, and committed vision.
Lead the assessment, design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of nutrition-sensitive and gender-integrated agriculture interventions with identified institutions.
Oversee relationship and contracts with subaward partners responsible for model development and evaluation of select interventions; provide guidance on relevant data collection practices (WEAI and nutrition) and impact evaluations.
Review and ensure quality content and quality writing of annual program reports outlining progress towards meeting activity deliverables and targets as well as any lessons learned, success stories and upcoming activities.
Identify and cultivate strategic partnerships with peer implementing organizations, private sector companies, and government stakeholders that will strengthen and expand the reach of IGNITE’s technical assistance.
Provide technical leadership on the nexus of agriculture, nutrition, and gender.
Maintain positive and dynamic relationships with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, IGNITE clients, and local partners.
Qualifications
While each position will have its own operational and technical requirements under the project, overall qualifications will meet the below:
Master’s degree in agriculture, gender, nutrition, public health, or a relevant discipline.
Minimum of 8 years of progressively responsible experience in sub-Saharan African, in at least 3 different countries; OR an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Demonstrated experience in agriculture projects with the focus on nutrition and gender integration and knowledge of nutrition-sensitive and gender-integrated agriculture concepts ¡n sub-Saharan Africa
Strong analytical skills, including ability to gather and analyze a variety of information pertaining to issues and to develop appropriate recommendations for action.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including demonstrated ability to write required documents in a clear, concise, well-organized manner.
Fluency in English, written and oral, required; French language skills strongly desired.
Ability to travel in Sub-Saharan Africa for up to 40%.
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