JOB DETAILS:
Responsibilities & Deliverables
Identification of Opportunities (20%)
• Co-lead with the signature program lead to identify new project opportunities through market research, sector analysis, and donor trends to ensure alignment with Heifer’s strategic objectives.
• Lead the development of high-quality project proposals, concept notes, and budgets to secure funding from donors and partners.
• Lead the day-to-day operations of project activities, ensuring compliance with timelines, budget constraints, and quality standards. Coordinate project planning, implementation, and monitoring activities, ensuring alignment with the overall signature program.
• Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, including government agencies, local organizations, private sector players, and international donors.
• Cultivate and manage relationships with current and potential donors, ensuring ongoing communication and alignment with their expectations.
• Coordinate partnerships (e.g., with Hello Tractor) to ensure access to critical resources, such as affordable tractors, for project implementation.

Project Reporting & Documentation (20%)
• Develop regular monthly, quarterly, and annual reports, ensuring they meet the standards for data quality, accuracy, and timeliness.
• Capture and document project success stories, beneficiary impact, and other key highlights for reporting and knowledge sharing.
• Maintain a comprehensive and up-to-date beneficiary database, in line with the MLE framework, for tracking, reporting, and impact assessment.
• Ensure periodic project reviews are conducted, lessons learned are documented, and findings are shared with relevant stakeholders to inform future actions.
• Share insights, best practices, and challenges encountered in the project through documented reports and internal meetings.

Management and Compliance (20%)
• Foster regular, transparent communication to keep expectations clear, provide timely feedback, and ensure accurate reporting of performance metrics and goal progress to support accountability and team effectiveness.
• Ensure all project activities comply with national regulations, donor requirements, and financial reporting while also meeting specific project deliverables and timelines.
• Integrate ethical considerations into project execution, promoting fairness, transparency, and active community involvement.
• Ensure adherence to internal project management standards (quality control, risk management) and collaborate with the MEL Manager to track compliance with regulations.
• Other duties as assigned by the supervisor.

Minimum Requirements
• Bachelor’s degree in Development Studies, Social Sciences, Agribusiness, Rural Development, or a related field.
• The candidate will have at least 8 years of related working experience, of which 5 years shall be in a supervisory role executing projects.
• Demonstrated experience in effectively coordinating with multiple partners and stakeholders, including government agencies and donors.
• Project Management certification, PMP certification, Project DPro certification, or Prince2 certification is desirable.

Key Behavioural Competencies
• Accountability
• Professional Excellence
• Humility
• Customer Orientation
• Empathy
• Innovation