Interim Program Manager

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Agriculture, Agribusiness, Agronomy, or relevant Social Sciences/ Humanities disciplines.
  
• Minimum of 7 years’ experience working with communities living on less than $2 a day to improve their livelihoods.
  
• Alternatively, a Master’s degree with 5 years’ experience.
  
• Demonstrated experience of working with a corporate donor for at least 5 years.
  
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of regenerative agriculture, carbon credits, and greenhouse gas emission reduction through regenerative practices.
  
• Demonstrated experience in leading technical studies such as environmental impact assessment, baseline, and endline evaluation studies, and so on.
  
• Demonstrated experience in report writing.
  

• Finalize all necessary agreements for project delivery, including securing the Country Director's sign-off, reviewing and signing MoUs with all collaborating partners: agro-dealers, seed companies, and training institutions.
  
• Work with the Operations team to complete the procurement of animal-drawn rippers. Subsequently, distribute these rippers to the eight SMEs in total: six located in Kaduna and two in Nassarawa.
  
• Ensure weekly follow-up with Operations to complete the procurement of 'ripping as a service' by March 2026.
  
• Follow up with Operations to complete the delivery of tractor drawn rippers to SME’s in Kaduna and Nassarawa states.
  
• Engage the relevant practice teams internally to get maximum support that ensures the successful delivery of the project.
  
• Optimize team performance and ensure that members are adequately capacitated to conduct their respective project activities and upskilled in critical areas of the project such as carbon credit calculations.
  
• Ensure timely preparation of donor reports according to prescribed guidelines and format.
  
• Understand, respect, and promote TechnoServe’s values, vision, and strategy in the implementation of assigned duties.
  
• Any other tasks that may be assigned about the evolving needs of the project.