Regional Head, West Africa (Agriculture / NGO / Innovation & Delivery / Portfolio Development) – Accra, Ghana

He/ She is responsible for managing oversight of the organizations regional Operating plans, budgets, teams, and partnerships contributing to the institutional ToC and building the organizations brand as a go to partner and convenor in Agricultural transformation.

Responsibilities:

The performance of this role holder will be assessed on the basis of the achievements made on:

• Design, execution and delivery of AGRA business plans in the portfolio of regional countries
• Country government relations and policy development
• Resource Mobilization and management across the Countries within the region
• Optimization of Country operations & processes for efficiency, effectiveness, Equity and Environment across the region
• Strong people management and development across the region and delivery of annual regional goals in support of institutional priorities.
• Effective Management of the budgets for the regional team
• Leads the development & supervision of country/regional strategy.
• Leads the successful and timely implementation of country business plans.
• Identifies & manages key strategic stakeholders to leverage and partner with for catalytic impacts.
• Builds, coaches and manages of a team of 8-12 professionals in a matrixed reporting environment in Ghana, Burkina, Mali & Nigeria’s programmatic and operational functions.
• Identifies & manages key strategic stakeholders to leverage and partner with for catalytic impacts.
• Builds, coaches and manages of a team of 8-12 professionals in a matrixed reporting environment in Ghana, Burkina, Mali & Nigeria’s programmatic and operational functions.
• Mentors the regional teams in the development and institutionalization of tracking metrics and success criteria. Supervises Regional staff to ensure execution and delivery of specific objectives.
• Builds the alliance by engaging with senior stakeholders and high-ranking government officials.
• Influence’s stakeholders to adopt or contribute to AGRAs theory of change.
• Advise the VP, Program Innovation & Delivery on key challenges and opportunities for delivery and execution of the AGRA strategy.
• Represents AGRA at external events in the region.
• Role models AGRA I-RISE values.
• Communicates results through written and verbal communication
• Inspires and grows teamwork, learning and collaboration among the team to raise overall team contributions and performance.
• Achieves talent development of existing staff, hiring new staff as necessary and manages team dynamics of the team to ensure a high-performance & collaborative team.
• Directs and provides coaching to relevant technical and administrative staff.
• Creates and implements the operating budget for the countries within the region.
• Creates and presents analytical performance reports to inform decision making at Country, Region and Institution.

Key contacts: Internal & External

• Executive Committee
• Head of Policy & Advocacy
• Head’s of Gender & Partnerships
• Other regional & thematic Heads
• Head of Resource Mobilization
• HR & Admin Director
• Ministers and High-ranking government officials
• Senior Level private sector and institutional stakeholders
• Consultants, researchers and academics.

Requirements: Qualification and Skill

• PHD/ Masters or equivalent qualification in a relevant field
• Specialized qualifications in the field of evaluation such as accreditation through globally or regionally recognized evaluation professional associations.
• Minimum of 15 years’ experience with 8 years’ experience in implementing and managing multi country strategies and business plans in agriculture or economic development space.
• A working knowledge in English and French will be an advantage.

Benefits and Contractual information:

• Market Related
• Permanent Position

If you wish to apply for the position please send your CV to LUKAS LOUW at [email protected]

Please visit www.caglobalint.com for more exciting opportunities.

Lukas Louw

Senior Recruitment Executive

CA Finance

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