Project Manager Agriculture - Guinea
, Guinea
Project Manager Agriculture Durable (m/f/x) – Guinea (Kindia)
Enabel is the Belgian Development Agency. It implements Belgian government cooperation. The Agency also implements actions for other national and international organisations. Together with its Belgian and international partners, Enabel provides solutions to address pressing global challenges – climate change, urbanization, human mobility, peace and security, social and economic inequalities – and to promote global citizenship. With 2,000 employees, Enabel manages some 170 projects in some twenty countries, in Belgium, Africa and the Middle East.
Context
The new 2023-2028 cooperation program in Guinea (€34M) aims to strengthen the economic, social and environmental resilience of vulnerable populations, especially youth and women, enabling sustainable human development in Guinea. It will be implemented through 4 interventions:
- sustainable agriculture to support food security,
- economic integration of young people and women,
- women's empowerment, women's leadership, sexual and reproductive health and GBV and
- Facility to support fragility, innovation and territorial dynamics
The sustainable agriculture intervention aims to support public and private actors, together with communities, especially women and young people, to make an agroecological transition towards sustainable food systems. The intervention is mainly deployed on the Conakry, Kindia and Mamou axis with a focus on areas where employment opportunities and entrepreneurship will be identified.
The cross-cutting themes are: gender and inclusion, climate change and the environment, innovation, digitalisation and decent work.
Description of the function
As a project manager you are responsible for:
- ensure the integration of all areas of intervention management (content/scope, planning, budget, quality, etc.);
- coordinate and ensure the implementation of activities in accordance with agreed agreements and defined procedures to achieve project results;
- Lead the team under your line responsibility;
- prepare and ensure the technical, administrative and operational follow-up of subsidy agreements, public procurement and cooperation agreements;
- prepare the terms of reference and ensure the technical and administrative follow-up of the provision of services, supply contracts and works contracts, in compliance with public procurement rules;
- support the people identifiedby the partner to lead change processes and contribute to capacity building of partner structures;
- coordinate the learning process on how an intervention contributes to the development of a sector;
- ensure strategic coherence of the intervention with other interventions in the field of sustainable agriculture (in particular on issues related to agroecological transition and the establishment of sustainable food systems);
- Contribute to the integration of human rights and gender aspects, environmental impact aspects and decent work in the proposed operational strategies.
Your profile
Level of training required
- Master in Agronomy/Rural Development, Environment.
Experience required
- 5 years experience in international development project management in the agricultural sector and promotion of value chains in sub-Saharan Africa;
- Minimum 5 years of experience in the promotion of agricultural value chains / clusters and promotion of plant value chains, integrating dimensions of agroecological transition, preservation of natural resources and construction of sustainable food systems;
- Minimum 3 years of experience in setting up an environment conducive to the development of agricultural MSMEs and in supporting businesses;
- Minimum relevant work experience outside his/her home country; Experience working in Guinea is an asset.
Required skills and knowledge
- Knowledge of the mobilization of local change actors (municipalities, technical services, professional organizations, etc.) for the implementation of projects involving local communities, including capacity building of these actors in the exercise of their mandates;
- In-depth knowledge of project management methodologies;
- Monitoring and evaluation skills;
- Excellent management skills and real interest in team management (motivate, develop, ...) ;
- You are results-oriented;
- You speak and write fluently in French or Dutch. Given the working language in Guinea and the international context in which you will be working, an excellent knowledge of French is therefore required.
Knowledge of English is an asset to be able to participate in the capitalization of experiences at Enabel and contribute to the expertise of the organization in employment, training, entrepreneurship. You undertake to respect the vision, mission and values of Enabel (https://www.enabel.be/fr/content/vision-mission-valeurs-de-enabel).
We offer you
- A varied and rewarding function in an international environment.
- A 47-month contract based in Kindia with travel 30% of the time
- You are engaged within Enabel in the function of "Intervention Manager". The salary package for this function corresponds to our scale (class 6) and includes the gross monthly salary, as well as benefits related to your expatriate status within Enabel such as an allowance for remoteness, assignment, arduousness, coverage of housing costs (capped), a moving allowance, installation, coverage of school fees for accompanying children (capped), An insurance package for the whole family including repatriation insurance, return plane tickets once a year for the whole family, etc.
- In case of expatriation without family members (dependents), up to 6 additional return air tickets per year to the country of origin or any other destination (capped according to Enabel regulations).
The different amounts vary according to the relevant experience recognized for the function and the family composition.
This publication may give rise to the constitution of a recruitment reserve for a period of 3 years for any similar function.
Our vacancies are open to anyone who meets the conditions described in the job offers. Enabel is committed to equal opportunities and diversity among its staff. We do not discriminate on the basis of gender, origin, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability or any factor other than competence.
Interested?
Apply, no later than 14/09/2023, here and attach your updated CV and cover letter.
Only applications submitted via the link above will be considered.
Expiring: Oct 12, 2023