Chief of Party
2025-07-02T07:13:11+00:00
Winrock International
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FULL_TIME
Nairobi
Nairobi
00100
Kenya
Nonprofit, and NGO
Management
2025-07-12T17:00:00+00:00
Kenya
8
Essential Responsibilities:
Coordination
- Work in close partnership with donor to ensure alignment of project with donor’s strategic goals and objectives for Agricultural Productivity and Expanding Markets and Trade, and application of program-wide learning and collaboration.
- Coordinate and collaborate with host government programs and other donor projects to leverage resources and maximize results.
Technical
- Design and lead a technical approach that supports increased use of sustainable and scalable agricultural practices and technologies in diversified crop production, expands markets and market access, and increases trade of agricultural products.
- Monitor project performance through indicators and evaluate program effectiveness and results.
- Apply adaptive management and learning approach to iteratively evaluate program results and impact. Institute adjustments to replicate and scale successful activities and course correct activities that are not yielding desired results.
Administration and Leadership
- Provide administrative direction and technical input on climate smart agricultural practices to project staff, consultants, and partners, including identifying and responding to training and mentorship needs.
- Ensures staff compliance with all USDA administrative and operational procedures and policies, as well as applicable donor regulations.
- Maintain close communication with Winrock home office and USDA to provide ongoing, informal, updates or project progress.
- Other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS AND BACKGROUND:
Education: Academic degree in international development, business, finance, management, or other relevant fields. Master's degree preferred.
Experience:
- Minimum 10 years of experience managing value chain development and/or complex economic growth programs, including leadership of private sector sourcing.
- Senior level management experience on donor-funded programs is required. Previous COP experience on USG funded agribusiness, value chain, or market system development projects, or equivalent private sector management experience is preferred.
- Experience designing, implementing, and coaching project staff and partners on systems-based interventions required.
- Experience operationalizing the collaborating, learning, and adapting (CLA) framework in project implementation.
- Experience integrating social and behavioral change communications into the design of training and capacity building programs.
- Experience developing partnerships with private sector actors aligned around shared value.
Coordination Work in close partnership with donor to ensure alignment of project with donor’s strategic goals and objectives for Agricultural Productivity and Expanding Markets and Trade, and application of program-wide learning and collaboration. Coordinate and collaborate with host government programs and other donor projects to leverage resources and maximize results. Technical Design and lead a technical approach that supports increased use of sustainable and scalable agricultural practices and technologies in diversified crop production, expands markets and market access, and increases trade of agricultural products. Monitor project performance through indicators and evaluate program effectiveness and results. Apply adaptive management and learning approach to iteratively evaluate program results and impact. Institute adjustments to replicate and scale successful activities and course correct activities that are not yielding desired results. Administration and Leadership Provide administrative direction and technical input on climate smart agricultural practices to project staff, consultants, and partners, including identifying and responding to training and mentorship needs. Ensures staff compliance with all USDA administrative and operational procedures and policies, as well as applicable donor regulations. Maintain close communication with Winrock home office and USDA to provide ongoing, informal, updates or project progress. Other duties as assigned.
Education: Academic degree in international development, business, finance, management, or other relevant fields. Master's degree preferred. Experience: Minimum 10 years of experience managing value chain development and/or complex economic growth programs, including leadership of private sector sourcing. Senior level management experience on donor-funded programs is required. Previous COP experience on USG funded agribusiness, value chain, or market system development projects, or equivalent private sector management experience is preferred. Experience designing, implementing, and coaching project staff and partners on systems-based interventions required. Experience operationalizing the collaborating, learning, and adapting (CLA) framework in project implementation. Experience integrating social and behavioral change communications into the design of training and capacity building programs. Experience developing partnerships with private sector actors aligned around shared value.
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Vacancy title:
Chief of Party
[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Nonprofit, and NGO, Category: Management]
Jobs at:
Winrock International
Deadline of this Job:
Saturday, July 12 2025
Duty Station:
Nairobi | Nairobi | Kenya
Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, July 2 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
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JOB DETAILS:
Essential Responsibilities:
Coordination
- Work in close partnership with donor to ensure alignment of project with donor’s strategic goals and objectives for Agricultural Productivity and Expanding Markets and Trade, and application of program-wide learning and collaboration.
- Coordinate and collaborate with host government programs and other donor projects to leverage resources and maximize results.
Technical
- Design and lead a technical approach that supports increased use of sustainable and scalable agricultural practices and technologies in diversified crop production, expands markets and market access, and increases trade of agricultural products.
- Monitor project performance through indicators and evaluate program effectiveness and results.
- Apply adaptive management and learning approach to iteratively evaluate program results and impact. Institute adjustments to replicate and scale successful activities and course correct activities that are not yielding desired results.
Administration and Leadership
- Provide administrative direction and technical input on climate smart agricultural practices to project staff, consultants, and partners, including identifying and responding to training and mentorship needs.
- Ensures staff compliance with all USDA administrative and operational procedures and policies, as well as applicable donor regulations.
- Maintain close communication with Winrock home office and USDA to provide ongoing, informal, updates or project progress.
- Other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS AND BACKGROUND:
Education: Academic degree in international development, business, finance, management, or other relevant fields. Master's degree preferred.
Experience:
- Minimum 10 years of experience managing value chain development and/or complex economic growth programs, including leadership of private sector sourcing.
- Senior level management experience on donor-funded programs is required. Previous COP experience on USG funded agribusiness, value chain, or market system development projects, or equivalent private sector management experience is preferred.
- Experience designing, implementing, and coaching project staff and partners on systems-based interventions required.
- Experience operationalizing the collaborating, learning, and adapting (CLA) framework in project implementation.
- Experience integrating social and behavioral change communications into the design of training and capacity building programs.
- Experience developing partnerships with private sector actors aligned around shared value.
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 120
Level of Education: bachelor degree
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