BACKGROUND:
Catholic Relief Services seeks a qualified
candidate for the position Program Director, to provide overall direction and
leadership to the proposed USAID-funded Farmer-to-Farmer (F2F)
East Africa Program. This is an $8M
USAID-funded 5 year program that will assist in agriculture development,
commodity value chain competitiveness and firm upgrading by providing technical
assistance to introduce new technologies and innovation and development of
local capacity for more productive, profitable, sustainable and equitable
agriculture systems. The technical assistance will be provided by volunteers;
US experts in agriculture, marketing, finance, value and supply chain
development, quality assurance, quality control, trade, business plan development,
etc. The F2F program objectives and strategic framework are in line with USG
assistance program (USG GHFSI (Feed the Future), USAID Agriculture Strategy
(Linking farmers to markets), the US Farm Bill in addition to these initiatives
and strategies the F2F program will be in concurrence with CIP and USAID
country missions.
POSITION TITLE: Farmer-to-Farmer Kenya Program Director (Ref.2013/12)
LOCATION: Nairobi
Note: This
position is not guaranteed, as it is dependent on a successful application to
the donor.
JOB SUMMARY:
The F2F Kenya Program Director,
which is a key personnel position, reports to the Farmer to Farmer EAST Africa
Project Director (based in Nairobi) and with a dotted line to the