Manager
Kampala, Uganda
Palladium develops
and delivers solutions that create positive impact for communities, businesses,
societies and economies. We transform lives and create enduring value by
working with governments, corporations and non-profit organisations. Palladium
is bui
lt on the idea that progress will be supported by four key pillars:
- International
Development - Strategy
Execution Consulting - Impact
Investment - Training
and Events
We create positive
impact through more than 100 current projects with more than 2000 employees
operating in over 90 countries.
Background
NU-TEC is a five
year DFID-funded programme that aims to increase the incomes and climate
resilience of poor men and women in northern Uganda by (a) stimulating
sustainable, pro-poor growth in selected agricultural markets and (b) improving
the position of poor men and women within these market systems, to make them
more inclusive for poor people.
Primary
Responsibilities
- Provide
overall strategic direction for the market sector and all interventions
within the sector; monitoring and quality assuring all intervention guides
and resulting outputs - Identify
new markets with the aim of contributing to the overall programme
strategy; liaise with programme senior management team on potential
markets and design effective implementation strategies for approved market
interventions ensuring that they meet all donor and programme requirements
- Initiate
and manage all market related value chain analysis ensuring study designs,
contracting and implementation are done in accordance to set standards;
coordinate the development of final market opportunity reports as well as
all other weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual reports within the market
sector - Drive
the stakeholder analysis of the selected market systems as well as
identifying and contacting potential agents of change. - Oversee
the implementation of all market intervention ensuring that initiative is
taken within each intervention and setting work plans for the
interventions - Identify
and establish strategic partnerships within the market and play a lead
role in managing all established partnerships. - Ensure
sustained reporting on all intervention activities, progress reports, on
and off field feedback and lessons learnt from each intervention. - Identify
key policy areas for each intervention and establish appropriate
partnerships and contacts aimed at driving the policy amendment process
where applicable. - Coordinate
all administrative aspects of Market partnerships including but not
limited to grants, MoUs and contracts - Manage
the outputs of all members of the market section team ensuring optimum
performance of all members of the team - Establish
and maintain processes and systems which ensure strong continued linkages
between the programme’s Results Measurement team and the Market Section
team ensuring all interventions are adequately and extensively researched,
reported and monitored. - Oversee
spending on interventions within the market ensuring the meet agreed
standards and also exhibit the DFID value for money policy
Essential
Education and Experience Required:
- A
Master’s degree or similar qualification in Business, Economics or
Development Studies; - A
minimum of 3 years’ experience in implementing and managing projects with
at least one year spent on the field on market research community
projects; - At
least 2 years’ experience leading a busy team and coordinating across
teams; - Experience
in business strategy development with focus on agricultural value chain
analysis - Experience
reviewing and writing reports - Experience
in the development of surveys and data collection instruments for
monitoring programmes; - Previous
data analysis experience using Microsoft Excel or any other data analysis
tool; - Previous
experience using the market for the poor (M4P) approach would be of great
advantage. - Knowledge
of the institutions and organizations and/or businesses that provide
services to the agricultural sector in Nigeria and at the State level; - Previous
supervisory/ managerial responsibilities within a busy team
How
to apply
http://thepalladiumgroup.com/jobs/Market-Manager-a0I6F00000Y6vbOUAR