We are seeking a Program Director to lead the Harnessing Agriculture Productivity and Prosperity for Youth (HAPPY) activity. HAPPY aims to drive shared prosperity in Ghana by creating, sustaining, or improving dignified jobs and increasing agricultural productivity across the poultry, rice, soy, and tomato value chains. HAPPY will bridge the productivity gaps in these four value chains by building resilient youth-led and women-led food systems. The program will harness the power of young women and men to enhance the sourcing and business models of off-takers, pursue innovative entrepreneurial ventures, support the adoption of improved practices and inputs, and influence the enabling environment by making their voices heard. The result will be a more prosperous and inclusive agricultural sector that propels growth across the country.

Primary Functions & Responsibilities:

• Leading overall implementation and management of the program
• Providing strategic guidance, leadership, management, and general technical oversight of the program, with an unwavering commitment to delivering results through partnership
• Serving as a liaison and driving shared vision and strategy among consortium members, donors, Ghanaian government agencies and private sector actors
• Recruiting, leading, managing, and supervising a complex consortium of implementing partners, technical organizations, and service providers
• Fostering collaboration, learning, and adaptive management to inform decision-making, communicate with stakeholders, and drive impact
• Ensuring coordination with a range of donor-funded programs in Ghana
• Ensuring that program outcomes and deliverables are completed on time, within budget, and in compliance with donor and TechnoServe requirements

Basic Qualifications:

• A Master’s degree or equivalent in business, international development, economics, public policy, education, agricultural economics, or relevant field with at least 8 years of experience successfully leading a large, complex agribusiness or agricultural development programs with a value chain focus (or a Bachelor’s degree with 12 years of experience)
• Experience in establishing systems and overseeing program start-up under limited time constraints as well as managing program close-out activities
• Experience overseeing technical program areas as well as operational functional areas including financial management, budgeting and procurement
• Experience hiring and managing multi-disciplinary teams
• Fluent in written and spoken English

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience leading complex agricultural market systems in West Africa (and specifically Ghana) strongly preferred
• Experience managing programs with an inclusion of marginalized groups, including women, youth, and indigenous people
• Demonstrated ability to work with West African agribusiness firms and financial institutions
• Experience working in complex and challenging environments

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Demonstrated effectiveness in strategic thinking and policy analysis and able to dialogue with host country government
• Strong communications and interpersonal skills with evidence of ability to lead diverse teams and achieve results
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate and engage with a wide range of stakeholders including: government, private sector, NGOs, civil society, research institutions, agribusiness firms and financial institutions
• Knowledge of agricultural market systems and facilitation approaches
• Significant knowledge of relevant value chains (poultry, rice, tomato, soybean)
• Ability to effectively motivate and manage teams in a multi-cultural environment
• Ability to work under tight deadlines while managing multiple tasks and activities
• Ability to develop well-written, cohesive analyses and reports
• Ability to clearly communicate a high-level strategy to internal and external stakeholders while driving execution of a workplan and achievement of short-term milestones
• Ability to use adaptive management principles to make strategic, data-driven decisions in the face of uncertainty and complexity