Position Description: Programme Director
The Wood Family Trust (WFT) is a Scottish registered charity established by UK Industrialist Sir Ian Wood with a key objective to improve livelihoods by stimulating viable market opportunities that will in turn create jobs and generate wealth among the rural poor.
The Wood Family Trust (WFT) is a Scottish registered charity established by UK Industrialist Sir Ian Wood with a key objective to improve livelihoods by stimulating viable market opportunities that will in turn create jobs and generate wealth among the rural poor.
As a
private donor, WFT is able to engage in a flexible manner with a portfolio of
strategic interventions including technical assistance, loan guarantees,
match-funding, as well as debt/equity investments.
To date
WFT has already launched $9 million sector programs in the tea industry in each
of Rwanda and Tanzania, and is also pursuing a series of debt/equity
investments in partnership with the smallholder farmers.
WFT is
now poised to broaden its tea sector presence in additional countries within
East Africa, and is seeking Programme Directors to manage and drive these
programmes forward.
General Position Description:
The
Programme Director will have overall responsibility for the administrative and
technical management of a country based programme supporting the tea industry.
This
will require strategic thinking incorporating industry best practice, dynamic
engagement with key stakeholders, and a practical hands-on orientation to
ensure interventions are well designed and actively managed for the achievement
of results.
The
Programme Director will possess a firm understanding of business management
through significant private sector experience in an agriculture-based related
industry (preferably tea).
He/she
will be a dynamic and energetic individual that is able to work in a team
environment while maintaining a strategic, yet commercial outlook and managing
for results.
He/she
will have strong command of oral and written English, and preferably have an
MBA or advanced degree in a related field.
Specific Responsibilities Include:
- Carry out the
day to day management of a country-based program supporting the tea sector
while executing line management responsibilities;
- Oversee
implementation of all field activities supported by the Programme. This
may include: market analysis; identification and due diligence of
prospective investment opportunities; preparation and presentation of
investment materials for consideration; design and contracting of
short-and long-term technical assistance engagements; structuring of matching
grant facilities, loan guarantees, and debt/equity investments; dynamic
management of the existing portfolio; and any other type of support deemed
appropriate;
- Identify and
engage with appropriate delivery partners to ensure that implementation of
tea-specific activities are undertaken in an appropriate and
well-coordinated manner;
- Maintain active
understanding of global tea industry trends and best practices for
potential replication at the country level.
- Maintain active
communication and engagement with key industry stakeholders to influence
competitive thinking and ensure the goals, objectives, and field
activities of the Programme are well understood, while obtaining feedback
from the same on the effectiveness of program interventions;
- Monitor the impact
and efficacy of Programme activities on the greater tea value chain,
including the behavioural response of related market actors. Identify
potential new areas for Programme support based upon engagement with
stakeholders and emerging dynamics within the tea sector;
- Undertake field
visits and spot-checks as required, manage technical and financial
reporting and coordinate overall activity spend. Oversee third party
technical appraisals and financial audits as necessary;
- Represent the
interests of the Programme vis-à-vis tea industry stakeholders and host
country government. Maintain active communication with other donor
partners for harmonization of efforts, development of new programmes, and
potential leveraging of resources; and
- Manage overall
programme office including technical and administrative personnel.
Maintain compliance with WFT processes and procedures.
Mode of Application:
Applicants
are required to submit their CV with contact information for at least two
references as well as a covering letter demonstrating how they meet the
required experience and capabilities.
Please
submit these via email to Helen.Emukule@woodgroup.com.
Only
short-listed candidates will be contacted.
