.Job Category: ProgramsRequisition Number: AGRIC004566Apply nowPosted: August 30, 2024Full-TimeRemoteLocationsShowing 1 locationEveryone deserves the opportunity to build a better future. This simple idea has been at the heart of TechnoServe's work around the world for over 50 years. TechnoServe is a pioneer in leveraging the power of businesses and markets to create sustainable pathways out of poverty.The low-income communities in which we work are full of enterprising people. Their small-scale farms and businesses are the keys to economic development. But they face many challenges: low literacy, lack of access to jobs and markets, unpredictable political dynamics, and, increasingly, the effects of climate change.TechnoServe is meeting this challenge with a bold commitment to help create a people-, nature-, and climate-positive world. Our Regenerate 30 initiative launched at COP27 aims to achieve the following impact by 2030: 30 million people with increased resilience, 30 million tons of CO2e mitigated or sequestered, 30 million acres of land under sustainable management or improved conservation and $300 million in private sector investment.Program Overview:The program donor has made a corporate commitment of protecting and regenerating 1.5 million hectares of land, forests, and oceans by 2030 and has partnered with TechnoServe to deploy the Regenerative Agriculture Program, inspiring and supporting farmers and agribusinesses to engage in the journey towards regenerative production systems.This global program, funded through 2027, is an opportunity to collaborate with a leading company to demonstrate there is a future for a better, low-carbon, biodiverse, and profitable approach to farming.Job Summary:The Agriculture Manager is responsible for managing the program's technical team (composed of in-house agronomists, external regenerative agriculture experts and partner organizations) and leading the program's engagement with technical counterparts at the donor and their suppliers. The Agriculture Manager manages the program's implementation to drive the transition towards regenerative farming models across countries and commodities in the donor's sourcing footprint.Primary Functions & Responsibilities:Program ManagementCoordinates the planning, implementation, and monitoring of regenerative agriculture projects across multiple countries and crops.Develops project plans and timelines and manages project execution to achieve program objectives and execute on program budget.Communicates program achievements, challenges, and lessons learned to inform decision-making and improve program performance.Program ImplementationManages the program's technical team, composed of in-house agronomists, external regenerative agriculture experts and partner organizations, to execute the work plan.Leads technical meetings and workshops, including internal program implementation meetings and weekly team calls with technical teams of the donor's suppliers
