Programme Leader - Markets for Livelihoods

SPC - Secretariat of the Pacific Community

Suva, Fiji

The Programme Leader - Markets for Livelihoods will provide overall strategic leadership and management for effective and efficient operations and service delivery for an integrated programme that is focused on improving livelihood resilience through diversification strategies and improving availability, and quality of food supplies to domestic and international markets. This role encompasses development, management and implementation of the programme’s work plans resource mobilisation and staff management.

The key responsibilities of the role include the following:

Leadership and Programme management:

Effective and efficient leadership and management of the Markets for Livelihoods Programme (Pillar 4 of LRD) to ensure effective implementation of project work plans and its effective delivery to member countries in line with SPC and development partner requirements.
Effective leadership oversight of the coordination and management on regional networks within the programmes such as but not limited to PPPO, POETCom.
Take lead role and ensure the compilation and reporting requirements (internal and external) of projects and programmes to all relevant stakeholders are delivered on time.
Lead the overall tracking of the Pillar’s budget execution to ensure individual project budgets are tracking well and effectively manage by the relevant project managers.

Resource mobilisation:

Develop and coordinate multi-disciplinary grant proposals, in close collaboration with other LRD programmes and technical advisers, as well as regional and international partners.
In support of the Director and Deputy Director and in line with the LRD Business Plan, assume a lead in the mobilisation of additional resources to further enhance LRD’s work in the Markets for Livelihoods Pillar.
Ensure technical regional networks such as but not limited to PPPO and POETCom are adequately resourced to deliver its services to the region.

Technical services and advisory:

Contribute to policy analysis and timely responses to Director/Deputy Director LRD, senior management team, member PICTs and other international organisations on Markets for Livelihoods development in the region.
Ensure there is appropriate information and knowledge products to support development of evidence-based policies.
Ensure timely provision of strategic technical advice and appropriate technical assistance and support to member PICTs and key international stakeholders on markets for livelihoods, certification schemes, quality management, and agri-tourism, agri-preneurship.
Investigate/promote approaches for improving value add and reducing transaction costs for improving markets.

Key selection criteria:

Qualifications:

A master’s level degree in agriculture or international development or equivalent body of knowledge and experience.

Technical expertise:

Minimum of 12 years of experience in a similar role or demonstrated project management and staff supervision experience within a regional/international organisation.
Expertise in research and implementation of interventions in agricultural supply chains.
Expertise in extension and understanding of the obstacles facing smallholder farmers and development of agricultural clusters.
Understanding of national and regional issues related to sustainable agricultural production.
Experience in computational and statistical tools for the management of agricultural information.
Demonstrated ability to publish in international peer-reviewed scientific journals.
Experience in fundraising, proposal preparation and project management.