AgriCorps is seeking an organized and experienced program manager to serve as the organization’s Chief of Party in Liberia. This individual will represent AgriCorps in Liberia and manage partnerships on a three-year randomized controlled trial (RCT) to measure the efficacy of school-based agricultural education on youth development and rural livelihoods. The Chief of Party will be the primary AgriCorps liaison to 4-H Liberia, USAID and other strategic partners.
AgriCorps creates an enabling environment and builds capacity for schools-based agricultural education systems in developing countries in order to reduce generational cycles of hunger and poverty. These systems transform local communities by diffusing agricultural innovations to farmers through in-school youth, as early adopters.
Responsibilities:
Represent AgriCorps
• Attend meetings and events on behalf of AgriCorps
• Communicate regularly with President and Executive Director
• Write weekly report, summarizing weekly activities
• Record all meetings with field notes or reports
Manage Implementing Partnership: 4-H Liberia
• Serve in an advisory role for 4-H Liberia
• Assist 4-H Liberia in program development
• Assist 4-H Liberia in developing connections with strategic partners
• Assist 4-H Liberia in implementing research program
Manage Funding Partnerships
• Collaborate with the USAID Mission in Liberia
•. Manage grants, ensure compliance, and submit necessary reports
• Find additional funding partnerships in Liberia
Manage Strategic Partnerships with:
• Central Agriculture Research Institute (CARI)
• Ministry of Education
• Ministry of Agriculture
• University of Liberia
• United States Peace Corps – Liberia
• Other NGOs and Liberian Governmental Institutions in the agriculture, education or governance space
Coordinate with Research Partnerships
• Northwestern University’s Global Poverty Research Lab
• Innovations in Poverty Action
•Other duties as assigned
Qualifications:
• United States citizen
• 4+ years of program management experience in non-profit or for-profit
• Must have managed budgets
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong teaching or facilitation skills
• Experience living and working in a developing country – preferably West Africa
• 4-H, FFA or agricultural education experience
Location: Monrovia, Liberia, with frequent in-country travel
Start Date & Time Commitment: November 15, 2019; 40 hours per week
Compensation: $36,000 to $45,000, commensurate with experience, plus a $6,000 living stipend.
Submit resume to Austin Peterson by Friday, October 4, 2019: austin.peterson@agricorps.org