Partnership Director, USAID Feed the Future Cambodia Agriculture Partnerships Hub

Partnership Director, USAID Feed the Future Cambodia Agriculture Partnerships Hub

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Project Overview and Role:

 Primary Duties and Responsibilities: 

Background

The proposed Activity will promote and
expand market-based opportunities and will facilitate diversification and
competitiveness within the agriculture sector to achieve the following
high-level objectives:

1. Inclusive and sustainable agriculture market systems strengthened
2. Strengthened linkages and trust among market actors

Purpose of
Position
Palladium
seeks an innovative, private-sector oriented candidate to serve as the Partnership
Director on the upcoming Feed the Future Cambodia Agriculture Partnerships Hub
Activity. This position will ensure that the programs’ market-led partnership
strategy is fully integrated across objectives. This position will be part of
the Activity’s senior leadership team.

Duration:              Up
to 5 years
Location:              Phnom
Penh, Cambodia 

Roles and Responsibilities

• Advise the Chief of Party and Objective Leads
  on how to foster market-led partnerships with private-sector actors in
  Cambodia’s Horticulture sector
• Lead the design and development of the
  Activity’s grant program(s) and oversee the Request for Applications (RFA)
  and award process
• Work closely with Objective Leads to
  manage grant program implementation
• Ensure partnerships are coordinated across
  objectives, identify areas for collaboration, and support linkages between
  partners
• Oversee the Activity’s grants management
  team
• Work closely with the program’s Gender and
  Youth Inclusion Director to develop gender- and youth-sensitive partnerships
• Share results and learning with project
  leadership team, Palladium, and USAID
• Other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications:

• Degree in agribusiness, trade, economics, international
  development, or similar
• Minimum 10 years’ experience working in
  Cambodia’s development sector
• Experience managing or overseeing donor
  funded grant program required, USAID Grants Under Contract management
  experience preferred
• Prior experience overseeing partnerships
  between the private sector and development programs preferred
• Proven experience coordinating and
  fostering good working relationships between technical and operational
  teams
• Demonstrated leadership, strategic
  thinking and planning, management, and presentation skills
• Strong interpersonal and supervision
  skills managing teams
• Written and oral proficiency in English
  required