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Project Manager at SNV Ghana


March 21st, 2023 at 01:20 pm

Project Manager at SNV Ghana

Company Description

SNV is a non-profit international development organization that uses practical knowledge to improve the lives of poor people in a way that lasts. We use our large and long-term presence in the country to use and adapt our top-notch expertise in agriculture, energy, water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) to local needs.

SNV makes €130 million a year and has over 1,250 employees in more than 25 countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. We are proud to be a non-profit organization that uses project financing to carry out its mission. This means we have to work well and put money into improving how we do things. During project planning and implementation, SNV works more directly to change systems.

We do this by strengthening institutions and getting markets going, which help many more people get out of poverty after our projects end. We keep putting ourselves out there as a high-quality organization with decentralized management.

Our teams all over the world are helped by our Global Support Unit, which has 70 people on staff. Visit our website, www.snv.org, to learn more about SNV.

Overview and Background

As a development organization that works to help the poor, SNV helps smallholder farmers improve their production efficiency and product quality, get better access to inputs and farm management services, and make their farms more resistant to climate change by using climate-smart practices. SNV also helps farmers organize themselves better, gives them better access to markets, and secures companies’ supply bases by making farmers more loyal and investing in fair, equitable, and long-term practices.

SNV Ghana is looking for someone to fill a full-time job as a Project Manager. The project manager will be in charge of a planned project that aims to improve the supply of high-quality white sorghum for processing by over 13,000 small farmers in up to 16 districts in Ghana’s sorghum-growing belt.

Smallholders and commercial farmers, like women and young people, will have better access to production resources thanks to this project, which will also create a strong environment for growth. The main goal is to turn around the white sorghum supply chain so that farmers see high-quality sorghum as a profitable business crop that works well with sustainable farming systems.

Job Description

The Project Manager will lead and manage the planning and implementation of all project parts within the scope, budget, timeline, and quality levels specified in the contracts signed with the donor(s) and other relevant stakeholders. The Project Manager will follow SNV standards, SNV’s approach to project management, and donor rules to make sure the project delivers high-quality results and deliverables. He or she must make sure that the project’s goals and results are met well and to the donor’s satisfaction.

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He or she will be in charge of the project’s technical leadership and overall direction. Together with other project participants, the Project Manager will make sure that SNV’s work is done on time and well. He or she will also take the lead in brokering an input credit scheme for farmers and aggregators and give the technical help that national and district level project participants need.

The Project Manager will make sure that activities and project deliverables are reported on time, build and keep relationships with actors in the value chain, and make sure that the project is visible at all levels. This includes working with government partner agencies and private sector people who are responsible for project deliverables, managing the project team, consultants, and service providers, managing the budget and finances, monitoring and evaluating the project, and coordinating the project as a whole.

Duties & Responsibilities

The Project Manager will be in charge of the following main tasks:

Project set-up

Sets up and shares the project’s administrative, governance, accounting, human resources, measurement and evaluation (M&E) structures and procedures. Starts putting the project plan into action once it has been approved by the country director. This is done according to the SNV project management procedures, relevant SNV structures and procedures, accounting principles, donor requirements, and contractual commitments.

Project Management

Leads, manages, and inspires the project team, partners, and other important parties. Based on the project plan, agreed-upon deliverables, and budget, the project manager plans and assigns deliverables and activities, monitors and reviews progress, and deals with changes in timelines and quality. Manages the closing and evaluating of projects, including giving the Country Director and the Business Development unit a complete and up-to-date project file, based on the procedures for project management.

Project quality assurance

Takes charge of the technical content of a project, makes sure the deliverables are of good quality, and makes sure there is enough technical input to meet quality standards.

Contract Management & Project Accounting

Manages and reports on how well the administrative, financial, and human resources (HR) parts of the project meet SNV’s internal procedures and the needs of the donor, sub-grant, sub-consultancy, and partner.

Makes sure that all expenses are approved, coded, and logged according to the right procedures and levels of authority. Makes a project budget, keeps track of it, manages it, and reports on it (and revisions thereof). Discusses and gets approval from the donor for changes to the contract or budget. Ensures safety and reduces (financial) risk (incl. due diligence). Fully understands how to buy things and follow contracts and requirements.

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People Management & Team Leadership 

Guides, develops, coaches, and motivates team members, and prepares resource estimations based on forecasts to attract and hire SNV staff, consultants, and/or service providers. Gives advice to HR and country management about consultants’ and service providers’ contracts based on guidelines and the project budget.

Business development

Builds and keeps good relationships with the team, external partners, and donor(s) by making sure that SNV is well known and has a strong brand. Signals opportunities for positioning, innovation, scaling up, and possible follow-up on projects, and then acts on them. Identifies and analyzes threats quickly and makes sure the right people are told.

Reporting and analysis

Makes sure that project information is collected, put together, and looked over according to SNV’s monitoring and evaluation guidelines. Analyzes the new insights and best practices and tells management how to add them to the organization’s policies and practices.

Knowledge Development

Through full documentation and sharing of project insights and results, contributes to the growth of knowledge both inside and outside the company. attends workshops and conferences to learn new things. Makes sure that lessons learned are shared and used every day. When needed, can be chosen as the national hub of a network of experts.

Qualifications

  • Master’s Degree in Development, Agribusiness, Agricultural Economics, Business Administration, Finance, Public Administration, Development Studies, Agronomy, or a similar field.
  • Also, Have at least ten (10) years of experience leading and managing agriculture-related programs that focus on developing market systems, value chains, outgrowers, and production schemes.
  • Governance, monitoring, evaluating, and learning experience (MEL).
  • Then, a Hands-on experience working with national, regional, and district structures to put together programs for sustainable farming.
  • Experience making and keeping good partnerships and strategic alliances (with bilateral and multilateral donors, local NGOs, and regional bodies).
  • Moreover, A lot of experience setting up and running donor relationships.
  • They have a lot of experience managing grants and companies that help businesses.
  • Help Advisors do things on the ground that meet the goals that have been set. Some of these activities could be, but are not limited to:
    • Getting people interested in the targeted good (sorghum).
    • Secondly, Profiles or evaluations of farmers, aggregators, and other people in the value chain.
    • Additionally, The growth of businesses and the growth of aggregators.
    • Coordination of the actions of local actors who are linked together in the value chain.
    • Building the technical and organizational skills of actors.
    • More so, Innovations that help increase production should be encouraged within the project.
    • Activities that build capacity and trust to make value chains more efficient and cut down on transaction costs.
    • Linking the people in the value chain to financial and other services that help them.
    • Lastly, Help SNV with its business development plans or with making the sorghum project bigger.
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Key competencies

  • Project management skills that have been shown and a good understanding of the whole Project Management Cycle.
  • Ability to understand project information and find and analyze problems with implementation.
  • Proven experience leading cross-disciplinary and multi-cultural teams; excellent teamwork skills.
  • Solid skills in planning, analyzing, and setting priorities.
  • Good skills in managing money that is related to managing projects.
  • Time management skills and organization skills are very good
  • Show tact and diplomacy when talking to other people.
  • Knowledge of common office software (like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) and common ways to get in touch (Internet, email, zoom, teams, google meet, Skype etc)
  • It’s important that you speak and write English well.
  • Willing to go to all of the project sites in Ghana.

How to Apply for Access to Project Manager at SNV Ghana

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Closing Date: 21st March 2023

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