Program Planning Associate at DAI

Responsibilities

• Serve as a primary liaison for general administration and back-stopping for department program portfolio.
• Help develop scopes of work and budgets and participates in meetings and conference calls with partners and stakeholder.
• Assist with the development and dissemination of request for proposals for service providers to provide capacity development services.
• Communicate and coordinate with department staff their service requirement needs.
• Assist with the development of the projects scopes of works, identifies service providers, and coordinates with the technical and logistics teams regarding the execution, implementation and monitoring of activities.
• Review reports and deliverables received from service providers and partners, including training organizations, trainers and consultants.
• Help coordinate the implementation and delivery of capacity development services on and off –site with respective partners.
• Contribute to writing and preparation of Quarterly and Annual reports.
• Provide regular updates and reports on status and progress of technical activities to directors and partners
• Perform other tasks as needed 

Required skills

• A minimum of Bachelor’s degree in social science, agricultural science or related field
• Technical experience and demonstrate research and writing skills agriculture development and institution capacity building preferred.
• Solid communication, organizational and writing skills
• Demonstrated coordination and facilitation experience required
• Excellent Interpersonal skills
• Ability to multi-task and manage competing priorities
• Fluency in French and English is required.