Deputy Chief of Party: Nigeria/Feed the Future Program at Palladium Group

Project Overview and Role

• Palladium brings more than 50 years of experience applying rigorous, evidence-led methodologies to international development. Our work covers health, education, economic growth, governance, environmental issues, informatics, workforce development, and monitoring and evaluation, offering innovative approaches that support the design, planning, implementation, and evaluation of development programs. Our presence extends across more than 90 countries, creating positive impact over 100 projects through the dedication of 2,000+ project and home office staff.
• Palladium seeks a DCOP for two anticipated USAID-funded Nigeria opportunities in Agriculture Competitiveness and Agribusiness Investment. The goal of these projects are to create a catalytic investment mechanism which links smallholders to the private sector, while creating business enabling environments for a thriving agribusiness economy.

Responsibilities
Deputy Chief of Party:

• Supports the COP with providing day to day project management and technical or operations support.
• Provides leadership/oversight for finance, operations and administration of the program.
• Supports the adaptive management approach, and work with staff, home office and USAID to adjust programmatic approach, staffing and resources if required based on continuous monitoring of the program course.
• This position may require technical leadership in agribusiness, agriculture policy, finance, marketing, enterprise development.

Requirements
Minimum Qualifications:

• Prior USAID Deputy, Deputy Chief of Party experience strongly preferred.
• A Master's Degree in Business, Management, Agricultural Science, Economics, Marketing, Trade or other relevant graduate degree
• 10 years or more of progressively responsible work experience leading teams and managing development programs.
• Prior experience in Nigeria is required.
• Fluency in English is required.
• Substantial management experience and knowledge of project management, private sector development, gender mainstreaming and working in a multi-cultural environment.
• Technical expertise in one or more of the following areas: agriculture, enterprise and agribusiness, public private partnerships, market linkages, agriculture/rural finance, women?s empowerment preferred.
• A demonstrated ability to lead multi-faceted teams and solve problems when needed.
• Excellent communications skills.