Market Section Manager at Propcom Mai-karfi

 The Market Section Manager will supervise and lead a market section comprising a number of Intervention  / Business Development Managers. The Market Section Manager’s team will oversee interventions in several  target markets and identify further opportunities for the programme to pursue.  Responsibilities will include:  

Providing overall strategic direction for the market sector and all inter ventions within the sector; monitoring and quality assuring all intervention guides and resulting outputs,

• Identifying new markets based on political economy analysis to  contribute to the overall programme strategy and liaising with the senior management team on potential markets,
• Initiating and managing all market related value chain analyses, ensuring that study designs, contracting, and implementation are done in accordance with set standards,
• Driving the stakeholder analysis of the selected commodity chains as  well as identifying potential agents of change,
• Overseeing the implementation of select market interventions,  ensuring that initiative is taken and setting work plans for these  interventions,
• Identifying and establishing strategic partnerships within the markets  and playing a lead role in managing all established partnerships, § Ensuring:
• administrative guidance is followed for grants, subcontracts, collaboration agreements and general administration;
• programme budgets and funding requests  for the markets being supervised are appropriately managed;
• security guidelines are followed by all team members who are  line managed,
• Improving the performance of the team through mentoring and coaching,
• Ensuring strong team work with the Results Measurement team,
• Contributing to the overall leadership of the programme as a part of the project’s senior management team.

Required Skills & Experience:

• A Master’s degree in a related discipline
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
• Experience and knowledge of the agricultural sector in northern  Nigeria is a definite advantage
• Ability to develop well written, cohesive reports
• Strong skills in business software (Excel, MS Project and PowerPoint)
• Team management experience
• Evidence of the ability to form strong partnerships
• Excellent communication skills in both written and spoken English

Key requirements for both positions:

• Excellent Hausa speaker with the ability to decipher nuances in communicating across all levels
•  Working knowledge of M4P approach
• Self-motivated individuals who can work independently with minimal supervision; a strong team player and knowledge sharer
• Excellent relationship management skills with ability to influence and get buy-in and proven experience with networking at private, public and Government levels
• Experience with and demonstrated ability to build relationships and network with analogous organisations
• Willing to work for six months with the possibility of an extension subject to performance and extension of the programme
• A willingness to travel extensively in northern Nigeria