Career Opportunities at Propcom Mai-karfi

The Contracts Coordinator will be responsible for Propcom Mai-karfi's contract management process including the creation and/or utilisation of relevant contracts for programme consultants, contractors and vendors; the negotiation of contract rates as well as the management of contracts in collaboration with relevant supervising officers.

Responsibilities will include:     .
Managing contracts between Propcom Mai-karfi and all service providers

Ensuring

• Fair and proper negotiations for all programme contracts
• The existence and implementation of clear programme contracting guidelines
• The existence and utilisation of effective contracts and giants tracking and management systems
• All contracts meet relevant legal requirements
• All invoices are vetted as submitted by vendors and consultants and availability of the required supporting documents
• The effectiveness of the working relations between the programme and the Contracts and Compliance section in GRM HQ
• That all contractual instruments are in line with the latest GRM guidelines
• Advising the programme on legal implication of contracts or projects
• Managing the procurement tender process for the programme
• Overseeing the implementation of Grants

Required Skills & Experience:

• A Master's degree in a related discipline
• Excellent skills in identifying relevant contractors and consultants' and negotiating appropriate contract and consultancy fee rates
• Ability to develop relevant consultancy or contractual instruments and set milestones for monitoring of delivery
• Excellent analytical skills
• Strong skills in business software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Excellent communication skills in both written and spoken English

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The Market Section Manager will supervise and lead a market section comprising a number of Intervention Managers. This 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 interventions within the sector; monitoring and quality assuring all intervention guides and resulting outputs
• Identifying new markets in order 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 analysis ensuring study designs, contracting and implementation are done in accordance to set standards
• Driving the stakeholder analysis of the selected commodity chains as well as identifying potential agents of change
• Overseeing the implementation of all market interventions ensuring initiative is taken and setting work plans for the intervention
• Identifying and establishing strategic partnerships within the market and playing a lead role in managing all established partnerships

Ensuring

• Administrative guidance is followed for grants, MoUs, and general administration
• Budgets are managed for the markets being supervised
• Security guidelines are followed by all team members
• Improving the performance of the team through men or Hl:}:;d.nu coaching
• Ensuring good linkages with the Results Measurementteam
• Contributing to the overall leadership of the programme as part of the 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 inputs market in Northern Nigeria is a definite advantage.
• Ability to develop well written, cohesive reports
• Excellent analytical skills
• Hausa is desirable
• Willingness to travel domestically, especially to the north of Nigeria
• Strong skills in business software (Excel, MS Project and PowerPoint)
• Previous experience on M4P projects preferred
• Team management experience
• Evidence of the ability to form strong partnerships
• Credibility within the business community
• Excellent communication skills in both written and spoken English