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28 Sep 2023
Program Coordinator at Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture
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- Company: Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture
- Location: Zambia
- State: Chipata
- Job type: Full-Time
- Job category: Administrative/Secretarial Jobs in Zambia
Job Description
Position Summary: The F2F Program Coordinator assists the country director with all aspects of program implementation. The coordinator establishes new relationships with potential program beneficiary organizations, analyses the needs of those organizations, and coordinates assignments and logistics for volunteer consultants and conducts other tasks as needed.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities
- Prepare comprehensive and quality documents and reports (host profiles, host strategies, scopes of work, etc.)
- Introduce the Farmer-to-Farmer program to potential new hosts.
- Document and manage a portfolio of CNFA volunteer projects.
- Develop and maintain regular communication (both written and oral) with CNFA hosts to assess their needs, status changes, and satisfaction with the CNFA program. Most of the communication with hosts occurs in rural areas.
- Manage service providers to volunteers (translators, taxi drivers and others) to ensure smooth completion of assignments.
- Perform any other duties as may be assigned by the Country Director.
Minimum Qualifications Include
- University degree (preferably in agriculture or a related and relevant field);
At least one (1) year professional experience in assignments relevant to the F2F Country Program; - Fluency in English required. Chichewa and Nyanja is desired;
- Experience in agricultural production, marketing and/or development;
- Ability to network effectively with country agricultural sector stakeholders;
- Proven leadership in managing work teams and executing complex projects; and
- Demonstrated competence in managing administrative responsibilities.