Job Vacancy: PORTFOLIO MANAGER, SPECIALISATION IN AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION OR FINANCE

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Job Vacancy: Job title: PORTFOLIO MANAGER, SPECIALISATION IN AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION OR FINANCE

Job description: Portfolio manager
(specialisation in Agricultural Technology, Innovation Or Finance)Propcom+ is a new FCDO-funded eight-year (2023-2030), rural and agricultural market development programme supporting climate-resilient and sustainable agriculture and forestry that benefits people, climate, and nature. The programme is implemented by The Palladium Group, and it aims to transform Nigeria’s rural economy by addressing environmental, social, and economic challenges in the country’s food and land-use system. It will do this by (i) increasing productivity, improve nutrition and food security; (ii) enhance climate resilience, pursue lower emissions, and protect and restore nature, and (iii) help tackle some of Nigeria’s underlying drivers of conflict and insecurity. It does this by working as a ‘market facilitator’, identifying constraints in markets systems and facilitating changes to enable rural markets to work better for the benefit of poor and climate-vulnerable smallholder farmers and rural small-scale entrepreneurs.
Propcom+ has a target of increasing the incomes and climate resilience of 3.9 million poor and vulnerable people in Nigeria, 50% of whom will be women, through a “3Ps” approach of interlinked components:
P1: Scaling-up a focused basket of Proven climate-smart interventions around agricultural and primary processing / storage practices and models to get these adopted by millions of poor and vulnerable smallholder farmers and small-scale entrepreneurs.
P2: Building markets by developing and Piloting new business models that improve productivity, enhance resilience to climate change, reduce emissions, and improve nutrition outcomes.
P3: Enabling Policies that support a strengthened enabling environment for sustainable food and land-use system.PURPOSE
The Portfolio Manager will lead the identification, design and execution of market-led interventions that contribute to delivering the Programme’s key objectives. With oversight from the Work Stream Lead, S/he will work closely with other Programme teams to deliver results on a portfolio of interventions related to agricultural technology, innovation or finance.REPORTING
This post will report to a Work Stream Lead.RESPONSIBILITY:
This post will be responsible for the: Senior Intervention OfficersKey Responsibilities
Provide overall strategic direction for the market sector/portfolio and all interventions within the sector/portfolio, designing Evidence-based business models, intervention plans and relevant intervention guides with measurement plans for managing performance and alignment with programme results.
Identifying new opportunities markets that contribute to the overall programme strategy and making the case to senior management.
Initiating and managing all market related value chain analysis ensuring study designs, contracting and implementation are done in accordance to set standards.
Develop and pitch business cases to potential business partners.
Lead stakeholder analysis of 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
Integrate CSA, conflict-sensitivity, political economy, GESI, and nutrition sensitivity into the interventions both at a smallholder farmer level and across the value chain / wider market system.
Ensure:
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.Team Management
Improving the performance of the team through mentoring and coaching
Ensuring good linkages with the Results Measurement team
Contributing to the overall leadership of the programme as part of the management team
Work with Communications and MERL team to ensure intervention results are documented and ploughed into learning.Key competencies / Experience
Candidate will possess minimum of first degree in Economics, Agric-economics, any field of Engineering, Project management, marketing, or Strategic management. Master’s degree in any business, information technology and finance will be an added advantage.
5-7years cognate experience facilitating market systems development approach. Private sector sales and marketing experience will be an added advantage.
Experience designing business models and bottom of the pyramid models that catalyse investments from agribusinesses.
Experience and knowledge of the agricultural and food market.
Experience in the investment landscape and brokering investment deals.
Hands-on experience leading business analysis and developing viable business plans
Evidence of the ability to form strong partnerships.
Credibility within the business community
Excellent problem solving and analytical skills.
Ability to develop well written, cohesive reports.
Strong skills in business software (Excel, MS Project and PowerPoint)
Excellent communication skills in both written and spoken English.
Team management experience
Willingness to travel domestically, especially to the north of Nigeria, is essential.
Previous experience on M4P projects preferred.
Risk identification and mitigation
The role is based in Abuja, although extensive travels within northern Nigeria will be required.Company Overview:About Palladium – Palladium is a global leader in the design, development and delivery of Positive Impact – the intentional creation of enduring social and economic value. We work with governments, businesses, and investors to solve the world’s most pressing challenges. With a team of more than 3,000 employees operating in 90 plus countries and a global network of over 35,000 experts, we help improve economies, societies and, most importantly, people’s lives.Equity, Diversity & Inclusion – Palladium is committed to embedding equity, diversity, and inclusion into everything we do. We welcome applications from all sections of society and actively encourage diversity to drive innovation, creativity, success and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce; and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment regardless of their background or personal characteristics. These include: (but are not limited to) socio-economic background, age, race, gender identity and expression, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, veteran, marital or Indigenous status.Should you require any adjustments or accommodations to be made due to a disability or you are a neurodivergent individual or for any other circumstance, please email our team at accessibility@thepalladiumgroup.com and we will be in touch to discuss.Safeguarding – We define Safeguarding as “the preventative action taken by Palladium to protect our people, clients and the communities we work with from harm”. We are committed to ensuring that all children and adults who come into contact with Palladium are treated with respect and are free from abuse. All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced selection process including safeguarding-focused interviews and a rigorous due diligence process.

Location: Abuja, FCT

Job date: Tue, 09 Apr 2024 22:04:33 GMT

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