Coffee Initiative Director Job Vacancy: TechnoServe

TECHNOSERVE
Business Solutions to Rural Poverty
Recruitment of Coffee Initiative Director KENYA-CID-0811

TechnoServe is a non-profit international development organization with activities in 15 countries in the developing world. For more information on TechnoServe, please visit wwww.technoserve.org.

A Coffee Initiative Director is being recruited in Kenya (Nairobi) to manage TechnoServe's coffee interventions as part of a Regional Coffee Initiative being implemented across 4 East African Countries (Ethiopia, Rwanda, Tanzania and Kenya). The director will provide leadership for managing the programmatic, administrative, financial, and technical aspects of the Project.

Applying candidates should possess:

• 20+ years of experience in private sector agribusiness, with at least 10+ years in senior management level positions in Africa managing large and complex staff teams.
• Strong experience in coffee production, processing and marketing in more than one country in the African continent. Additional coffee experience in other continents preferred.
• Extensive experience in technology transfer and adoption.
• Prior experience managing and coordinating regionally based agribusiness projects.
• Strong knowledge in Rural SME competitiveness.
• Bachelors Degree in agricultural sciences or business required.
• Excellent oral and written presentation skills.
• Proficiency in both English and Kiswahili required.
• Prior experience managing complex donor funded projects preferred.
• Candidates with current investment(s) or role as an active stakeholder in the Kenyan coffee industry could present a conflict of interest and therefore will not be considered for this position.

Apply (by email only) to the Recruitment Coordinator at recruitment @ tns.org with the position title (Kenya-CID-0811) placed in the subject line. Please include (1) curriculum vitae, (2) telephone contacts of three referees, (3) salary history and (4) cover letter describing your interest. No phone calls will be accepted.

Applications will be treated confidentially. Deadline for applications is November 26, 2008. Note that only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Technoserve is an equal opportunity employer. Women are encouraged to apply.

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