Program Manager 2SCALE

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Program Manager 2SCALE

Bopinc is looking for a dynamic Program Manager who can lead our team in Africa's largest agribusiness incubator program: 2SCALE. Become part of our global innovation center and work in close collaboration with a renowned international development player to deliver impact. You'll be working from farm to fork and focus on driving innovation, marketing and distribution tactics to make nutritious foods available for low income consumers in East and West Africa

Full-time · Nigeria, Kenya, Ethiopia

Bopinc is a Dutch not-for-profit that accelerates the impact of market-driven and innovative business models in low-income markets. We support our clients in making their businesses more viable and inclusive by including people at the Base of the Pyramid as consumers, producers and entrepreneurs in the supply chain. Bopinc works with a wide variety of start-ups, SMEs and multinational companies to achieve this. Over the past ten years more than 1200 companies have been supported across a variety of sectors. Bopinc works across four sectors; Agriculture & nutrition, Renewable Energy, WASH and Financial Services.

The need

"Bopinc is looking for a dynamic Program Manager who can lead our team in Africa's largest agribusiness incubator program: 2SCALE. Become part of our global innovation center and work in close collaboration with a renowned international development player to deliver impact. You'll be working from farm to fork and focus on driving innovation, marketing and distribution tactics to make nutritious foods available for low income consumers in East and West Africa."

Since the end of 2012, we have been implementing the 2SCALE program, currently together with our program partners IFDC and SNV. 2SCALE is one of the largest agribusiness incubators in Africa, working with SMEs, farmer groups and multinationals in 8 different countries across Sub-Saharan Africa. 2SCALE builds inclusive agribusiness networks that connect farmers, buyers and intermediaries, enabling them to create and grow new businesses, through providing technical assistance and brokering partnerships with financial institutions and business support services. The program is expected to move into an extension and consolidation phase (until end 2026), which stronger transfer to local institutions.

Bopinc’s role in 2SCALE, next to being jointly responsible for the overall success of the program, is to ensure that together with the private sector partners and other stakeholders in 2SCALE, we accomplish one of the key performance indicators; to improve the access to nutritious foods for BoP consumers. We do this through developing and implementing effective marketing and distribution strategies with these private sector actors. Next to that, Bopinc needs to ensure that other business focused actors will be enabled and capacitated to provide similar business support in the future.

To lead Bopinc’s involvement in the 2SCALE program, we are looking to expand our team with a Program Manager, based preferably in Nigeria, Ethiopia or Kenya.

Roles and Responsibilities

  • Lead and manage the portfolio of partnership plans, ensuring timely delivery of quality results and capturing learnings and insights Quality delivery will primarily happen through your team of (currently 6) local BoP marketing experts spread across the program countries and in close collaboration with the country team leads of 2SCALE. Ensuring that these full-time experts can effectively do their work and deliver results in a timely manner and with the right application of the expertise of Bopinc.

  • Coordinate the involvement of Bopinc technical advisors from Bopinc headquarters and Kenya/Ethiopia/Nigeria offices, ensuring the technical expertise of these advisors is optimally used within the program on topics such as delivery of engaging training, (digital) innovation, behavioral change, last-mile distribution and women entrepreneurship

  • Serve as a member of the Program Management Team, consisting of representatives of all consortium organizations.

  • Take full responsibility for the optimal utilization of the budget of Bopinc within 2SCALE, and ensure timely, quality and consistent reporting on the same.

  • Provide thought leadership within the program on the topic of BoP marketing & distribution of nutritious food products and private sector development. This thought leadership should also be conveyed outside of the program, showcasing 2SCALE insights and results through various fora and communication channels.

  • Ensure alignment of 2 SCALEs work with Bopinc’s organizational strategy and other active projects within Bopinc to leverage resources.

  • Build on the 2SCALE partnerships to support new business development opportunities.

Next to managing the 2SCALE program, the Program Manager will actively support the Bopinc Country Lead to expand the office through Business Development and (strategic) programmatic support. 

Qualifications and educational requirements

  • Master’s degree or equivalent in business administration, development economics and/or agricultural economics

  • At least 10 years of work experience of which 5 years in a similar role

  • Experience in implementing projects in consortia with other organizations
  • Knowledge of the broader agribusiness sector in Africa
  • Deep understanding of marketing & distribution in African BoP consumer markets
  • Willing to frequently travel across Africa and to the Netherlands
  • Excellent communication skills, in both English and preferably French and strong ability to prepare clear written reports

Core Competencies

Leading self and others
Acts as a positive role model collaborating and supporting the development of others.

Agility
Effectively adapts own approach to suit changing circumstances or requirements. Performance is consistent, even under pressure.

Effective communication
Expresses ideas in a clear, concise, and open manner. Handles conflict effectively, by finding common ground. Actively listens and proactively shares knowledge. Fluent in English. Strong ability to prepare clear written reports.

Strategic perspective
Develops and implements sustainable business strategies, and thinks long term and externally in order to positively shape the organization.

Results orientation
Efficiently establishes an appropriate course of action for self and/or others to accomplish a goal. Sees opportunities and takes the initiative to act on them. 

We offer

  • A motivated, multidisciplinary and culturally diverse team of professionals

  • Culture of dedication to delivery whilst also ensuring creativity and innovativeness
  • International travel to connect to our global team at least once a year
  • Market-based remuneration and conditions
  • Flexible office hours and opportunity to work from home

Bopinc actively promotes diversity & inclusion. Women and people of colour are strongly encouraged to apply.

JOB LOCATION: Nigeria, Ethiopia or Kenya

Apply for the job: 

Deadline: 21st August 2024

Start date: 1 October 2023 

Do you want to join our team as our Program Manager 2SCALE? Then we'd love to hear about you!

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