Land O’Lakes International Development is a non-profit division of the farmer-owned agricultural cooperative, with more than 80 years of farm-to-market experience. For more information on our organization, please visit our website at www.idd.landolakes.com
The Chief of Party will be responsible for technical and operational management of the anticipated project, and supervision of the project’s in-country team. S/he will work in close collaboration with USAID, local government officials, other stakeholders and the Land O’Lakes headquarters to ensure the program satisfactorily meets its technical requirements and complies with applicable USAID rules and regulations.
Qualifications:
• Master’s degree in agriculture, business, or a related field required
• Minimum 10 years of professional international development experience in agriculture required; significant dairy production and/or dairy processing technical experience strongly preferred
• Minimum 5 years of Chief of Party, Component Leader or comparable Country Director experience required
• Minimum 2 years of professional long-term experience in Africa required
• USAID project management experience strongly preferred
• Private sector agribusiness experience a plus
Please note that the above position is dependent on USAID award of the anticipated program to Land O’Lakes, and on USAID approval of any proposed candidate.
Qualified applicants are requested to submit CVs as soon as possible, and no later than May 1, 2011. To apply, please submit your CV through the website, http://www.idd.landolakes.com; please click on “Get Involved”, then “Opportunities”.
No phone calls, please. Women and minorities are strongly encouraged to apply.
Chief of Party, East Africa
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