Project Manager, Livestock and Pastoralism
Project Manager, Livestock and Pastoralism
- Mali
SNV is a not-for-profit international development organisation that applies practical knowledge to make a lasting difference in the lives of people living in poverty. We use our extensive and long-term in-country presence to apply and adapt our top-notch expertise in agriculture, energy and WASH to local contexts. SNV has over 1250 staff in more than 25 countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America. We are proud to be a not-for-profit organisation that uses project financing to implement our mission. This requires us to work efficiently and to invest in operational excellence.
In its Strategic Plan period (2019 – 2022), SNV more explicitly aims for structural change and scale in its programmes, as well as bringing knowledge and initiatives from different programmes together at country level to contribute to systems’ change. We will continue to position ourselves as a learning organisation striving for excellence and invest in making knowledge flow to and from the frontline. Since 1979, SNV has been providing capacity development services to local institutions and organisations in Mali, working in line with national poverty reduction strategies.
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Description du poste
Overview of the Position
SNV is positioning for an upcoming Livestock project which will focus on livestock and pastoralism in Mali. The project will be implemented in the regions of Mopti, Tombouctou and Gao. The program overall objective is to improve the living conditions of actors operating in the livestock sector in the regions of Mopti, Tombouctou and Gao, including women, young people and the poorest, by creating jobs and opportunities in well-structured and competitive cattle-meat and milk sectors. The Team Leader is expected to be based in Bamako with regular travel.
SNV in Mali seeks a talented, entrepreneurial, result-oriented and proven project management professional, who will lead a new project and collaborate with the country team in Mali to further build on SNV’s high quality resilience in Agriculture. The project manager is responsible for the overall vision, leadership and guidance of the project, internally with the project staff and externally with donor, the host government and other stakeholders. She/he will be responsible for overall project planning, implementation and management, which includes among others: effectively steering project staff and team; efficient management of financial resources; review and approval of project budgets and monitoring expenditures; supervision of field operations; supervision of procurement and monitoring & evaluation; and ensuring quality control and timeliness of all deliverable as required. S/he will ensure full compliance with the donor contract and regulations and will oversee the project reporting process to the donor. S/he will oversee performance management of all project staff working in his/her project. The Project Manager reports to the Deputy Country Director and collaborates closely with the Agriculture global sector team. For more information on our works in Mali, please visit our website: MaliThis page belongs to the Job Offers database.
