Head of Agrifood Systems, PANA

THE OPPORTUNITYReporting to the Director, Agrifood Systems, the Head for Agrifood Systems will be responsible for the development and implementation of transformative programs for the Foundation’s Pan-African Programs team. A multi-faceted strategy, the Foundation’s Agrifood Systems strategy, for Pan African Programs, aims to unlock millions of sustainable, dignified and fulfilling work opportunities for young women and men in Africa, in the sector, in line with the Foundation’s Young Africa Works strategy.WAYS YOU CAN CONTRIBUTEStrategic ImplementationInterpret and cascade the agrifood systems strategy roadmap of the Foundation to enable the successful execution of Pan African Programs’ portfolio in support of the Young Africa Works strategy. Develop new regional and Pan-African partnerships with a variety of organizations, beyond the established, to create systemic impact in the sector for youth to thrive.Partner with the Country Program teams to provide timely and context aligned support for the implementation of agrifood systems, agribusiness, climate and related country portfolios. Lead in the creation of collaboration platforms and networks relevant to enabling the scaling and acceleration of agrifood systems   and agribusiness programs. Play a key role in driving the Foundation’s thrust on agrifood systems, agribusiness and climate resilience.  Support country teams to regularly collect and collate learnings from the programs under implementationSynthesize, socialize, and integrate learnings from country and regional programs to feed into future development/co-creation processes. Ensure country and regional teams have tangible access to technical expertise in agrifood systems. Co-lead management of the community of practice in agrifood systems & Climate to aid the learning agenda internally and externally.Stakeholder EngagementRepresent the Foundation as a senior spokesperson at key conferences, workshops and media events and build relationships with senior figures within donors, foundations, private sector and governments to build awareness and strengthen the brand and public profile of the Foundation and its programs.Leadership and CollaborationLead, manage, motivate, and develop staff within the agriculture thematic team and ensure they have clear objectives and accountabilities against which individual and team performance is regularly assessed. Provide functional leadership to agrifood systems staff in country programs, ensure they have a complete understanding of objectives and approaches aligned with the enterprise- level agriculture strategy of the Foundation. Collaborate with colleagues across functions and countries to deliver the Foundation’s work in agrifood systems.WHO YOU AREMinimum twelve (12) to fifteen (15) years of experience in agricultural sciences, agribusiness, agrifood sys...