Company Profile

Since 1963, ACDI/vOCA has empowered people in 145 developing and transitional nations to succeed in the global economy. Based in Washington, D.C., ACDI/VOCA is a non profit international development organization that delivers technical and management assistance in agribusiness, financial services, enterprise development, community development and food security in order to promote broad-based economic growth and vibrant civil society.

Job Description

ACDI/VOCA is currently seeking the services of a Country Director (to be based in Accra office) for the Farmer-to-Farmer Program (F2F). F2F is a regional program that provides voluntary and technical assistance to farmers, farm groups and agribusiness throughout Ghana.

Essential Responsibilities

• Responsible for overall administration and implementation of the Ghana Volunteer Program
• Supervise F2F Ghana support staff
• Act as ACDI/VOCA Ghana country project representative to donors and in-country agencies
• Provide technical advice and guidance to requesting host organizations
• Initiate contact with technical partners or host organizations
• Assess viability of host organization request made to ACDI/VOCA
• Finalize all scopes of work for volunteer assignments
• Monitor project budget to ensure that expenditure are within approved budget parameters and ensuring that all appropriate financial reporting requirements are met
• Prepare project reports, success stories and other public outreach communication materials

Required Skills or Experience

• Master's degree in agriculture, MBA
• Minimum  eight (8) years of experience in agriculture
• Minimum five (5) years of experience in managing staff and leading development programs
• Excellent written and oral communication
• Demonstrate ability to work independently and as a team
• Proficient in Microsoft office (Word, Access, Excel and Power Point)
• Detail oriented and highly organized