Project Head - Rural - Agriculture

Position: Project Head Rural

Employment type: Full time

Program Design and Research:

• Support the planning and strategy of programs across themes.
• Support research on geographies, impact indicators and institutions for collaboration.
• Prepare strategy presentations, concept notes, dashboards using excel for internal review and communication across teams.
• Support the design of methodology for project implementation.

Technical Proposal Evaluation:

• Support in reviewing technical specifications, project budgets, activity timelines, milestone-based cash flows, BoQs and implementation designs.
• Support in evaluating incoming proposals for technical soundness and feasibility.

Institute assessment:

• Support in assessing institutions for technical capability, on-ground presence, past performance and alignment with foundations objectives for potential collaboration in specific areas.

Data Management and Reporting:

• Develop and maintain data and dashboards to monitor projects.
• Ensure standardized collection of impact data.
• Coordination with regional teams and implementing partners to track data.

Project Monitoring and Coordination:

• Liaise with internal operations teams to track on-ground implementation progress.
• Liaise with procurement team to understand price discovery mechanism and specifications given by various vendors for the various themes.
• Assist in Monitoring project milestones through data dashboards and presentations.
• Manage program-related meetings by coordinating with internal teams and external stakeholders including preparation of MOMs with actionable.

Knowledge Management:

• Support development of frameworks and monitoring indicators across program themes.
• Build a repository of technical details, implementation guides, case studies, and best practices based on field experiences and lessons learned.
• Engage with sector stakeholders (institutions, domain experts, NGOs) for knowledge exchange, technical inputs and potential collaborations.
• Good understanding and application of MS PowerPoint and Excel.

Eligibility Criteria:

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Agricultural Economics.
• Minimum 15 years of experience in agriculture-based economic activities.
• Strong understanding of agricultural markets, crop economy, rural economy, and agriculture supply chain dynamics.
• Experience in market analysis, price analysis, demand forecasting, and farmer-centric business strategies.
• Candidate must have proven experience in selling agro-based products such as seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, farm equipment, agriinputs, or allied agricultural products.
• Managed market analysis, product launches, branding, sales forecasting, and channel partner development to increase business growth.
• Successfully launched new agro products and implemented sales planning strategies that improved forecasting accuracy and market penetration.
• Achieved significant portfolio growth by tripling herbicide product volumes, strengthening brand positioning, and developing farmer-focused marketing initiatives.