Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Full-Time: General Management Position in Baghdad
Agriculture / Forestry / Fishing General Management
Salary to US$130,000 Baghdad
Seeking a Senior Regional Manager to work in Iraq on a USAID Agribusiness project. The objective of the program is to promote economic diversification and employment generation, with a clear focus on creating growth in the agribusiness sector.
The Senior Regional Manager is responsible for the implementation of a diversified agribusiness portfolio. The Senior Regional Manager provides leadership and direct supervision to 20 Iraqi advisors in analysis, program design, and implementation management in support to the creation and diffusion of innovative agribusiness opportunities in 14 provinces of Iraq. The Senior Regional Manager relies on expatriate and Iraqi subject matter experts in four value chains: livestock, fish and poultry, fruits and vegetables, and business development. Additional support comes from a training office, engineer staff, and program economists.
Qualifications:
Education: University degree in business, agriculture or life sciences required. Other relevant degrees may be accepted. Master's degree in complementary field desirable.
Required Experience:
1. Ten or more years practical experience in managing successful commercial agribusiness or leadership in a similar development project, with personal responsibility for profit and loss.
2. Seven years work in developing countries on rural business development, production agriculture (except grains or swine), or agricultural marketing.
3. Understanding of production and marketing of livestock, farmed fish, broilers, and a broad range of horticultural products.
4. Demonstrated ability to coordinate and manage complex operations and staff.
5. Familiarity with and ability to manage formal systems of commodities and services procurement.
6. Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, adaptable to unforeseeable events, self-motivating, and innovative.
7. Demonstrated ability to manage cross-culturally among Western and non-Western cultures, including issues of work performance and moral hazard.
8. Ability to speak, read, and write English at the USG Foreign Service FSI 4 level or equivalent.
9. Excellent oral and written communication skills.
10. Demonstrated personal commitment to business ethics.
Desirable Experience:
1. Experience in Iraq or Arabic culture.
2. Ability to speak and write Arabic.
3. Ability to design project activities in compliance with the Federal Acquisition Regulations.
Salary to US$130,000 Baghdad
Seeking a Senior Regional Manager to work in Iraq on a USAID Agribusiness project. The objective of the program is to promote economic diversification and employment generation, with a clear focus on creating growth in the agribusiness sector.
The Senior Regional Manager is responsible for the implementation of a diversified agribusiness portfolio. The Senior Regional Manager provides leadership and direct supervision to 20 Iraqi advisors in analysis, program design, and implementation management in support to the creation and diffusion of innovative agribusiness opportunities in 14 provinces of Iraq. The Senior Regional Manager relies on expatriate and Iraqi subject matter experts in four value chains: livestock, fish and poultry, fruits and vegetables, and business development. Additional support comes from a training office, engineer staff, and program economists.
Qualifications:
Education: University degree in business, agriculture or life sciences required. Other relevant degrees may be accepted. Master's degree in complementary field desirable.
Required Experience:
1. Ten or more years practical experience in managing successful commercial agribusiness or leadership in a similar development project, with personal responsibility for profit and loss.
2. Seven years work in developing countries on rural business development, production agriculture (except grains or swine), or agricultural marketing.
3. Understanding of production and marketing of livestock, farmed fish, broilers, and a broad range of horticultural products.
4. Demonstrated ability to coordinate and manage complex operations and staff.
5. Familiarity with and ability to manage formal systems of commodities and services procurement.
6. Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, adaptable to unforeseeable events, self-motivating, and innovative.
7. Demonstrated ability to manage cross-culturally among Western and non-Western cultures, including issues of work performance and moral hazard.
8. Ability to speak, read, and write English at the USG Foreign Service FSI 4 level or equivalent.
9. Excellent oral and written communication skills.
10. Demonstrated personal commitment to business ethics.
Desirable Experience:
1. Experience in Iraq or Arabic culture.
2. Ability to speak and write Arabic.
3. Ability to design project activities in compliance with the Federal Acquisition Regulations.
