Coffee Program Director For Regional Coffee And Cacao Program

The Coffee Program Director leads the implementation of the Coffee value chain component of Maximizing Opportunities in Coffee and Cacao in the Americas Program (MOCCA). The Program, a 5 year, $36.4M regional project builds the key agricultural sectors of coffee and cocoa in 5 countries, directly improving the livelihoods of over 120,000 farmers. The Coffee Program Director will oversee coffee market system development efforts including: partnering with market system actors to train over 60,000 coffee farmers; augmenting coffee breeding & agronomic research; strengthening coffee nurseries, facilitating agricultural lending; building the capacity of national coffee institutions; and strengthening platforms to support rehab & renovation efforts.

Qualifications:

- Bachelor’s degree in agronomy, agroforestry, agricultural economics, business administration, or a related field with
- 7+ years of progressively wider responsibility in managing agriculture, agribusiness or related program areas, or an advanced degree with at least 5 years of above-mentioned experience

- Demonstrated project experience overseeing strategic planning, management, supervision, and budgeting preferably with large project teams implementing diverse activities involving multiple partners in different countries
- Regional coffee industry knowledge and experience of successful design and implementation of coffee development programs
- Experience interacting effectively and collaboratively with a broad range of public and private sector counterparts and other key stakeholders, in building consensus, and in developing and managing mutually beneficial partnerships that leverage resources to create greater impact
- Experience leading components of USDA, USAID, or other bilateral-funded projects highly desirable, particularly in a fast-paced multicultural environment in Latin America

Required Languages - Working proficiency in Spanish and English is required