Technical Field Program Manager

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• Lead and coordinate in-country implementation of the Youth Entrepreneurship for the Future of Food and Agriculture (YEFFA) acceleration plan together with CPL and partners. • Translate the country Theory of Change into operational interventions that deliver YiW outcomes. • Plan and conduct regular field monitoring visits and prepare concise RAG status reports for Country Program Lead (CPL) and Program Management Unit (PMU). • Implement quality assurance processes to ensure partner activities meet YEFFA standards, safeguarding and environmental compliance. • Provide training and capacity strengthening to partners on gender-sensitive and youth- intentional program approaches and Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) data collection protocols. • Validate partner-reported data and ensure consistency with YEFFA MEL protocols. • Provide technical inputs for grant design and pre-approval concept notes, ensuring market- systems orientation and inclusion considerations. • Track grant performance, expenditure against deliverables, and collaborate with Grants & Finance to address disbursement or compliance issues. • Consolidate field insights into programmatic recommendations and feed into country and continental learning products. • Identify implementation bottlenecks early through field presence; propose and implement corrective actions and escalate major issues to CPL/PMU. • Build and maintain strong relationships with implementing partners, local government authorities, private sector actors, consortiums, youth groups, women’s groups, and community-based organizations to enable scalable youth-in-work (YiW) pathways. • Facilitate linkages between country delivery and continental pillar initiatives to maximize learning, harmonize approaches, and ensure alignment with AGRA’s YEFFA results framework. • Act as a technical liaison between CPL, PMU, and grantees to address bottlenecks and provide real-time guidance for program execution. • Promote knowledge-sharing and cross-country learning by facilitating field visits, peer-to-peer exchanges, and virtual learning sessions. • Advocate for youth inclusion, gender responsiveness, and market systems approaches in program implementation.