Senior Lead, Agriculture Development.

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Job TitleDepartment/Group:

Technical

Reporting To:

Head of Technical and Special Projects

Years of Experience

5 Years

Location

Mbale

Travel Required:

50–60% (regional/cross-country)

Job description

About Raising The Village

At Raising The Village (RTV), we are dedicated to eradicating ultra-poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa. As a dynamic, rapidly growing international development organization, we’ve assembled a team of over 350+ passionate individuals in Uganda, Rwanda, DRC and Tanzania, alongside an additional 15+ professionals in North America. Together, we are committed to elevating communities out of ultra-poverty by implementing innovative solutions and leveraging advanced data analytics to drive impact.

To date, our holistic approach has positively impacted over 1,000,000 lives since 2012, and we’re poised to achieve even greater milestones, aiming to assist 1 million individuals annually by 2027. Our growth and success are fueled by the invaluable support of global partners who share our vision of sustainable change. Learn more about our impactful programs at www.raisingthevillage.org

Job Summary

The Senior Lead Agriculture Development will play a critical leadership role in ensuring high-quality, scalable, and sustainable agricultural programming across multiple countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. The role will provide strategic direction, technical leadership, and quality assurance for RTV’s agriculture interventions, ensuring strong results through both direct implementation teams and implementing partners.

The position requires a mix of program design, partnership management, team capacity-building, and cross-country coordination. The Lead Agriculture Development will be responsible for ensuring consistency of RTV’s agriculture methodology, knowledge transfer, innovation in climate-smart agriculture, and achievement of program outcomes that increase household incomes and food security. The Lead is also required to constantly develop and pilot innovative models that lead to increased levels of production and incomes for ultra-poor households.

Key Responsibilities

Agriculture Program Leadership

• Provide cross-country strategic direction and leadership for agriculture program design and implementation.
• Lead/support assessing specific new context in the country and provide strategic directions for specific region.
• lead/contribute to the development/revisions of RTV methodology on a regular basis to ensure it cutting edge and world class in delivering program outcomes.
• Oversee integration of RTV’s agriculture methodology across different contexts while ensuring adaptability to local conditions.
• Lead adoption of climate-smart and sustainable farming practices, crop diversification, and value chain development.
• Ensure quality control and consistency of agricultural interventions in both direct implementation and partner-led projects.

Partner Support and Capacity Building

• Guide and support implementing partners to effectively apply RTV’s agriculture methodology.
• Provide technical backstopping, training, and mentorship to partner organizations and their field teams.
• Assess overall performance of the agricultural designs quarterly, semi-annually, and annually to constantly adapt and improve.
• Establish systems for regular partner reviews, learning exchanges, and joint accountability mechanisms.

Program Design and Innovation