Country Director

hace 6 días

Panama cinfo A tiempo completo

COMPANY PRESENTATION

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is an international financial institution and a specialized United Nations agency dedicated to eradicating rural poverty and hunger. It does so by investing in rural people. IFAD finances programmes and projects that increase agricultural productivity and raise rural incomes, and advocates at the local, national and international level for policies that contribute to rural transformation.

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**Organizational Setting**
- The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is an international financial institution and a specialized United Nations agency dedicated to eradicating rural poverty and hunger. It does so by investing in rural people. IFAD finances programmes and projects that increase agricultural productivity and raise rural incomes, and advocates at the local, national and international level for policies that contribute to rural transformation.

Under the overall supervision of the regional Division Director, the Country Director is responsible for management of the assigned portfolio and related staff.
- The position is located in Panama City, Panama.

**Job Role**
- The Country Director is accountable for the IFAD core values of integrity, transparency, and equity in the management of assigned portfolio. The accountabilities/key results the CD also include advocacy for and enhancement of national government programmes that improve the access of poor rural people to natural resources; agricultural technologies; financial services; markets; employment opportunities and enterprise development. The Country Director additionally promotes capacity building of key government counterparts and the rural poor in terms of the skills required for their participation in national and local policy and programming processes.
- Position specific:

- The Country Director plans, directs and manages the IFAD country programmes in Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago, and other tasks assigned by the LAC Regional Director. The position plays a critical role in ensuring IFAD programmes are efficiently implemented in the countries assigned.

**Key Functions and Results**
- 1. COUNTRY STRATEGIC PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT: The Country Director manages country strategy development for countries within the assigned portfolio of work and is accountable for leading and managing the development and implementation of medium to longer-term strategies (COSOP) for IFAD's collaboration with governments and other national stakeholders for agricultural development and rural poverty reduction following the principle of ownership, alignment and harmonization. This entails analysis of the dynamics of agricultural development and rural poverty reduction; development of relevant country
- specific strategies; and the definition of IFAD's value added in this context.
- 2. COUNTRY PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT: The Country Director manages IFAD programme and related IFAD-funded projects within the portfolio assigned by the Division Director, leading the design and supervision of the projects as well as loan and grant negotiations, all in accordance with IFAD's applicable policies. The Country Director is accountable for analysing relevant information, assisting in the periodic monitoring and evaluation of results achieved and reporting on and dissemination of findings. The incumbent contributes effectively to the IFAD organizational change agenda, with reference to issues related to IFAD's direct supervision and implementation support modalities.
- 3. INSTITUTIONAL REPRSENTATION AND PARTNERSHIP MANAGEMENT The Country Director serves as a designated IFAD representative at country-level. The incumbent catalyses effective partnerships with a broad range of stakeholders in agricultural development and rural poverty reduction, including government and non-governmental institutions, bilateral and multilateral financing institutions, civil society organizations, research centres and the private sector. Additionally, they enhance IFAD's relationship and collaboration with in-country partners focusing on synergies and coordinated strategies with multilateral/bilateral donors and civil-society organizations involved in agricultural development and rural poverty reduction. The incumbent represents IFAD on the UN Country Team, playing a significant role in coordinating operational for development, and contributes to all international and national meetings/thematic groups meetings. The Country Director may coordinate the operational work of the assigned portfolio with the relevant Head of an IFAD Multi-Country Office (MCO) and may provide coordination and administrative support to other Country Directors (P5) managing portfolios assigned to one of the areas

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