Program Manager, USDA Advancing Markets for Producers (AMP)
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Winrock InternationalAgriculture
Remote, within the United StatesFull-TimeManager
Salary80,000 - 90,000 USD per year
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Job Details
- Languages
- Fluent English is required.
- Experience
- Must have a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience.
- Required Skills
- Project ManagementMicrosoft Office
Requirements
- Have a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience.
- Hold a bachelor’s degree or have an equivalent combination of relevant experience and education.
- Demonstrate technical knowledge of relevant topics such as conservation agriculture, the rice value chain, or agriculture premiums or incentives.
- Have experience with federal government awards; experience with USDA projects focused on U.S. agriculture systems is preferred.
- Have experience working with U.S. farmer groups.
- Demonstrate knowledge of NRCS practices.
- Demonstrate project management skills to achieve targets within scope, budget, and schedule.
- Use Microsoft Office and other technologies essential to doing business.
- Communicate fluently in English, both orally and in writing.
- Be willing to travel domestically approximately 2–4 trips per year.
- Manage multiple demands and deadlines while maintaining quality and attention to detail.
- Be able to lead and motivate staff.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate with the Project Lead, staff, and support units to manage project operations and achieve project outcomes.
- Track project activities and progress against targets, and help ensure deliverables are accurate, high-quality, and timely.
- Prepare work plans, reports, working budgets, and budget forecasts, and analyze project progress and lessons learned.
- Maintain and improve project management tools and ensure project outputs, outcomes, and supporting data are accurately reported.
- Review and approve assigned producer and partner information and documentation for monitoring and evaluation.
- Write content, give presentations, and support outreach highlighting project activities, relationships, and impacts.
- Travel to field sites to support team members and partners with technical and operational project implementation.
- Manage partner and sub-awardee relationships and support compliance with USDA rules, regulations, and reporting requirements.
- Contribute to Winrock’s reporting to USDA and new business development efforts.
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