Deputy Chief of Party – USDA Cambodia

Project Summary:

Land O’Lakes Venture37 is recruiting for a Deputy Chief of Party anticipation of an upcoming United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food for Progress (FFPr) Program in Cambodia that will focus on improving the implementation and development of food safety regulations and capacity building in sanitary and phytosanitary measures (SPS).

Position Summary:

The DCOP will support the Chief of Party (COP) by providing day-to-day guidance on technical activities. S/he will work closely with the COP and other team members in designing, implementing, and monitoring project interventions to achieve the objectives and deliverables required under this project. S/he will work with the COP, staff, home office and USAID to adjust programmatic approach, staffing and resources as required based on continuous monitoring of project activities.

The position will be based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Assist the COP in developing and executing project workplans and overseeing and implementing project activities.
• Provide leadership, management and direction to field-level activities.
• Lead and oversee technical team and components and ensure activities align with the workplan.
• Adapt project implementation and activities to achieve objectives and targets as needed.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for technical activities to implementing partners.
• Work with Technical Advisor – Gender, Youth and Social Inclusion to ensure gender equality and socially inclusive approaches are integrated into programming and effectively implemented; regularly identify learnings, refining the design as needed to improve social inclusion across project activities.
• Provide or facilitate capacity building and training to team, beneficiaries, and partners.
• Assist the COP in monitoring, evaluation and reporting functions.
• Serve as Acting COP when required.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• An undergraduate degree (e.g. BA/BS) in agribusiness, international development, economics, food safety, trade, business management or other relevant field.
• A minimum of five (5) years of experience in developing and implementing agriculture value chain reform projects in Southeast Asia.
• Practical technical experience developing and implementing food safety regulations, training personnel on sanitary and phytosanitary measures (SPS), working with agribusiness, and/or collaborating on agricultural policy in developing countries, including trade policy.
• Proven leadership skills building and managing cooperative, high-level relationships and motivating diverse teams.
• Excellent interpersonal and written and oral presentation skills.
• English oral and written fluency.

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in a supervisory role with projects or enterprises of similar size and complexity.
• An advanced degree (e.g. Master’s) in agribusiness, international development, economics, business management or other relevant field.
• Khmer oral and written fluency.

The position described above is contingent upon activity award.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. No phone calls will be accepted.

Land O’Lakes never requests money or payment from candidates for any position type. Please report any such requests to Land O’Lakes.

Land O’Lakes Venture37 is an equal opportunity employer and an organization striving to help global communities thrive through agriculture. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status, among other factors. Our culture values a diversity of voices. So bring us your unique experiences, your workstyle, and your dreams — they’ll only make us stronger.