Program Director, Johannesburg, South Africa

Title: Program Director, Zimele Reports to: Country Director, South Africa Location: Johannesburg, South Africa Travel: Up to 30%, local travel within South Africa, occasional travel abroad Grade: 11 TECHNOSERVE BACKGROUND TechnoServe (www.technoserve.org) is a non-profit, economic development organization with sustained commitment to its 50-year old founding mission to work with enterprising men and women in the developing world to build competitive farms, businesses, and industries. We are business development specialists, assisting farmers and other entrepreneurs in 29 countries, increasing their access to information, capital and markets. The increased income our clients derive enhances resilience and prosperity for their families and communities. POSITION DESCRIPTION and responsibilities The role of the Program Director of the Anglo American Zimele program, which is funded by Anglo American, entails the management of one of the largest local economic development (LED) projects in South Africa. The program delivers transformative economic change in some of the poorest parts of South Africa by supporting local enterprises grow their businesses to the next level. The desired individual will be a high quality manager who can direct a large and diverse team of around 60 people, a compelling leader who can articulate the vision for the program, a strategic thinker who can predict challenges and build plans to overcome them, an individual with exceptional people skills who can engage a diverse set of stakeholders to build consensus, and someone who understands, and can build, robust procedures to deliver operational and financial excellence. The candidate will need a deep commitment to economic development and poverty reduction. TechnoServe delivers the Enterprise, and Supplier Development initiative through a network of hubs, operating under the brand name of Anglo American Zimele. In the first phase, the program exceeded it’s 10,000 jobs supported target and was awarded an extension to continue delivering the program on behalf of Anglo American In this second phase, the hubs operate in Mogalakwena, Rustenburg, Amandelbult, Sishen, and Kolomela, Far Eastern Limb and Polokwane. TechnoServe is employing a team of 6 or 7 staff to operate each hub. The hubs deliver business acceleration and workforce development services (training, mentorship, access to finance, linkages to markets, etc.) to eligible entrepreneurs within a 50-kilometer radius of the hub through unique program pillars. The Program Director manages a high-caliber program management office (PMO) to support the Hubs and deliver a program of outstanding quality in a consistent way within the time framework as per the contract with our client. The Program director is responsible for the program strategy and approach and he/she works closely with the Deputy Director/Operations Manager role, who supports the program roll out on a tactical level. To provide the context, the following