Team Lead – Agriculture and Rural Development

• Drive high bid-to-win ratios by developing persuasive and competitive proposals, concept notes, and technical submissions.
• Evaluate Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and Terms of Reference (TORs) to decide on bid/no-bid options in consultation with Business Development and Business Unit Leadership.
• Prepare and submit precise budget parameters for financial proposals, ensuring alignment with project goals and funding frameworks.
• Assess winning potential through structured analysis before initiating technical proposal development.
• Ensure that all proposal components meet quality standards and that the team is aligned and accountable for timely, high-quality submissions.

2. Project Planning and Financial Coordination

• Develop accurate, timely budget forecasts and ensure alignment with the approved financial plan.
• Monitor and track project expenditures, ensuring compliance with allocated budgets.
• Submit field staff deployment schedules (enumerators and supervisors) promptly to facilitate timely disbursements.
• Oversee data quality assurance and ensure reliability and integrity across field teams and data collection efforts.

3. Project Implementation and Client Engagement

• Lead day-to-day project execution, ensuring deliverables are completed within scope, time, and quality parameters.
• Maintain consistent, professional communication with clients, ensuring responsiveness and transparency.
• Implement rigorous data quality control measures, including frequent field monitoring and verification.
• Document and synthesize lessons learned for continuous improvement across future projects.
• Manage and resolve operational challenges, field issues, and client concerns in relation to project-related executions and communication in a timely and constructive manner.
• Oversee the preparation, validation, and client approval of data collection tools and questionnaires.
• Ensure all project processes from programming and training to pilot testing and tool validation are executed to standard.
• Provide weekly project updates and manage ongoing communication with clients.

4. Research, Analysis, and Reporting

• Lead the development of evidence-based, analytically rigorous reports that include actionable insights and clear conclusions.
• Ensure all reports undergo peer review, with thorough incorporation of internal and client feedback.
• Guarantee that final deliverables are professionally edited for content and style, with appropriate infographics, tables, and visualizations.
• Coordinate internal rehearsal sessions in preparation for external presentations or validation workshops.
• Develop and format high-quality PowerPoint presentations in line with client expectations and brand standards.

5. Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement

• Facilitate knowledge-sharing activities such as feedback meetings, post-project reviews, and internal learning sessions.
• Implement real-time project monitoring tools, including dashboards, to track progress and ensure timely updates.

6. Team Management and Performance Oversight

• Supervise and mentor project team members, setting clear expectations and cascading portfolio-level goals.
• Monitor and evaluate individual and team performance using predefined metrics.
• Ensure timely preparation and submission of monthly, quarterly, biannual, and annual performance reports.