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Everyone deserves the opportunity to build a better future. This simple idea has been at the heart of TechnoServe’s work around the world for over 50 years. TechnoServe is a pioneer in leveraging the power of businesses and markets to create sustainable pathways out of poverty.

The low-income communities in which we work are full of enterprising people. Their small-scale farms and businesses are the keys to economic development. But they face many challenges: low literacy, lack of access to jobs and markets, unpredictable political dynamics, and, increasingly, the effects of climate change. Without resources to combat threats like volatile weather patterns, worsening natural disasters, and crop and livestock diseases, these small-scale producers face lower incomes and higher risks as they struggle to earn a good living.

TechnoServe is meeting this challenge with a bold commitment to help create a people-, nature-, and climate-positive world. Our Regenerate 30 initiative launched at COP27 aims to achieve the following impact by 2030: 30 million people with increased resilience, 30 million tons of CO2e mitigated or sequestered, 30 million acres of land under sustainable management or improved conservation and $300 million in private sector investment. The initiative will drive over $1 billion in financial benefits for smallholder farmers and businesses. Innovating with corporate partners to transform their global supply chains across their entire sourcing footprint while they work towards achieving net zero commitments is critical to achieving our Regenerate 30 vision. 

Program Overview:                     

The program donor has made a corporate commitment of protecting and regenerating 1.5 million hectares of land, forests, and oceans by 2030 and has partnered with TechnoServe to deploy the Regenerative Agriculture Program, inspiring and supporting farmers and agribusinesses to engage in the journey towards regenerative production systems.

This global program, funded through 2027, is an opportunity to collaborate with a leading company to demonstrate there is a future for a better, low-carbon, biodiverse, and profitable approach to farming. The program will collaborate with the donor’s suppliers across countries and various food ingredients and will make meaningful contributions to TechnoServe’s Regenerate 30 impact goals. This will require us to collaborate with the leading regenerative experts and practitioners in farming communities worldwide to support them in driving bottom-up change based on the local context. The program has a global scope and creates a unique opportunity to compare new regenerative farming practices and share insights and lessons across contexts.

Job Summary: 

Responsible for the project's measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) processes related to the assessment of the program's impact on environmental and financial outcomes for farmers and other supply chain partners. Coordinates and collaborates with the different areas of the program to obtain, process, and report program data. Key indicators will cover GHG emissions reduction, soil health improvement, water use efficiency, biodiversity restoration, and farmer livelihoods improvement.

Primary Functions & Responsibilities:

• Analyzes farm-level data and soil analysis results (with input from technical partners), calculates impact indicators, and generates BL/EL & annual reports with recommendations.
• Manages MRV and farmer economic business case validation, including reporting to donors.
• Oversees the delivery of MRV, including preparation of standard and custom reports to communicate program outcomes and impact to stakeholders.
• Manages MRV partners responsible for performing specific on-the-ground analyses that validate regenerative farming practices.
• Manages the data collection process for farm-level data and annual results across TechnoServe's global portfolio of regenerative agriculture projects.
• Collaborates with internal and external stakeholders to collect, analyze, and interpret data to inform decision-making and program optimization.
• Provides technical expertise and support to project teams and farmers on methodologies, tools, and best practices for impact measurement and setting up IT & data management systems, as required.
• Documents best practices, success stories, and lessons learned from program implementation.
• Contributes to developing and refining monitoring, reporting, and verification protocols and standards to ensure alignment with organizational goals and industry best practices.
• Prepares specific reports as required by the Program Director and donors or to help respond to program incidents as they occur.
• Other duties, as assigned.

Basic Qualifications: 

• A bachelor’s degree in agriculture, statistics, economics, business administration, environmental science, sustainability, or other relevant subject and at least five years of related professional experience is required, OR a master’s degree plus three years of experience.
• Strong project management skills, including anticipating demand and managing multiple tasks and projects while meeting tight deadlines.
• Proven experience in monitoring and evaluation, impact assessment, or sustainability reporting, preferably in the agricultural sector.
• Strong data analysis, budget management, and financial analysis skills.
• Proficiency in Excel and other data analytics programs.

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Previous experience in agriculture, sustainability, business, and data analysis.
• Experience with GHG emissions calculations, carbon accounting, GHG protocol, and/or carbon finance is highly desirable.
• Experience working in cross-functional and multicultural teams across various geographic regions.
• Previous experience backstopping EU, USDA, and/or USAID-funded projects is a plus.
• Proficiency in advanced data management and analysis tools, such as R, Python, or similar software, is a plus.
• Knowledge of regenerative agriculture principles and practices is highly desirable.

Required Languages: Fluency in Spanish and English languages. Portuguese is a plus.

Travel: International travel up to 30%.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Ability to work independently and remotely and effectively manage multiple tasks and deadlines.
• Commitment to sustainability and environmental stewardship.
• Outstanding written communication skills, including prior experience writing and editing donor-facing deliverables.
• Entrepreneurial mindset and passion for identifying gaps and proposing solutions for continuous improvement.
• Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills.
• Proven team player with strong interpersonal and cross-cultural skills.

This is a remote opportunity with a preference for candidates located in the Latin America/Caribbean Region. Candidates must have work eligibility from the country from which they apply. Application materials must be submitted in English for further consideration.

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We encourage all qualified individuals who share TechnoServe's vision of improving the lives of others through proven business solutions to apply.

With our commitment to diversity, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and affirmative action employer and do not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, color, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, HIV/AIDS status, protected veteran status, disability, and all other protected classes.

We are also proud of our commitment to protecting staff, partners, and beneficiaries from abuse and exploitation and thoroughly vet all final candidates through rigorous background and reference checks.

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