Programme Director at Pricepally

The Programme Director will provide strategic technical and managerial leadership for PricePallys agrifood transformation portfolio. The role is accountable for translating programme commitments into an integrated commercially grounded and inclusive implementation model that delivers agreed work opportunities market outcomes and system-level results.

The post-holder will lead programme planning delivery governance partner coordination performance management risk oversight and funder compliance. Working closely with PricePallys executive leadership and programme partners the Programme Director will ensure that production aggregation logistics digital systems and market linkages operate as one coherent farm-to-market model.

The role will champion safeguarding gender equality and social inclusion; ensure credible measurement of new and improved work opportunities; and build the institutional systems partnerships and commercial pathways required to sustain programme impact beyond grant funding.

TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategic Leadership Governance and Programme Integration

Provide overall strategic direction for PricePallys programme portfolio ensuring alignment with the approved programme design funder objectives and PricePallys business strategy.

Translate approved programme commitments into clear annual work-plans milestones budgets operating models and accountabilities across national zonal and state-level delivery.

Establish and maintain effective programme governance decision-making escalation and change-control mechanisms within PricePally and across programme partnerships.

Ensure that input and production processing logistics pooling and consumer-market distribution interventions are coordinated as an end-to-end system rather than implemented as isolated activities.

Provide timely strategic advice to the CEO COO and authorized programme leadership on performance emerging risks implementation choices and opportunities for scale.

Lead adaptive management processes using operational evidence participant feedback and market intelligence to improve programme design and delivery.

Programme Planning Implementation and Quality Assurance

Oversee the development and execution of detailed implementation plans covering participant mobilization aggregation infrastructure logistics digital platforms market development and partner delivery.

Ensure interventions are demand-led with verified market requirements quality standards volumes pricing parameters and delivery schedules informing production and aggregation decisions.

Set programme-wide delivery standards and ensure consistent implementation across zones states hubs and participating value chains.

Coordinate functional leads and zonal teams to resolve dependencies operational bottlenecks and cross-workstream risks.

Oversee programme readiness reviews implementation spot checks and corrective-action plans ensuring decisions are documented and followed through.

Ensure programme assets infrastructure digital systems and commercial partnerships are designed for utilization cost-effectiveness and long-term sustainability.

Programme Stakeholder and Partnership Management

Serve as PricePallys principal representative to the programmes lead organization implementation partners funder and other strategic stakeholders.

Maintain productive working relationships with government ministries and agencies private-sector off-takers processors financial institutions logistics providers producer organizations and community-based actors.

Contribute to joint planning technical working groups programme reviews learning activities and governance meetings ensuring PricePally fulfills agreed actions and reporting obligations.

Negotiate and manage strategic partnerships and implementation agreements within delegated authority working with legal finance and executive leadership as required.

Promote effective youth and community participation in programme decisions and ensure feedback influences implementation.

Represent the programme at relevant industry policy funder and learning forums and communicate PricePallys contribution with accuracy and integrity.

Monitoring Evaluation Inclusion and Learning

Work with the Monitoring Evaluation and Inclusion Manager to establish credible baselines targets data systems and verification protocols for programme outputs outcomes and work opportunities.

Ensure clear definitions and controls are applied to new improved direct and ecosystem work opportunities to prevent duplication and support credible funder reporting.

Embed gender equality disability inclusion IDP participation and safeguarding considerations in programme strategy budgets delivery processes and performance reviews.

Use disaggregated performance data participant feedback market evidence and learning products to guide management decisions and programme adaptation.

Ensure timely accurate and high-quality narrative financial and results reporting to the programmes lead organisation funder and other authorised stakeholders.

Promote documentation and dissemination of lessons case studies reusable tools and scalable implementation models.

Financial Resource Risk and Compliance Management

Hold overall management accountability for the approved PricePally programme budget ensuring resources are deployed efficiently and only for authorised purposes.

Work with the Finance Manager and Operations Lead to maintain robust forecasting expenditure control procurement planning documentation and value-for-money oversight.

Maintain an integrated programme risk register covering delivery financial safeguarding security reputation data-protection environmental and partnership risks.

Ensure compliance with programme agreements funder requirements PricePally policies applicable Nigerian law and recognized standards on fraud corruption conflicts of interest and anti-money-laundering controls.

Ensure programme procurement contracting asset management and partner due diligence processes are transparent documented and proportionate to risk.

Lead timely management responses to audits monitoring findings incidents and compliance gaps.

People and Team Leadership

Lead coach and hold accountable a multidisciplinary programme management team establishing clear objectives decision rights and performance expectations.

Create an inclusive respectful and delivery-focused culture that encourages collaboration ethical conduct learning and constructive challenge.

Support workforce planning and recruitment for programme roles ensuring transparent selection appropriate segregation of duties and attention to diversity and inclusion.

Ensure all programme personnel and relevant partners receive appropriate orientation and periodic training on safeguarding PSEA inclusion health and safety data protection and the Code of Conduct.

Address performance conduct team well-being and capacity gaps promptly in collaboration with Human Resources and executive leadership.

Develop succession knowledge-transfer and institutional-strengthening approaches that reduce dependency on individuals and support continuity.

Safeguarding and Duty of Care

Demonstrate visible leadership for a zero-tolerance approach to sexual exploitation abuse harassment discrimination bullying retaliation and abuse of power or trust.

Ensure safe confidential and accessible reporting and referral pathways are established for staff partners participants and communities.

Ensure safeguarding concerns are escalated immediately through approved channels and managed using survivor-centred confidential and non-retaliatory practices.

Promote safe programming through risk assessment partner due diligence informed consent responsible data management and routine compliance checks.

Requirements

Competencies

Strategic leadership and the ability to convert complex programme objectives into executable operating plans and measurable results.

Strong understanding of agrifood systems agricultural value chains market systems aggregation logistics and private-sector delivery models.

Demonstrated competence in managing large multi-year funded programmes budgets risks compliance and reporting obligations.

Ability to lead multidisciplinary and geographically dispersed teams while coordinating partners without direct authority over all contributors.

Strong commercial judgement and ability to balance impact objectives with market demand unit economics and operational sustainability.

Strong analytical negotiation facilitation decision-making and problem-solving skills.

Excellent written and verbal communication with the ability to engage executive funder government private-sector and community audiences.

High integrity discretion cultural sensitivity emotional intelligence and commitment to safeguarding and inclusive development.

Experience

At least ten (10) years of progressively responsible experience in programme management agribusiness food systems market systems development livelihoods supply chains or a related field.

At least five (5) years in a senior leadership role with accountability for complex programmes multidisciplinary teams and significant budgets.

Proven experience managing externally funded programmes and working within multi-partner delivery arrangements.

Demonstrated experience coordinating government private-sector civil-society and community stakeholders across multiple locations.

Experience designing or scaling commercially sustainable market-access aggregation logistics digital-commerce or agricultural value-chain interventions.

Experience integrating gender equality disability inclusion youth participation and safeguarding into programme delivery and performance management.

Experience in Nigerias agricultural or food-market context is strongly preferred.

Education

Bachelors degree in Agriculture Agribusiness Economics Business Administration Development Studies Project Management Supply Chain Management or another relevant discipline.

Required Skills:

Experience At least four (4) years of progressively responsible experience in programme coordination project administration operations support development programming or a related field. Proven experience supporting workplans meetings activity logistics documentation reporting and action tracking in a structured organisation. Experience working within an externally funded multi-partner private-sector or development programme environment is desirable. Demonstrated experience coordinating information and deliverables across multiple teams stakeholders or locations. Experience supporting procurement travel events partner engagement or programme monitoring processes is an advantage. Experience applying gender equality disability inclusion youth participation confidentiality and safeguarding principles in programme support. Experience in Nigerias agriculture food systems livelihoods or market-development context is desirable. Education Bachelors degree in Business Administration Project Management Development Studies Public Administration Social Sciences Agriculture or another relevant discipline. Relevant postgraduate training or a recognised professional qualification in project management administration or development practice is desirable. Training in safeguarding data protection monitoring and evaluation event coordination or records management is an advantage. Other Requirements Existing legal right to live and work in Nigeria. Willingness and ability to travel regularly to programme locations subject to approved duty-of-care and security arrangements. Appointment will be subject to satisfactory references identity and qualification verification conflict-of-interest disclosure and applicable background safeguarding criminal-record and counter-terrorist-financing checks. The position is offered on a 3-year fixed-term contract subject to confirmation of the programme award execution of the relevant partnership arrangements and continued availability of funding. Salary benefits working arrangements and other employment conditions: To be confirmed by PricePally.

Employment Type : Full Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1