Technical Field Program Manager – Ghana

• Lead and coordinate in-country implementation of the Youth Entrepreneurship for the Future of Food and Agriculture (YEFFA) acceleration plan together with CPL and partners.
• Translate the country Theory of Change into operational interventions that deliver YiW outcomes.
• Plan and conduct regular field monitoring visits and prepare concise RAG status reports for CPL and PMU.
• Implement quality assurance processes to ensure partner activities meet YEFFA standards, safeguarding and environmental compliance.
• Provide training and capacity strengthening to partners on gender-sensitive and youth-intentional program approaches and Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) data collection protocols.
• Validate partner-reported data and ensure consistency with YEFFA MEL protocols.
• Provide technical inputs for grant design and pre-approval concept notes, ensuring market-systems orientation and inclusion considerations.
• Track grant performance, expenditure against deliverables, and collaborate with Grants & Finance to address disbursement or compliance issues.
• Consolidate field insights into programmatic recommendations and feed into country and continental learning products.
• Identify implementation bottlenecks early through field presence; propose and implement corrective actions and escalate major issues to CPL/PMU.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with implementing partners, local government authorities, private sector actors, consortiums, youth groups, women’s groups, and community-based organizations to enable scalable youth-in-work (YiW) pathways.
• Facilitate linkages between country delivery and continental pillar initiatives to maximize learning, harmonize approaches, and ensure alignment with AGRA’s YEFFA results framework.
• Act as a technical liaison between CPL, PMU, and grantees to address bottlenecks and provide real-time guidance for program execution.
• Promote knowledge-sharing and cross-country learning by facilitating field visits, peer-to-peer exchanges, and virtual learning sessions.
• Advocate for youth inclusion, gender responsiveness, and market systems approaches in program implementation.

• Bachelor’s degree in development studies, Agricultural Economics, Business Administration, or related field.
• Master's degree will be added advantage
• Project Management and monitoring & evaluation certification.
• Technical program management experience, ideally within youth employment, agribusiness or market systems programs at country level.
• Demonstrated experience in field monitoring, partner performance management and grant implementation support.
• Experience working with donors and multi-stakeholder consortia preferred.
• Strong understanding of market-systems, value chain development, and workforce pathways for youth.
• Competence in MEL procedures, data verification and results reporting (YiW/YDnF indicators).
• Ability to design practical, context-appropriate technical assistance for implementing partners.

• Ability to drive collaboration through inclusive and agile teaming, breaking siloes, sharing information celebrating joint successes.
• Ability to execute excellently by delivering high-quality work at speed, committing to decisions and plans, and increasing accountability to deliver impact at scale.
• Ability to be sincerely constructive in interactions with others by demonstrating trust, sincerity, and care, in recognition of our joint purpose.
• Ability be increasingly entrepreneurial by breaking hierarchies, embracing learning and innovation to unlock the potential of diversity and ideas.

Why Join Us?

• People are the heartbeat of our organization and remain the true drivers of our delivery, impact, and success.
• We have cultivated a workplace that fuels Depth in Collaboration, Excellence in Execution, Constructive Engagements, and a spirit of being Increasingly Entrepreneurial; all underpinned by our cherished I-RISE Values (Integrity, Respect, Innovation, Stewardship and Equity)
• We work with incredible people and partners who have roots in farming communities across the African continent combined with an inclusive, diverse, and talented workforce from over 25 nationalities. Our commitment to a call to action goes beyond ourselves as we arise to catalyze African Food Systems transformation and improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers.
• We are looking for people who are passionate about being part of a mission-driven team that is making a real difference on the continent; love to work on cutting edge Ag technologies; and able to grow their skills, expertise, and experience career growth, while enjoying very competitive compensation and benefits.

NB: Please quote the job reference number in the subject line of the application e-mail. 

Job Reference: TFPM/PD/GH/02/2026

Salary: Attractive

Location: Accra