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• Develop
  and maintain an inventory of critical path projects in which the GCEO and
  the COOs are especially interested and/ or for which his/her awareness and
  involvement is essential;
• Work
  in consultation with the senior management team to align their actions and
  communications in support of agreed upon goals. COS’S role will be to
  co-ordinate with all staff to ensure that the GCEO’s and COO’s needs are
  conveyed, that progress is being made in a timely way, and that any
  demands on GCEO’s and COO’s schedules are understood and agreed upon. The
  COS will also work to ensure the management team’s needs are conveyed to
  the GCEO and COOs for consideration;
• The
  incumbent should keep the senior management and the BOT and Board of Directors
  of aBi finance appraised of the status of key activities and variations
  from schedule or scope;

• Scope,
  plan and execute multiple, often quick-turnaround strategic initiatives
  with minimal outside assistance;
• Present
  ideas for special projects that might facilitate the GCEO’s leadership’s
  objectives;
• Work
  in liaison with the appropriate stakeholders, including outside parties,
  to undertake analysis;
• Present
  findings to GCEO, Senior Management or Board, as appropriate;
• If
  necessary, oversee transfer of the project to other stakeholders within
  the organization;
• Engage
  in root cause analysis—often without prompting from the senior
  management—on issues and opportunities that could impact the aBi’s overall
  objectives;
• Confirm
  hypotheses through tactful and discrete engagement with the relevant
  parties;
• Develop
  alternative approaches to addressing the problem or opportunity;
• Succinctly
  update the GCEO and COOs on the issues, supported with facts and
  recommendations;
• Actively
  engage in coalition building with strategic partners and large businesses
  in the Value Chains in support of aBi’s objectives as laid out in aBi’s
  strategy and business plan.

• Organize
  Stakeholders Meetings and ensure they are adequately facilitated;
• Work
  closely with Senior Management and GCEO’s Personal Assistant to remain
  apprised of/schedule of upcoming commitments;
• Develop
  results based approaches and strategies to important meetings and assist
  in making these meetings highly effective and professional;
• Render
  support to ensure participants are aware of and prepared for the meeting
• Attend
  meetings, capture major action points, and work with management team to
  ensure follow up;
• Actively
  monitor progress/achievement of next steps;

• The
  ideal candidate for the Chief of Staff vacancy should hold a Bachelor’s
  degree required, MBA, MPA or related qualification in Management.
• At
  least ten years’ work experience with proven track record of managing
  multiple priorities in a rapidly changing environment.
• The
  role requires a highly resourceful individual with strong emotional
  intelligence, solid judgement self-motivation, and strong analytical
  skills
• Applicable/transferable
  skills: private sector roles in agriculture or business strategy; public
  sector policy roles;
• Good
  sense of self and strong personal presence Market research experience a
  plus
• Willingness
  to work hard and take direction—but also creatively solve problems for
  which the answers aren’t always obvious
• Working
  knowledge of aBi and key stakeholders desirable
• The
  applicant should be willing to commit to a two year contract at least that
  would prepare the incumbent for a more general management role at aBi;

• Highly-developed
  communications skills (written/verbal) and interpersonal savvy
• Results/action-orientation;
  
• Project
  management skills
• Organizational
  and political agility;
• Highly
  developed negotiation skills
• Unquestionable
  personal code of ethics, integrity, diversity and trust
• Able
  to successfully navigate within varying degrees of ambiguity in a
  fast-paced environment Strong strategic/financial analysis skills
• Possess
  the ability to exercise a wide degree of creativity and latitude
• Strong
  results based orientation

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