Head of Project-Hubs for Agricultural Climate Resilience, Value Chains, Sustainable Transformation in Zimbabwe (HARVEST)

Welthungerhilfe is one of the largest, privately held, non
• denominational and politically independent German non
• governmental organisations in development cooperation and emergency relief. Primarily, in cooperation with local partner organisations, it is tasked with contributing to the improvement of the nutritional and income status of the poorest rural populations in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Welthungerhilfe has been implementing projects in Zimbabwe almost continuously since 1980. Currently, the organisation together with its partners is having projects in all provinces in Zimbabwe. Sector focus is on, Food System Transformation incl. Food and Nutrition Security, Livelihoods, Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), and when required Emergency response.
This EU
• funded multi
• partner consortium project, Hubs for Agricultural climate Resilience, Value Chains, and Sustainable Transformation in Zimbabwe (HARVEST)
• aims to strengthen climate
• resilient livelihoods through the transformation of smallholder farming systems into commercially viable, inclusive, and climate
• smart value chains. The initiative builds on the premise that mobilized and capacitated farmer groups, when linked to sustainable agribusiness hubs and community
• based MSMEs, can drive systemic change towards improved and resilient household incomes. The project is committed to agroecological farming principles. The project operates in a dynamic environment where economic volatility, climate shocks, and policy shifts can challenge implementation. Its strategy includes strong private sector partnerships to navigate these risks commercially, and continuous dialogue with local governance structures to ensure alignment, ownership, and political sensitivity.

Key Responsibilities:
Strategic and Consortium Leadership
• Provide overarching direction and coordination for all consortium activities to ensure coherence, efficiency, and accountability.
• Lead strategic planning and decision
• making processes within the consortium’s governance structures, ensuring alignment with EU contractual Requirements and partner mandates.
• Champion agroecological principles across the consortium’s approaches, ensuring they underpin production, market, and capacity
• building models.
• Promote a shared vision and a strong culture of collaboration, learning, and trust among partners.
• Uphold and model principles of impartiality, neutrality, and do
• no
• harm, ensuring the project remains politically sensitive and inclusive in its operations.

• Master’s degree in Agriculture, Agribusiness, Environmental Management, or a related field.
• At least 10 years’ Experience in managing complex, multi
• partner development projects, including EU
• funded initiatives.
• Proven Experience in agroecology, climate
• smart agriculture, Food System Transformation, value chain development, and livelihood resilience programming.
• Demonstrated success in consortium leadership and partner coordination, ideally in politically or economically sensitive environments.
• Strong understanding of market systems, private sector engagement, and inclusive business models.
• Experience with behaviour change communication (BCC) and participatory community approaches.
• Excellent command of project cycle management, financial oversight, and donor compliance (EU rules and PRAG familiarity preferred).
• Excellent interpersonal, negotiation, and conflict resolution Skills; political sensitivity and contextual awareness are essential.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication in English; Shona or Ndebele language Skills are an advantage.

Strategic and Consortium Leadership
• Provide overarching direction and coordination for all consortium activities to ensure coherence, efficiency, and accountability.
• Lead strategic planning and decision
• making processes within the consortium’s governance structures, ensuring alignment with EU contractual Requirements and partner mandates.
• Champion agroecological principles across the consortium’s approaches, ensuring they underpin production, market, and capacity
• building models.
• Promote a shared vision and a strong culture of collaboration, learning, and trust among partners.
• Uphold and model principles of impartiality, neutrality, and do
• no
• harm, ensuring the project remains politically sensitive and inclusive in its operations.

During the application process, WHH will not charge any fee nor will it require any payment for an application to be considered. WHH is an equal opportunity employer and employs personnel without regard to race, place of origin, ethnic origin, language, creed, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status and or physical handicap: Persons with disability are encouraged to apply: Interested candidates should submit a letter of motivation and their CVs to recruitment.zimbabwe@welthungerhilfe.de Please state the position applied for in the subject line of the email. Only short listed candidates will be contacted