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Project Manager / Consultant Agriculture & Agribusiness (m/f/x)

Permanent employee, Full-time · Bonn
A JOB OPPORTUNITY AT
GOPA AFC GmbH
A JOB THAT INSPIRES YOU

Project Acquisition, including:

  • Tracking of projects / early intelligence, research of background information
  • Technic offers and the selection of project staff  
  • Contact to / networking with donors, clients, partners, and experts  
  • Management and coordination of the acquisition process, including preparation of Expressions of Interest (EoI) and technical proposals, staff recruitment and fee negotiations, identification of consortium partners, support to the preparation of financial proposals
  • Organizing and conducting fact-finding missions as required

Project Management, including:

  • Technical and financial backstopping, monitoring project budgets while taking into account the formal requirements of the contracting organizations  
  • Direct counterpart for project team on-site and for donor organizations  
  • Close cooperation with the consortium partners and local partners 
  • Donor, client, partner, and expert management
A BACKGROUND THAT CONVINCES US
  • Master degree in Agriculture & Agribusiness or similar  
  • At least 2 years’ professional experience in development cooperation, ideally in the consulting business with focus on agriculture & agribusiness   
  • Outstanding written communications skills in English (C1), Portuguese or Russian would be an advantage  
  • Excellent writing, communication, networking and team-working skills  
  • Capability to pursue set targets self-driven within the usual project constraints (budget, period) 
  • Good planning and organizational skills
AN ENVIRONMENT THAT MOTIVATES YOU
  • With a position in our modern headquarter in Bonn, work and live in one of the most vibrant and attractive region “Cologne / Bonn”  of Germany  
  • Fringe benefits including e. g. subsidy for public transport in the region (‘Deutschlandticket’) & Job bike leasing  
  • Short communication and decision-making processes  
  • The ability to work autonomously and result-oriented  
  • An excellent work atmosphere in a motivated, intercultural team with exceptionally experienced colleagues 
  • Continuous training and skill development
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About us

Welcome to GOPA AFC GmbH! For 50 years, we are offering high-quality advisory services, focusing on two sectors: i) agricultural/agribusiness and ii) financial sector development projects in developing and transition countries around the world.

Our impact

Thanks to our in-house experience and the expertise of our multidisciplinary teams, we offer our clients effective, operational and pragmatic approaches, based on our detailed knowledge of their challenges and local contexts. Our nearly 900 experts currently implement more than 80 ongoing projects, building up local capacities for sustainable development in Africa, Asia, CIS countries, Europe, the Middle East and Latin America.

Our focus areas 

Our services for public organisations and private companies cover the whole range from primary production to processing and marketing in Agriculture and Agribusiness. Our Financial Sector Development team focuses on advising financial institutions (Central Banks/ Ministries, Commercial Banks, Development Banks and Microfinance Institutions) and NBFIs (e.g. Housing Finance Companies, Insurance and Leasing Companies) in ten focal areas.

Our company 

We are a private German consulting company based in Bonn. We benefit from being a member of GOPA Consulting Group, Germany's largest group of consulting firms in development cooperation, which combines various technical specialists under one roof. (https://www.linkedin.com/company/gopa-consulting-group/).

Selection of our clients

Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) | Asian Development Bank (ADB) | EFSE Fund | European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (ERDB) | European Commission (EC) | European Investment Bank (EIB) | German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) | GGF Fund | Green Climate Fund | International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) | International Finance Corporation (IFC) | German Bank for Reconstruction and Development (KfW) | World Bank (WB).

Industry

Business Consulting and Services

Company Size 

201-500 employees

Headquarter 

Bonn, NRW

Founded 

1973

Specialties 

Agriculture, Agribusiness, Value Chain, Financial Sector Development, International Development, and Project Management

 

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