Donor-funded Lesotho Project Manager - Landell Mills

Landell Mills is seeking a Project Manager for the Market Driven Irrigation Horticulture (MDIH) Project, part of the MCC Lesotho II Compact, aims to increase rural incomes through commercial irrigated horticulture, including for women, youth, and the rural poor, and establish a sustainable and inclusive model of irrigation, water resource, and land management. It will invest in climate-smart irrigation infrastructure and attract commercial (anchor) farmers to collaborate with local smallholder farmers top produce high-value crops and build strong value chains. The MDIH Project will also support government reforms and capacity improvements to sustain inclusive and sustainable growth of the horticulture sector.

The MDIH Project is composed of several activities, including providing Irrigated Horticulture Support Services. Landell Mills, in partnership with Niras, is contracted to manage the sub-activity relating to Horticulture, Training, Gender, and Social Development (HTGSD). The project will target farmers in four irrigation schemes in Lesotho, with the objective of the HTGSD Consultant to support smallholder farmers to transition from dryland mainly subsistence agriculture to sustainable irrigated commercial horticulture. The Project will also support the private upstream and downstream services supporting farmers in these schemes, as well as the government support framework (enabling environment).

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The Project Manager will report to and work in close cooperation with the HQ Project Manager (based in the UK) and senior backstopping team members, based at Landell Mills’ office in Trowbridge, UK.

The position is based in Maseru, Lesotho, and will involve travel to other project locations in the country. It may also involve visits to the Landell Mills office in the UK for training, planning, reporting and coordination purposes.

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