Vacancy for Associate Program Officer at The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa
Employment Nigeria
31-Mar-2017
ABUJA ,
Administrative
The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) an African-led African-based organization that seeks to catalyze Agriculture Transformation in Africa.
POSITION : Associate Program Officer - Nigeria
Description
Reporting to the Program Officer - Nigeria, the Associate Program Officer (APO) will contribute to agricultural transformation by creating partnerships and managing grant making at local level.
The role will be based in Abuja, Nigeria.
Responsibilities
- Work with government at local and national level to design and implement agricultural transformation initiatives.
- Work with private sector at local level to upgrade agricultural value chains and expand market opportunities for smallholder farmers.
- Coordinate with other players to create synergies between AGRA funded programs and other agricultural initiatives.
- Identify opportunities for collaboration with small, medium and large agribusinesses in the geography;
- Assist the Program Officer to create road maps documenting the resources and constraints to agricultural transformation.
- Assist in the identification of opportunities for investments via competitive grants.
- Coordinate capacity building of grantees in data capturing, management and reporting.
- Work closely with the Program Officer to jointly design and implement strategies for disseminating improved crop varieties.
- Monitor, evaluate and supervise grantee activities.
- Provide regular periodic reports as may be required.
- Carry out administrative functions such as coordination of periodic audit, stakeholder forums etc.
- Documenting and knowledge-sharing of the success stories, best practices and lessons learnt.
Key Qualifications
- A Master's Degree in Agriculture or related disciplines with deep knowledge in seed systems, market access or other relevant areas of the agriculture value chain.
- Minimum of 7 years experience in agri-business and development efforts in Africa.
- Experience in managing multinational initiatives in the private and/or public sector with a sound knowledge of, and experience in agricultural trade development at national, regional and/or international level.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with a team orientation and strong collaborative skills.
Remuneration
- An attractive remuneration package commensurate with the responsibilities of the position will be negotiated with the successful candidate.
How to Apply
Candidates should send their application and CV to: recruit@agra.org with "NG 03/2017" as the subject.
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