Nuru Nigeria is a local NGO with affiliates in the US, Kenya, Burkina Faso, Ghanaand Ethiopia. Our mission is to build resilience corridors of farmer-owned and farmer-led agribusinesses and profitable rural livelihoods in 12 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of northern Nigeria proximate to conflict-vulnerable areas by 2030. Nuru Nigeria prioritises the smallholder farmers it serves and works to cultivate lasting meaningful choices through a community led, community driven and community sustained livelihood programs across the agriculture value chain.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Program Officer
Locations: Toungo, Adamawa and Borno
Employment Type: Full-time
Job Summary
- The Program Officer will provide technical support to the field team in key programmatic areas such as agricultural productivity and sustainability, Horticulture, and financial inclusion.
- She/he will provide technical expertise in resilient agriculture with a special focus on climate-smart agricultural production, agricultural extension, agribusiness & value chain development, and smallholder farmer financial inclusion.
- She/he must have extensive experience in smallholder agricultural intervention, farmer training, and extension services.
Job Responsibilities
- Design and implement strategies to enhance agricultural productivity through sustainable practices and conducting training of trainers (ToT) to community structures
- Support the project coordinator to coordinate and implement all Nuru impact & agricultural program activities in the intervention communities with a focus on achieving Nuru’s vision and strategic objectives
- Facilitate and guide farmers on appropriate cropping patterns, and farming techniques through the establishment of demo plots to promote the adoption of good agricultural practices and savings & loan activities to promote social cohesion and increase income.
- Directly responsible for managing assigned Nuru intervention communities and integrating Nuru organization within the assigned communities ensuring organizational acceptance by the communities.
- Facilitate the establishment of farmer associations and provide support in their transitioning into well-structured farmer’s organizations.
- Directly responsible for providing the technical content on all agricultural extension training materials, training curriculums, and financial inclusion training materials.
- Deliver one-on-one extension services to farmers and provide other on-farm extension advisory support services to the farmers.
- Establish and maintain successful relationships with Market actors, implementing partners, community leaders, and other key stakeholders within implementation field sites.
- Prepare high-quality monthly Activity Progress Reports and ensure they are submitted on time, document and share lessons learned, success stories as well as the general situation and community updates and feedback
- Exemplify the servant leadership philosophy of Nuru Nigeria and work with other team members to build an organizational culture of service and a farmer-first principle.
- Foster organizational development through strict adherence to Nuru’s values and principles ensuring accountability and high performance at all times.
- Perform any other duties as required by and instructed by the Project Coordinator
Job Requirements & Qualifications
- Minimum of Bachelor’s Degree or its equivalent (MSc is an added advantage) in general agriculture, animal husbandry, agricultural economics, agriculture extension, rural livelihoods, etc.
- Minimum of 3 years working experience in relevant fields with a local or international NGO
- Experienced and exposure to field operations in both emergency and recovery programs
- Experience in agricultural extension services
- Experience working with farmer associations/ groups or village savings and loan clubs
- Experience and comfortable working in rural areas and with rural people, who have low literacy level
- Sustainable agriculture production and natural resource management knowledge
- Proficient in computer skills (MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, Google Drive & Applications, Internet, etc.)
- Excellent presentation skills, and capacity to deliver appropriate and relevant training to a target audience
- Very good communication, analytical, and reporting skills
- Ability to work in a cross-cultural, cross-functional environment and across departments
- High motivation for improvement and ability to deliver in a challenging environment
- Excellent Written and spoken English Language
- Proficient in local languages such as Hausa, Bura or Chamba.
Application Closing Date
18th January, 2025.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
Note
- Non-discriminatory employment clause
- Applicants will not be discriminated against on the basis of ethnicity, colour, gender, religion, socioeconomic status, age, disability or health status.
- The management of Nuru Nigeria reserves the right to verify all of the applicant’s information and conduct background checks on shortlisted candidates including reaching out to his/her previous employer.
- Please note that only suitable and qualified candidates will be shortlisted.
- Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply.