Widows and Orphans Empowerment Organisation (WEWE) in partnership with European Cooperative for Rural Development (EUCORD) an International NGO based in Brussels and a leading agribusiness company based in Lagos, is soliciting for qualified applicants for a proposal to Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) – Partnership for Inclusive Agricultural Transformation in Africa (PIATA), an agricultural intervention jointly funded by USAID, Bill & Melinda Gates and Rockefeller Foundation. WEWE and its partners are proposing to implement the project to develop a market-led maize and soy bean value chain targeting 100,000 farmers in Niger and Kaduna States.
Financial Literacy/Enterprise Development Expert (Smallholder Farmers) – (Short Term)
Job Role
- Responsible for the expanding the maize and soybean value chain in Niger and Kaduna States
This will include:
- Creating partnerships and development of Maize and Soybean Marketing Hubs through creating and developing collaborative working relations and partnership among relevant partners and Farmer’s cooperatives.
- Support in the development of sales and marketing plans with project targets.
- Provide leadership, coaching and business development services to Farmers in the Project States.
- Increase Maize and Soybean demand- support linkage to organized markets and Farmer groups.
- Provide regular reporting and analysis of demand opportunities and construction of bio digesters in the Niger and Kaduna States.
- Work closely with IFAD and other value chain projects to tap into existing farmer networks.
- Institutional and organizational development of the association
- Expand access to affordable credit for households and farmer groups.
- Identify and support financial institutions in the design of financial models customised to farmer incomes.
- Design farmer extension models for optimising use of soybean for improved farm production.
- Ensuring effective monitoring and documentation of lessons learned for broad dissemination to increase the likelihood of replication/scaling-up of best practices.
Job Experience
- Minimum of 3 years of relevant experience in marketing and/or micro enterprise development providing business advisory services to small and micro enterprise development with at least three years’ experience in sales.
- Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.
- Expertise in all phases of sales and business development lifecycle.
- Strong analytic and quantitative skills; ability to determine trends and propose solutions.
- In a position to demonstrate knowledge of relevant Networks and networking skills.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Track record in building strong client and stakeholder relationships
- Excellent understanding of the agricultural market in the region preferred.
- Excellent business presentation skills.
- Strong customer focus.
- Results/Performance Orientated – proven “self-starter” who is flexible and adaptable.
- Able to work effectively in an unstructured and fast paced environment.
- Able to work effectively with limited guidance and supervision.
- Proficiency in Hausa Language is an asset.
Required Qualification
- A good Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management, Entrepreneurship, Economic Development or relevant Field from recognised university.
- (A Master’s degree will be an added advantage)
Method of Application
- Financial Literacy/Enterprise Development Expert (Smallholder Farmers) – (Short Term) – [email protected]
Applicants should send their comprehensive Curriculum Vitae and Cover Letter in ONLY one attachment (MS word document) explaining suitability for the job
More Information
- Job City Kaduna, Niger
