Job Title : Senior Regenerative Agriculture Project Coordinator
Location : Nigeria
Company : TechnoServe
Salary :
Open Date : 2023-05-23
Close Date : 2023-09-23

Job Title: Senior Regenerative Agriculture Project Coordinator
Location: Zaria, Kaduna
Grade: 6

About TechnoServe
Everyone deserves the opportunity to build a better future. This simple idea has been at the heart of TechnoServe’s work around the world for over 50 years. TechnoServe is a pioneer in leveraging the power of business and markets to create sustainable pathways out of poverty.
The low-income communities in which we work are full of enterprising people. Their small-scale farms and businesses are the keys to economic development. But they face many challenges: low literacy, lack of access to jobs and markets, unpredictable political dynamics and, increasingly, the effects of climate change. For many women and young people, the challenges are even more daunting. Working with TechnoServe staff, people around the world are lifting themselves out of poverty. The results are amazing...when incomes increase and living conditions for families get better, they are able to access health care and education previously out of reach. Communities and even whole countries are better off.

Project Overview
Building on the current Developing Inclusive Grain Value Chain in Nigeria (DIGVCN) program, TechnoServe and Nestle have designed an add-on to current program to support 1,000 grain farmers adopt RA practices in Kaduna state. TechnoServe and Nestle will partner over a one-year period to strengthen RA practice adoption among maize, sorghum, and soy farmers.
The partnership will support 1,000 small holder farmers, and four aggregators with necessary training and capacity building to transition towards regenerative agriculture practices that meet Nestlé’s standards.
The objective of the add-on project is to promote a more resilient and low-carbon grains sector in Nigeria by supporting 1,000 smallholder farmers to build their capacity on Regenerative Agriculture practices of maize, sorghum, and soy farmers in Kaduna with the ambition to drive adoption of RA practices after the 1-year period. This will reduce emissions, improve soil health enhance resilience, and increase food productivity over time.
The project will achieve this objective capacity building of farmers using hands-on training and demonstrations, progress monitoring, linkage to appropriate inputs, and access to finance and premium market. The proposed project will leverage Nestlé’s plan to offtake grains produced using RA practices at premium prices. This will raise farmer incomes as an incentive to encourage participation and adoption of recommended practices.

Job Summary:
The Senior Regenerative Agriculture Project Coordinator role will be part of a growing team, offering specialized (Technically and administratively) support in collaboration -building and delivering implementation of Regenerative agriculture in Nigeria under the F4F project.
The role will involve working with already existing SME’s under the DIGVCN project, its agronomists and farmers with common area of interest of introducing them to Regenerative agriculture practices and to translate on the ground practices into learnings that will help shape the RA Programme in Nigeria, in accordance to Nestlé’s standards.

Responsibilities

• Aid in identifying through the SME’s geographies and specific sectors to pilot and test the regenerative activities on demo plots and oversee all deliverables set within the Future for Farming project
• Work with the existing DIGVCN team towards a seamless execution of the Regenerative Add-On project
• Prepare and submit in a timely manner all Regen-Ad-on reports and present findings to Sterling Committee members’ quarterly
• Lead gender mainstreaming in all activities to ensure that no less than 40% of total beneficiaries are women.
• Coordinate farmer mobilization and enrollment.
• Ensure development of training curriculum, review and approval. Also ensure delivery of training by the Regenerative coordinator is at par with TechnoServe expectations.
• Facilitate discussions amongst the project members and farmers to ensure pilot project deliver relevant and meaningful feedback on implementation to inform the programme establishment.
• Translate the learnings from the field knowledge that can be shared within the implementation work stream.
• Assist with the delivery of project targets in accordance with Nestle Global Regenerative agriculture framework.
• Support in building programs communications, in partnership with existing projects.

Day to day Activities

• Oversee the implementation of the Future for farming project and provide technical assistance to team relating to Regenerative agriculture practices in line with Nestles’ RA framework.
• Supervise and report on all data and progress of demonstration farms set up under the project.
• Participate and ensure farmer training sessions are carried out in respect to introducing farmers and SME’s to RA practices and work towards adoption amongst farmers.

Basic Qualifications:
These are the requirements that any qualified candidate must meet. Typically includes

• A B.Sc. in Agricultural Economics/Agronomy/Crop husbandry with 2 years experience in supporting grain value chain projects.
• Alternatively, 4 years’ experience in supporting the delivery of agricultural focused programs to improve livelihood and reduce poverty of smallholder farmers in Nigeria
• Knowledge of agronomic principles and practices, including crops, soils and nutrient
• Experience working with international donors with Agriculture bias
• Experience working in Northern Nigeria and with specific value crops as Maize, sorghum soybean, millet
• Regenerative Agriculture practice experience is an added advantage

Required Languages: Proficiency in Hausa
Travel: within Zaria and its environs

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to work with an established team and/or with little or no supervision
• Proficient written and verbal communication skills
• Knowledge of agronomic principles and practices, including crops, soils and nutrient
• Strong planning and time management skills and ability to meet deadlines
• Demonstrated capacity to work with private sector players (financial institutions, buyers, traders, transporters, input suppliers, processors in agriculture value chain) and state governments.

Advert close date: June 02, 2023

Closing Statement

We encourage all qualified individuals who share TechnoServe's vision of improving the lives of others through proven business solutions to apply.

With our commitment to diversity, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and affirmative action employer and do not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, color, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, HIV/AIDS status, protected veteran status, disability and all other protected classes.

We are also proud of our commitment to protecting staff, partners, and beneficiaries from abuse and exploitation and thoroughly vet all final candidates through rigorous background and reference checks.

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