Financial Literacy/Enterprise Development Expert (Smallholder Farmers) - (Short Term) at Widows and Orphans Empowerment Organization (WEWE)

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)