Programme Officer at Solidaridad West Africa (SWA)

Job Purpose/Description

• The position would be based in one of the towns/cities in the oil palm belt in Nigeria.
• To ensure Solidaridad achieves its objectives with regards to promoting sustainable supply chains through the provision of technical assistance and market support for quality commodity production.
• The role works in the field to ensure these tasks are fulfilled to increase income and improve livelihoods of farmers.
• The Program Officer has direct reporting to the Senior Program Officer.

Major Responsibilities
Programme Coordination & Management:

• Supports the Programme Manager to co-ordinate and manage the activities of programme components
• Assists in the planning, coordination, and documentation of meetings, workshops, seminars and other activities of the programme, focusing on the technical aspects.

Monitoring & Reporting:

• Follows up the programme monitoring system and updates Information concerning the progress of projects, periodically documents and reports the results of the activities.

Business Development:

• Assists in developing project proposals, concepts and innovations.

Communication:

• Observes topics directly related to the programm & projects through evaluation by the press, direct dialog, forum participation, public hearings, seminars, etc.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Experience in working with policy makers, researchers, consultants and knowledge brokers in International Cooperation
• Experience in technical report writing and research activities
• Computer literacy (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc)
• Superior presentation and facilitation skills
• Capable of working in a dynamic, inter cultural, multi stakeholder setting
• Excellent communication skills with ability to produce professional reports in English.