Liaison Officer at Federal Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development

Job Type: Contract (1 year)
Unit/Office: Liaison

Main Responsibilities

• Ensure that the principle of LIFE-ND is up-scaled to other parts of Nigeria.
• Interface between the LIFE-ND and the National LIFE Programme of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture.
• Capitalize best practices from LIFE-ND and facilitate knowledge sharing with non-LIFE-ND states.
• Organize knowledge events to scale-up successes from LIFE-ND to other states of Nigeria.
• Participate in supervision missions of LIFE-ND, Mid-term Review and Completion Mission.
• Liaise with the LIFE-ND management to organize learning route to the LIFE-ND states for other states in Nigeria.
• He/she will be under performance-based contract and will report to the Projects Coordinating Unit (PCU) of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, as well as the programme Coordinator of the LIFE-ND.
• Perform any other official role as requested by the LIFE-ND Project Coordinator.

Location and Reporting

• The office of the Liaison Officer will be located in Abuja (preferably in PCU or other IFAD programmes office in Abuja).
• He/she will report to the Head of PCU as well as maintain a good reporting line with the LIFE-ND Project Coordinator.

Qualification and Experience

• First University Degree in Agriculture, Agricultural Economics, Applied Sciences, Business Administration with sound knowledge and experience working with rural communities, women and youth empowerment programmes.
• Master's Degree in Agriculture and related fields, Business administration and management will be an added advantage.
• Good communication skills.
• Experience working with Government and Private Sector.
• A minimum of Seven (7) years Post qualification working experience.