Liaison Officer at IITA - International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

Project ID No.: 2100155036067
Locations: (Onne-Rivers, Imo, Abuja) - Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, and Zambia
Job Type: Consultancy Services
Project: Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) Enable-TAAT Compact
Sector: Agriculture

About the Project

• The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) is implementing the ENABLE-TAAT Compact, financed through a grant from the African Development Bank toward the cost of the Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) Program and intends to apply part of the proceeds for this grant to facilitate payments under the contracts for the following individual consultants.  

Job Description

• The Consultants for this position in the mentioned locations will serve as project Liaison Officers implementing ENABLE-TAAT activities in location of operation, organize and supervise incubation activities and reporting such activities in various incubation centres, contribute to the development and packaging of agribusiness planning materials for the ENABLE-TAAT compact in close interactions and collaborations with compact coordination team and other TAAT program compacts.
• The consultant will also manage monitoring of youth and agribusiness databases in relation to the various established enterprises.

Requirements

• The desired consultant should possess B.Sc./HND in Agricultural Science/Extension Services and other related courses with at least (2) years of relevant job experience from International organizations/NGOs/donors preferably linked to tropical agriculture or International development.