Research Technician Agriculture (Female) at CGIAR Consortium

Job Responsibilities

• She will lead and drive the technical aspects of the ATASP-1 project especially linkages with women farmers, processors and service providers in project implementation areas for Sorghum ('Sorghsm Hubs') in Nigeria
• To supervise on-farm farmer participatory demonstration trials
• To travel within the participating communities and providing technical support to women groups, Lead Farmers and Farmers in the communities.
• Assist scientists to conduct and nutritional and machine demonstrations
• To interact with the farmers, researchers and ICRISAT partners
• To record scientific data, collecting of the information about the farmers and groups
• Supervise field workers and other support staff
• Assist with the distribution of inputs for demonstration trials
• Assist in training of extension agents, lead farmers, students and visiting trainees
• Carry out any other task assigned by the supervisor

Requirements

• A minimum of B.Sc,B.Agric HND in Agronomy/General Agriculture or related discipline
• Five (5) years of post-qualification experience in International Agricultural Research Organization in Northern Nigerian
• Experience in interacting with women farmer groups
• Interest and ability to work in multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural teams
• Candidate must be honest, hardworking
• Willingness to travel as per needs of the job
• Good interpersonal and communication skills with pleasing personality

Key Competencies

• Must have previous experience in market development and be willing to spend long period travelling and staying in rural areas.
• Must have experience with community-based projects implementation and/or small-holder-oriented development initiatives are desirable.
• Demonstrated ability to carry out ToT capacity building and farmers groups trainings
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills, including presentations
• Computer literacy with proficient knowledge of Microsoft, Word, Excel and PowerPoint applications