Program Officer, Public-Private Partnerships (Theme 3) at Sasakawa Africa Association

Location: Kano, with frequent travel within the country.

Work Background

• The Program Officer works under the supervision of the Thematic Coordinator, and the Country director.

Major Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist the Thematic Coordinator and PRO in planning, budgeting and implementation of Theme activities based on approved budgets;
• Contribute to the planning, organizing, and conducting appropriate training for targted beneficiaries (Farmers organizations, inputs dealers, seed companies staff. SMS. etc) appropriate times;
• Facilitate the development of functional groups/commodity associations that will collectively carry out input and output marketing functions.
• Facilitate partner farmer groups to Internally mobilize resources/funds and access  load from financial institutions to support their enterprises
• Contribute in the development and strengthening of partnership between farmers, research-extension; inputs dealers, amid other actors;
• Produce and Keep a well organized register (or list)of thematic partners and activities;
• Contribute to the development and management of Theme 3 database of Public Private Service providers/PPSPs (collection of data, establishment, monitoring and management of the database);
• Contribute in preparing monthly, quarterly and annual technical reports and submit to the Thematic and Country Director
• Keep and improve team spirit inside Theme 3 and on the issue of inter-theme collaboration by supporting, whenever needed, possible activities of other themes;
• Perform any other duties for the success of the Theme as directed by supervisors.

Qualifications

• Minimum requirement of B.Sc in Agribusinesses/Agricultural Economics or Agronomy or Agricultural extension with 7 years experience, a candidate with MSC is preferred
• Applies appropriate technologies and skills in training, and for data gathering, analysis and timely reporting.
• Has the ability to work productively in team environment and independently and willing to meet unexpected demands.
• Should be computer literate
• Willing to do extensive field work.

Conditions and Remuneration

• Contract for one year, with possibility of extension depending on performance and availability of funds
• Salary based on the organization scale.