Agriculture Policy Team Lead-Nigeria/Feed the Future at Palladium Group

Project Overview and Role

• Palladium brings more than 50 years of experience applying rigorous, evidence-led methodologies to international development. Our work covers health, education, economic growth, governance, environmental issues, informatics, workforce development, and monitoring and evaluation, offering innovative approaches that support the design, planning, implementation, and evaluation of development programs. Our presence extends across more than 90 countries, creating positive impact over 100 projects through the dedication of 2,000+ project and home office staff.
• Palladium seeks a DCOP for two anticipated USAID-funded Nigeria opportunities in Agriculture Competitiveness and Agribusiness Investment. The goal of these projects are to create a catalytic investment mechanism which links smallholders to the private sector, while creating business enabling environments for a thriving agribusiness economy.

Responsibilities

• Agriculture Policy Team Lead
• Support the project with agriculture and food systems policy leadership.
• Provides mentoring and capacity building to the government and civil society to inform issues around seed policy, trade policy, food safety, phytosanitary standards are more.
• Provide leadership for advocacy initiatives around key policy triggers to promote enhanced competitiveness for Nigerian agriculture commodities.
• This position may require technical leadership in agribusiness, agriculture policy, finance, marketing, enterprise development.
• Legal and policy reform experience is preferred.

Requirements
Minimum Qualifications:

• Prior USAID Deputy, Chief of Party experience required.
• A masters degree in Agriculture Economics, Policy, Business, Agricultural Science, Economics, Marketing, Trade or other relevant graduate degree
• 10 years or more of progressively responsible work experience in agriculture and food policy.
• Prior experience liaising or working with the Ministry of Agriculture and related departments in Nigeria is required.
• Fluency in English is required.
• Technical expertise in one or more of the following areas: agriculture, enterprise and agribusiness, food safety, public private partnerships, market linkages, agriculture/rural finance.
• A demonstrated ability to lead multi-faceted teams and solve problems when needed.
• Excellent communications skills.
• Nigerian nationals are strongly encouraged to apply.