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  • Posted: Jun 22, 2017
    Deadline: Jul 12, 2017
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    Access to Finance and Post-Harvest Loss Technology Specialist

    Job Description

    • The position of Access to Finance and Post-Harvest Loss Technology Specialist to be based full-time in Kano, Nigeria with regular travel to other project locations in Jigawa and Katsina states.
    • The Access to Finance and Post-Harvest Loss Technology Specialist will provide technical expertise to the Farmer Aggregation and Training team.

    Duties and Responsibilities
    The Access to Finance and Post-Harvest Loss Technology Specialist will report directly to the Nigeria YieldWise Deputy Director and will have the following responsibilities:


    1.) Access to Finance Responsibilities:
    • Identify agricultural financing needs of project beneficiaries
    • Support farmers and other value chain actors in developing bankable business plans
    • Create linkages with financial institutions for farmers/associations to access financial services with focus on savings and loans.
    • Identify government and other agencies’ agricultural finance programs that are beneficial to farmers and agricultural value chain actors.
    • Support financial institutions in developing products that are appropriate to smallholder needs
    • Introduce and pilot Village Savings and Loans Association (VSLA) to farmers and VC actors
    • Build the financial education capacities of farmers/ associations and other value chain actors.
    • Support financial institutions to extend their rural outreach through mobile technology
    • Support financial institutions to create awareness to farmers and VC actors on micro and agricultural insurance.
    2.) Post-Harvest Loss Technology Responsibilities:
    • Identify appropriate post-harvest loss reducing technologies for smallholders
    • Pilot identified post-harvest loss reducing technologies with stakeholders
    • Conduct feedback surveys with farmers and other value chain actors regularly
    • Develop commercial scale models for piloted technologies
    • Sensitize value chain actors to identified technologies and its importance for PHL reduction.
    • Work with technology developers/suppliers to provide after-sale service to users of technology
    • Develop work-plans and manage implementation of access to finance & post-harvest loss technologies program activities in collaboration with the Deputy Director.
    • In collaboration with Deputy Director, monitor program implementation, evaluate impact and report lessons learned.
    • Assist Agricultural Training Specialist in developing trainings on access to finance & post-harvest loss technologies.
    • Lead project training pertaining to access to finance & post-harvest loss technology
    • Any other duties assigned by the project leadership
    Requirements, Knowledge & Experience
    • Bachelor's degree in related field; Master's degree preferred
    • Minimum 10 years of experience working in agricultural development
    • Demonstrated understanding of the value chain approach, ideally in a Nigerian context
    • Experience with agricultural finance for smallholder farmers
    • Experience with post-harvest handling
    • Experience with Village Savings and Loans Association
    • Familiarity and experience with international development principles and practices;
    • Fluency in English and Hausa required.

    Method of Application

    Applicants should submit a cover letter and CV/resume to: yieldwiserecruitment@pyxeraglobal.org In the subject line of the email please write, "PYXERA Global Nigeria YieldWise - Agriculture Training Specialist." OR  “PYXERA Global Nigeria YieldWise - A2F & PHL Technology Specialist.”

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