Value Chain Director at Catholic Relief Services (CRS)

Job Description

• We are recruiting a Value Chain Director for an anticipated agriculture project in Nigeria, which is contingent on donor funding.
• The project has a strong focus on private sector-driven value chain development in several agricultural subsectors.
• The Value Chain Director will have responsibility for coordinating, planning and implementing technical interventions across several value chains.
• Together with a team of value chain technical advisors, the Value Chain Director will manage value chain assessments to inform market-based interventions, develop value chain strategies for working with producers and enterprises to increase competitiveness and inclusiveness of value chains, lead implementation of activities aimed at increasing smallholder productivity and market access and building sustainability and commercialization of farmer’s organisations using facilitation approaches.

Requirements

• He or she should have 10 years’ experience in successful value chain development projects, knowledge of Nigeria’s agriculture sector, an excellent leader, successfully increasing competitiveness and inclusiveness of agriculture value chains and at least a Master’s in a field relevant to agricultural development.