Value Chain Advisor at Catholic Relief Services (CRS)

Job Description

• We are recruiting Value Chain Advisor (several positions available) for an upcoming agriculture project in Nigeria, which are contingent on donor funding.
• The role of the Value Chain Advisor will be intensive, covering all activities along the commodity value chain.
• It will also include coordinating farmer mobilization, awareness creation at all levels, training of farmers in best practice agronomic practices, post-harvesting handling, agriculture enterprise curriculum, managing farmer-agribusiness company relationships, dissemination of improved technologies and new practices relevant to value chain actors such as buyers to improve competitiveness at farm level and the rest of the value chain.
• In addition to technical roles, the Value Chain Advisor will assist with planning, implementation, and monitoring of commodity value chain specific activities as well as managing the work of short-term service providers.

Requirements

• He or she should have at minimum a First degree in Agriculture related field, 5 years’ professional experience, knowledge of commodity value chain development, and specialization in at least one or two commodities value chains.