Technical Advisor at Catholic Relief Services (CRS)

Job Type: Short Term Position

Job Description

• CRS is recruiting several Short-Term Technical Advisors for an upcoming project in Nigeria, which is subject to donor funding.
• The positions may be based in Abuja or a field office in the project’s operational states.
• The goal of this position is to provide short term technical assistance in smallholder inclusive commodity value chains and specific technical areas including:

Technical skills:

• Agronomy and climate smart expertise in soil health, good agriculture practices, post-harvest handling and storage and small- and large-scale irrigation;
• Market linkages including cooperative development, out-grower or contract farming partnership facilitation, agriculture finance and lending and product aggregation facilitation;
• Value chain tools and approaches including economic models, feasibility studies, capacity building; post-harvest measurement and incentive schemes;
• Financial services advisory for SMEs and large businesses
• Post-harvest management practices to reduce post-harvest losses, improve quality and value addition.

Requirements

• The Short-Term Technical Advisor should have at least a Master’s degree in Agricultural Science, Finance, Business Studies or related qualifications, and 8-10 years progressively responsible work experience in at least one of the technical skills indicated above.