Extension Worker at Tomato Jos

Responsibilities

• Support the smallholder program lead and the management team in the expansion of the program through the recruitment, onboarding, and management of farmer groups across Kaduna State.
• Support the development and delivery of a comprehensive training program for smallholder farmers and farmer groups, and provide regular reports to management.
• Conduct surveys and collect a range of data regularly from farmers and farms.
• Track farmer progress throughout the season and provide extension support and advice.
• Work with other teams to coordinate smallholder activities such as trainings, input distribution, harvest, and profit payments.

Core Skills

• Strong interpersonal skills, demonstrated by the ability to develop and maintain relationships with people from a variety of backgrounds.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.
• Passion for agricultural development, especially in northern Nigeria.
• Good knowledge of extension delivery systems in rural areas.
• Ability to quickly learn and adapt to complex, evolving work conditions and environments.

Qualifications
The ideal candidate has an educational background in agriculture, experience training smallholder farmers (preferably in northern Nigeria), fluency in Hausa, and an ability to interact well with rural farmers. Candidates with experience conducting surveys as well as strong Microsoft Excel & Microsoft Word capabilities will have an advantage, as will those with experience working in tomato value chains, and those who have worked with farmers in Kaduna State.