Agriservices Officer at Syngenta AG

Job Description

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support of annual workplan, Objectives and budget of Agriservice program at country level
• Support and monitor the projects and activities of the Agriservice program at country level
• Supervise the execution of agronomic activities
• Support that CSRA objectives are considered in project execution and be able to measure the impacts
• To learn how to implement Good Agriculture Technology Evaluation (GATE) in Nigeria
• To learn how to Facilitate the adoption of supported tools and approaches through scaling organizations, including MAPS (potentially), AEGF/ FarmServ, Soluta Ag/ EHUB, and others
• Support in execution of Agriservice KPI’s base on the objective of SFSA
• Supervise the local Agriservice Team in the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of activities
• Support  Agriservices and local partners on the project strategies
• Participate in the aggregation and support in analysis of technical data collected in and make proposals that contribute to improving performance.
• Raise the constraints encountered in the implementation and monitoring of the activities of the projects
• Perform any other duty assigned to you within your work and skills

Qualifications

Critical knowledge

•  Degree in Agronomy, Agribusiness, Agricultural Economic and Extension or related
•  Able to conduct agronomic research
•  In-depth knowledge of agricultural development issues in the local context
•  Able to use TIC tools, Office Pack and Statistical Software

Critical experience

• At least 2 years’ experience in rural development, value chain and farmer’s organization support with long experience in the analysis of value chains especially irrigated rice
• Have good skills in Agricultural value chain and Business Development Service

Critical technical, professional and personal capabilities

• Good experience in financing the rice value chain.
• Capacity to organize, coordinate and carry out research activities.
• Good skills in English and major local languages in Nigeria
• Have good writing, editing, and written and oral communication skills.

Critical leadership capabilities

• Ability to manage and participate in multiple projects implemented simultaneously
• Support the implementation of activities by Agriservice Team
• Support the Agriservices Manager in the planning, implementation and execution of activities

Critical success factors & key challenges

•  Availability
•  Internal and external communication
•  Support Youth Empowerment
•  Good Skills in English
•  Good knowledge of the sector and relationship with partners