Research Supervisor at IITA - International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

DUTIES:

• Work with relevant public and private sector institutions that contribute to deploying and scaling up legume seed systems in Nigeria.
• Provide technical support to seed companies, NGOs, and NARS in designing and implementing seed road maps for legume seed system scaling to meet seed demand for target beneficiaries.
• Work with extension agents of relevant NARS for enhancing livelihoods, including demonstration of new varieties to generate demand and capacity building of local institutions.
• Support the development of approaches for promoting seed entrepreneurship amongst women and youth.
• Document work activities through high-quality reports that demonstrate project impacts.
• Assist in capacity building of farmers and seed producers and strengthening stakeholder partnerships.
• Perform any other job-related duties as may be assigned by the Supervisor.

Requirements

QUALIFICATION:

• BSc/HND in Agriculture, Agronomy or related field with a minimum of three (3) years’ experience performing a similar role in a well-structured environment.

COMPETENCIES:

The ideal candidate must:

• Have skilled knowledge of seed production and delivery to farmers.
• Have experience working with research organizations, NGOs, private sector seed companies, farmers, grain traders, aggregators and other stakeholders in the legume value chain.
• Be committed and dependable and have the ability to work under pressure.
• Have excellent communication skills (written and oral).
• Be proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and technology.