Research Supervisor (Crop-Livestock) at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

Ref: IITA-HR-NRS2020-005
Contract: 1 year renewable contract

Duties
Successful candidate will among other things perform the following duties:

• Implement capacity building for stakeholders (extension agents, farmers’ groups, technicians) on the use of small and medium-scale machines and implements related to Sorghum production and processing;
• Organize technical support for the farmer on best practices and techniques as related to arable crop production and post-harvest handling;
• Identify and introduce appropriate machines and implements for drudgery reductions in arable crop production and post-harvest handling;
• Promote adoption and use of appropriate technologies for crop-livestock integration;
• Demonstrate new technologies of livestock feeding and practice to increase livestock productivities;
• Supervise and support field-based staff including community-based facilitators and farmers implementing field activities in the FIF projects;
• Supervise in conjunction with other project staff as may be required, annual field surveys on the agronomic, socio-economic and livelihoods aspects of crop and livestock farming including data analysis and reporting;
• Write monthly, quarterly summaries and annual reports to the Supervisors as may be required for purposes of program documentation, M&E and reporting to donors;
• Provide feedback and manage information to/from stakeholders (farmer organization, private sector value chain actors, etc);
• Perform any other duties as may be assigned by the Supervisor.

Qualifications

• B.Sc / HND in Agriculture, Animal Science or related fields with minimum of two (2) years working experience performing related roles.

Competencies:
The ideal candidate must:

• Have demonstrated ability to carry out ToT capacity building and farmers groups trainings.
• Have excellent written and spoken communication skills, including presentations
• Be computer literacy with proficient knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint applications.
• Be proficiency in English language with excellent communication skills.
• Shows commitment to teamwork with minimal supervision by working positively and cooperatively with others.
• Have field-based experiences in Agriculture sector development projects implementation.
• Have good knowledge of Sudan Savanah ecologies and communities in Nigeria with proven farmers capacity building, technology and innovation dissemination qualities.
• Have previous experience in livestock systems
• Have experience with community-based projects implementation and/or smallholder-oriented development initiatives are desirable.

Remuneration

• We offer highly competitive salary with equally attractive benefits and excellent working conditions in a pleasant campus environment.