Program Officer Job at Sasakawa Africa Association

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Job Title: Program Officer, Farmers Based Organization (FBOs)

Location: Kano, Nigeria

Organisation: Sasakawa Africa Association /Sasakawa Global 2000

Sasakawa Africa Association /Sasakawa Global 2000 (SG2000), a non-profit non-governmental organization with its office in Nigeria, promotes demonstration and widespread adoption of improved pre and post-production agricultural technologies for smallholder farmers in Nigeria in collaboration with relevant government institutions, farmers' organizations and private sector.

Work background: The Program Officer will be responsible for consolidating existing cooperatives and scaling up the formation of more producer cooperatives in Nigeria.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

Under the supervision of and technical backstopping from SAFE Coordinator and SG2000 Country Director, the core role of the PO will be to:

•   Inventorize the current functional FBOs in SAA-SAFE project areas

•   Strengthen the capacity of FBOs in cooperative management and leadership

•   Create a data bank on BDS that are relevant to existing FBOs

•   Engage FBOs in developing viable agro-based businesses.

•   Prepare work plan, budget and regular reports to supervisors and donors.

•   Any other work to be assigned by SAFE Coordinator OR SM Country Director.

Job Requirements:

Desirable knowledge, skills and abilities:

•   B. Sc. degree in Cooperative Management, Agricultural Extension, Rural Development, Marketing and accounting or related fields

•   M.Sc in the above fields will be an added advantage,

•   Minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience

•   Demonstrated experience in cooperative organization and management

•   Proven skill in communication in English (writing, presentation, reporting, etc)

•   Working knowledge in the use of computer Software such as Word, Power Point and Excel.

•   Proven ability to work in multi-disciplinary and multi-stakeholder working environments.

Conditions and remuneration:

•   Contract for one year, with possibility of extension depending on performance and availability of funds.

•   Duty station is Abuja and Kano, with frequent travel within the country.

•   Salary based on the organization scale

Application and Requirement Procedures:

Interested professionals are requested to submit an application, including the following non-returnable documents:

•   Application letters stating intent of interest

•   Curriculum Vitae with three referees

•   Copies of credentials.

•   All applications must be made electronically using the following postal address or email:

The Country Director,

Sasakawa Global/The West African Coordinator,

Sasakawa Global 2000,

No. 8, Kura Road,

Off Magajin Rumfa,

P.M.B 5190, Kano,

Nigeria.

email: claraogbe@saa-safe.org

Candidates will be pre-screened and only short listed ones will be invited for interview.

Deadline: 2nd April, 2013.

Female candidate are encouraged.

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