Agriculture Training Specialists at Pyxera Global Nigeria

Pyxera Global - We leverage the unique strengths of corporations, governments, social sector organizations, educational institutions, and individuals to enhance the abilities of people and communities to solve complex problems and attain mutually beneficial goals. With a quarter century of experience in more than 90 countries, our team is passionate and dedicated to navigating challenges and pinpointing purposeful global engagement opportunities for our clients and partners.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Agriculture Training Specialist

Location: Kano

Duties and Responsibilities

• The Agriculture Training Specialist will provide technical expertise to the Farmer Aggregation and Taming team, and will lead straining activities to support smallholder farmers in reducing post-harvest loss of tomatoes.

The Agriculture training Specialist will report directly to the Nigeria YieldWise Deputy Director and will have the following responsibilities:

• Develop training lesson plans, modules and training guides for all project training activities.
• Develop a clear training work plan based on tomato seasonal calendar, farmer availability, project deadlines and targets.
• Develop a training curriculum on improved pre and post-harvest agronomic practices, access to finance, and farmer association capacity building with the end goal of reducing post-harvest loss of tomatoes for farmers in northern Nigeria.
• Incorporate adult learning skills objectives and techniques to prepare training modules to follow adult learning quality standards.
• Develop and lead training of trainer (ToT”) workshops for extension agents and lean farmers to become trainers in their designated local government areas.
• Monitor performance of trained trainers and provide regular feedback for effective implementation of trainings,
• Analyze and document tomato farming systems, with a specific focus on how to reduce loss on farm, in transit and as a result of seasonal glut
• Liaise with Market Linkages team to incorporate specific buyer, standard and requirements into training curriculum to support farmers in becoming ready suppliers.
• Provide regular agronomic advice to inform and Other program activities with respect in market linkages, access to finance and PHL technologies.
• Identify opportunity to increase female integration and participation in trainings and develop specific capacity building programs for women where needed.
• Coordinate with subject matter experts, industry providers and academic institutions to regularly update training curriculum and leverage additional resources for added value to trainings
• Document field achievements, innovations, failures and lessons learned to integrate into subsequent project activities and inform protect expansion strategy.
• Provide input on monitoring & evaluation tools to ensure accurate data collection, verification and analysis of training activities, and to avoid duplication of efforts.
• Develop post-season reports to be submitted to the YieldWise Deputy Director and shared with HQ.
• Support the development of other program reports on training activities, as needed.
• Conduct frequent site visits to observe trainings, monitor adoption of practices, and collect farm data from farmers.
• Other duties, as assigned.

Qualifications

• Minimum Bachelors Degree in Agronomy Agribusiness or related field.
• At least 7 years’ experience in agriculture or agribusiness, with a minimum of years in training/capacity building of farmers.
• Previous experience designing and implementing adult learning training modules including curriculum, lesson plans, objectives and learning assessments.
• Excellent facilitation skills, familiarity with ToT approaches and methodologies, and competencies to use tailor-made and diversified facilitation/ training methods and tools.
• Demonstrate expertise in agronomic practices, financial literacy, farmer loans and credit, on-farm technologies and farmer association capacity building.
• Fluent in English Hausa, required.
• Professional experience in northern Nigeria, preferred.
• Nigerian national, preferred.

Application Closing Date
31st October, 2016.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should submit their cover letter and CV's/resumes to: [email protected] In the subject line of the email please Write, PYXERA Global Nigeria YieldWise - Agriculture Training Specialist.

Note: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Please indicate your availability and earliest start date in your email and/or cover letter, Incomplete applications will not be considered and phone calls will ot be accepted. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview.