Access to Finance and Post-Harvest Loss Technology Specialist at PYXERA Global

Posted on Thu 22nd Jun, 2017 - hotnigerianjobs.com --- (0 comments)

PYXERA Global, a Washington, DC based nonprofit organization, PYXERA Global is currently implementing an agriculture development program in Nigeria funded by The Rockefeller Foundation that aims to reduce post-harvest loss along the tomato value chain.

We are seeking to recruit suitably qualified candidates to fill the position below:

Job Title: Access to Finance and Post-Harvest Loss Technology Specialist

Location: Kano

Job Description

The position of Access to Finance and Post-Harvest Loss Technology Specialist to be based full-time in Kano, Nigeria with regular travel to other project locations in Jigawa and Katsina states.
The Access to Finance and Post-Harvest Loss Technology Specialist will provide technical expertise to the Farmer Aggregation and Training team.

Duties and Responsibilities
The Access to Finance and Post-Harvest Loss Technology Specialist will report directly to the Nigeria YieldWise Deputy Director and will have the following responsibilities:

1.) Access to Finance Responsibilities:

Identify agricultural financing needs of project beneficiaries
Support farmers and other value chain actors in developing bankable business plans
Create linkages with financial institutions for farmers/associations to access financial services with focus on savings and loans.
Identify government and other agencies’ agricultural finance programs that are beneficial to farmers and agricultural value chain actors.
Support financial institutions in developing products that are appropriate to smallholder needs
Introduce and pilot Village Savings and Loans Association (VSLA) to farmers and VC actors
Build the financial education capacities of farmers/ associations and other value chain actors.
Support financial institutions to extend their rural outreach through mobile technology
Support financial institutions to create awareness to farmers and VC actors on micro and agricultural insurance.

2.) Post-Harvest Loss Technology Responsibilities:

Identify appropriate post-harvest loss reducing technologies for smallholders
Pilot identified post-harvest loss reducing technologies with stakeholders
Conduct feedback surveys with farmers and other value chain actors regularly
Develop commercial scale models for piloted technologies
Sensitize value chain actors to identified technologies and its importance for PHL reduction.
Work with technology developers/suppliers to provide after-sale service to users of technology
Develop work-plans and manage implementation of access to finance & post-harvest loss technologies program activities in collaboration with the Deputy Director.
In collaboration with Deputy Director, monitor program implementation, evaluate impact and report lessons learned.
Assist Agricultural Training Specialist in developing trainings on access to finance & post-harvest loss technologies.
Lead project training pertaining to access to finance & post-harvest loss technology
Any other duties assigned by the project leadership

Requirements, Knowledge & Experience

Bachelor's degree in related field; Master's degree preferred
Minimum 10 years of experience working in agricultural development
Demonstrated understanding of the value chain approach, ideally in a Nigerian context
Experience with agricultural finance for smallholder farmers
Experience with post-harvest handling
Experience with Village Savings and Loans Association
Familiarity and experience with international development principles and practices;
Fluency in English and Hausa required.

Application Closing Date
12th July, 2017.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Cover letters and CV's/Resume to: [email protected] In the subject line of the email please write “PYXERA Global Nigeria YieldWise - A2F & PHL Technology 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 not be accepted.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview.

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