Value Chain Director at Catholic Relief Services (CRS)

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is an International non-governmental organization supporting relief and development work in over 99 countries around the world. CRS programs assist persons on the basis of need, regardless of creed, ethnicity or nationality. CRS works through local church and non-church partners to implement its programs, therefore, strengthening and building the capacity of these partner organizations is fundamental to programs in every country in which CRS operates. CRS re-established presence in Nigeria in 2000 and currently focuses on vulnerable children, agriculture, health and HIV, extractives and governance, and peace building programming.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Value Chain Director

Location: Abuja

Job Description

• We are recruiting a Value Chain Director for an anticipated agriculture project in Nigeria, which is contingent on donor funding.
• The project has a strong focus on private sector-driven value chain development in several agricultural subsectors.
• The Value Chain Director will have responsibility for coordinating, planning and implementing technical interventions across several value chains.
• Together with a team of value chain technical advisors, the Value Chain Director will manage value chain assessments to inform market-based interventions, develop value chain strategies for working with producers and enterprises to increase competitiveness and inclusiveness of value chains, lead implementation of activities aimed at increasing smallholder productivity and market access and building sustainability and commercialization of farmer’s organisations using facilitation approaches.

Requirements

• He or she should have 10 years’ experience in successful value chain development projects, knowledge of Nigeria’s agriculture sector, an excellent leader, successfully increasing competitiveness and inclusiveness of agriculture value chains and at least a Master’s in a field relevant to agricultural development.

Application Closing Date
29th December, 2017.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should download the "Application Form Below" and send with a detailed 3-page resume in a single file word document to: ng.recruitment_agriculture@crs.org indicating in the subject line of their application the job title

Click here to download Application Form (MS Word)