Value Chain Advisor 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 Advisor

Location: Abuja

Job Description

• We are recruiting Value Chain Advisor (several positions available) for an upcoming agriculture project in Nigeria, which are contingent on donor funding.
• The role of the Value Chain Advisor will be intensive, covering all activities along the commodity value chain.
• It will also include coordinating farmer mobilization, awareness creation at all levels, training of farmers in best practice agronomic practices, post-harvesting handling, agriculture enterprise curriculum, managing farmer-agribusiness company relationships, dissemination of improved technologies and new practices relevant to value chain actors such as buyers to improve competitiveness at farm level and the rest of the value chain.
• In addition to technical roles, the Value Chain Advisor will assist with planning, implementation, and monitoring of commodity value chain specific activities as well as managing the work of short-term service providers.

Requirements

• He or she should have at minimum a First degree in Agriculture related field, 5 years’ professional experience, knowledge of commodity value chain development, and specialization in at least one or two commodities value chains.

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)

Note: Applications will be accessed on a rolling basis and interviews conducted until this position is competently filled.