Technical 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: Technical Advisor

Location: Abuja
Job Type: Short Term Position

Job Description

• CRS is recruiting several Short-Term Technical Advisors for an upcoming project in Nigeria, which is subject to donor funding.
• The positions may be based in Abuja or a field office in the project’s operational states.
• The goal of this position is to provide short term technical assistance in smallholder inclusive commodity value chains and specific technical areas including:

Technical skills:

• Agronomy and climate smart expertise in soil health, good agriculture practices, post-harvest handling and storage and small- and large-scale irrigation;
• Market linkages including cooperative development, out-grower or contract farming partnership facilitation, agriculture finance and lending and product aggregation facilitation;
• Value chain tools and approaches including economic models, feasibility studies, capacity building; post-harvest measurement and incentive schemes;
• Financial services advisory for SMEs and large businesses
• Post-harvest management practices to reduce post-harvest losses, improve quality and value addition.

Requirements

• The Short-Term Technical Advisor should have at least a Master’s degree in Agricultural Science, Finance, Business Studies or related qualifications, and 8-10 years progressively responsible work experience in at least one of the technical skills indicated above.

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 all positions are competently filled.