Liaison Officer at the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD)

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) in collaboration with International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) is implementing a Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprise in the Niger Delta States (LIFE-ND).

To facilitate implementation of the project, the partners want qualified and competent personnel to fill the position below:

Job Title: Liaison Officer

Location: Abuja
Job Type: Contract (1 year)
Unit/Office: Liaison

Main Responsibilities

• Ensure that the principle of LIFE-ND is up-scaled to other parts of Nigeria.
• Interface between the LIFE-ND and the National LIFE Programme of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture.
• Capitalize best practices from LIFE-ND and facilitate knowledge sharing with non-LIFE-ND states.
• Organize knowledge events to scale-up successes from LIFE-ND to other states of Nigeria.
• Participate in supervision missions of LIFE-ND, Mid-term Review and Completion Mission.
• Liaise with the LIFE-ND management to organize learning route to the LIFE-ND states for other states in Nigeria.
• He/she will be under performance-based contract and will report to the Projects Coordinating Unit (PCU) of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, as well as the programme Coordinator of the LIFE-ND.
• Perform any other official role as requested by the LIFE-ND Project Coordinator.

Location and Reporting

• The office of the Liaison Officer will be located in Abuja (preferably in PCU or other IFAD programmes office in Abuja).
• He/she will report to the Head of PCU as well as maintain a good reporting line with the LIFE-ND Project Coordinator.

Qualification and Experience

• First University Degree in Agriculture, Agricultural Economics, Applied Sciences, Business Administration with sound knowledge and experience working with rural communities, women and youth empowerment programmes.
• Master's Degree in Agriculture and related fields, Business administration and management will be an added advantage.
• Good communication skills.
• Experience working with Government and Private Sector.
• A minimum of Seven (7) years Post qualification working experience.

Application Closing Date
16th April, 2019.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should submit their Applications with detailed CV of not more than 5 pages to the following email addresses: [email protected] , [email protected] , [email protected]

Note: This contracted appointment is for a period of one (1) year in the first instance, renewable subject to satisfactory performance acceptable to FGN/IFAD.