Deputy Project Manager at Sahel Consulting Agriculture and Nutrition Limited (Kaduna and Kano)

Sahel Consulting and SNV Netherlands Development Organization (www.snv.org ) are looking for experienced candidates in preparation of an expected Request for Proposals by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands for a 4-year vegetable project, with most of its activities in Kano and Kaduna states. Staff can be based in Abuja or in the target areas of the project.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Deputy Project Manager (With Gender Expertise)

Locations: Kaduna and Kano
Employment Type: Full-time

Profile

• 10 years experience in senior manager positions with agricultural projects involving smallholder farmers, including Northern Nigeria
• Experience in managing complex projects, reporting to donors, managing project administrative and financial data systems
• Experience in gender analysis and project gender equality and social inclusion strategising, providing project advice, training and coaching project staff
• Proven experience in motivating institutions, associations and companies to improve gender sensitive/transformative approaches, services and policies
• Experience with government agriculture extension and educational institutions will be an advantage
• Private sector experience will be an advantage, particularly in horticulture sector.

Key Tasks
Project management related:

• Supporting the project manager with strategic project planning
• Daily staff management, regular planning and reporting cycles, approval of budget and expenditures
• Manage the contracting, quality control and reporting of service providers
• Ensure networking and liaison with government agencies, associations and farmer organisations
• Ensure learning and adaptive management among the project team
• Assist project manager to represent the project in an external form.

Gender related:

• Lead GESI analysis & project GESI strategy development
• Conduct short trainings for staff on gender awareness and sensitive facilitation skills
• Strengthening gender responsive and transformative aspects of the project
• Support gender learning by the project
• Support MEL plan to properly capture gender outcomes and impacts
• Develop and disseminate stories of change to make gender outcomes insightful.

Application Closing Date
20th May, 2021.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Curriculum Vitae to:  recruiting@sahelcp.com using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.

Note

• Expected starting date of the project is quarter four of 2021 and is contingent on donor funding
• Women are strongly encouraged to apply.