Enterprise Development and Gender Officer at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) is a not-for-profit institution that generates agricultural innovations to meet Africa’s most pressing challenges of hunger, malnutrition, poverty, and natural resource degradation. Working with various partners across sub-Saharan Africa, we improve livelihoods, enhance food and nutrition security, increase employment, and preserve natural resource integrity. IITA is a member of CGIAR, a global agriculture research partnership for a food secure future.

We are recruiting suitable applicants for the position below at the Institute's project location in Yola:

Job Title: Enterprise Development and Gender Officer

Ref No: STS2022-010
Location: Yola, Adamawa
Recruitment Type: STS- National (5-month contract)
Duration: 5 months

Duties

• Identify training needs and development of business opportunities in the agricultural value chain and non-farm enterprises for youth and women.
• Scope Micro, Small and medium Enterprise (MSME) business opportunities with special emphasis on youth and women agribusiness development.
• Gender mainstreaming and Social Inclusion (GESI) in intervention activities.
• Build on local platforms and scoping for project partners in Government, NGO and private sectors for effective layering and enterprise sustainability.
• Develop and conduct enterprise trainings in the value chain, economic and financial literacy, cooperative management, and micro credit administration.
• Collect data on training and enterprise development activities and report periodically.
• Mentor Small and Growing Businesses (SGBs) and linkage to finance, input and output markets.
• Support youth and women participants to develop bankable business plans and commercially viable business models along the agricultural value chain and nonfarm enterprises.
• Train youth and women participants in record keeping and business management.
• Support the development of appropriate financial products targeting rural youth and women in consultation with collaborating financial institutions.
• Perform any other job-related task as may be assigned by the Supervisor.

Qualifications

• B.Sc / HND in Agriculture Extension, Business Administration, or related field with a minimum of five (5) years experience performing similar or related role in a well-structured organization.

Competencies:
The ideal candidate must:

• Have previous experience working with youth and women.
• Have background in agriculture and the value chain.
• Have enterprise (MSME) development and mentorship experience.
• Have experience working in northeast, Nigeria.
• Have Gender and Social Inclusion (GESI) working experience
• Speaks fluent Hausa for community mobilization and training facilitation
• Possess Microsoft office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) skills
• Have good communication skills.

Application Closing Date
29th June, 2022.