Agriservices Officer at Syngenta Group

Syngenta Group is one of the world’s leading sustainable agriculture innovation companies, with roots going back more than 250 years. Our 53,000 people across more than 100 countries strive every day to transform agriculture through tailor-made solutions for the benefit of farmers, society and our planet – making us the world’s most local agricultural technology and innovation partner. Syngenta Group is committed to operating at the highest standards of ethics and integrity. This is a commitment that we are making to investors, customers, society and employees. Syngenta Group is also committed to maintaining a workplace environment free from discrimination and harassment.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Agriservices Officer

Location: Victoria Island, Lagos
Job type: Full-time

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Support of annual workplan, Objectives and budget of Agriservice program at country level
• Support and monitor the projects and activities of the Agriservice program at country level
• Supervise the execution of agronomic activities
• Support that CSRA objectives are considered in project execution and be able to measure the impacts
• To learn how to implement Good Agriculture Technology Evaluation (GATE) in Nigeria
• To learn how to Facilitate the adoption of supported tools and approaches through scaling organizations, including MAPS (potentially), AEGF/ FarmServ, Soluta Ag/ EHUB, and others
• Support in execution of Agriservice KPI’s base on the objective of SFSA
• Supervise the local Agriservice Team in the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of activities
• Support  Agriservices and local partners on the project strategies
• Participate in the aggregation and support in analysis of technical data collected in and make proposals that contribute to improving performance.
• Raise the constraints encountered in the implementation and monitoring of the activities of the projects
• Perform any other duty assigned to you within your work and skills

Additional Information:

•  The Agriservice Officer Intern will work under the direct supervision of the Agriservices Manager
• Employee may, as part of his/her role and maybe through multifunctional teams, participate in the creation and design of innovative solutions. In this context, Employee may contribute to inventions, designs, other work products, including know-how, copyrights, software, innovations, solutions, and other intellectual assets.

Qualifications
Critical knowledge:

• Degree in Agronomy, Agribusiness, Agricultural Economic and Extension or related
• Critical knowledge
• Able to conduct agronomic research
• In-depth knowledge of agricultural development issues in the local context
• Able to use TIC tools, Office Pack and Statistical Software

Critical experience:

• At least 2 years’ experience in rural development, value chain and farmer’s organization support with long experience in the analysis of value chains especially irrigated rice
• Have good skills in Agricultural value chain and Business Development Service

Critical technical, professional and personal capabilities:

• Good experience in financing the rice value chain.
• Capacity to organize, coordinate and carry out research activities.
• Good skills in English and major local languages in Nigeria
• Have good writing, editing, and written and oral communication skills.

Critical leadership capabilities:

• Ability to manage and participate in multiple projects implemented simultaneously
• Support the implementation of activities by Agriservice Team
• Support the Agriservices Manager in the planning, implementation and execution of activities

Critical success factors & key challenges:

•  Availability
•  Internal and external communication
•  Support Youth Empowerment
•  Good Skills in English
•  Good knowledge of the sector and relationship with partners

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.