Sociologist at Presco Plc

Presco Plc is a fully-integrated agro-industrial establishment with oil palm plantations, palm oil mill, palm kernel crushing plant and vegetable oil refining and fractionation plant. It also has an olein and stearin packaging plant and a biogas plant to treat its palm oil mill effluent. It is the first of its kind in West Africa

Presco specialises in the cultivation of oil palm and in the extraction, refining and fractionation of crude palm oil into finished products. Presco supplies specialty fats and oils of outstanding quality to customer specifications and assures a reliability of supply of its products year round. This is made possible by the integrated nature of the company’s production process. Presco is the Nigerian market leader for specialty fats and oils. 

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Sociologist 

Location: Benin, Edo
Employment Type: Full-time

Duties and Responsibilities

• Engaging with stakeholders at community level
• Managing socio-economic surveys, including analysis and interpretation of survey data
• Compilation of social impact assessment action plan
• Ensure development of reports, monitoring and proper documentation of community/stakeholder engagement.
• Participate in the monitoring, updating and implementation of social action plans.
• Participation in field schedule and collaboration with external consultant where applicable.
• Ensure timely distribution and dissemination of information to host communities and other stakeholders
• Monitoring, updating and ensuring compliance to schedules and procedures toward maintaining good relations with communities and other stakeholders.

Qualifications

• A Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree or HND in Sociology (specializing in Rural Sociology), Agricultural Extension and Communication, Natural Resource Management, Forestry, Social Sciences, or related fields in rural extension and field work.
• Minimum of 3 years relevant work experience.
• Must have strong communication skill and proficient in computer usage.
• Proficiency in communicating with Benin language will be an added advantage.

Application Closing Date
14th May, 2025.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their detailed CV and application to: hrm.presco@siat-group.com using the Job Title as the subject of the email.

Note

• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
• Interviews will be held at our Head Office at Obaretin Estate, Benin.