Zonal Agric Officer at Project AWAKE

Project AWAKE is an Agricultural Women Empowerment Project designed to promote sustainable economic development in our communities through a gender focused intervention strategy. The goal of the Project is to reduce poverty and hunger in our communities (MDG1), promote gender equality (MDG3), empower women and create at least 4,000 women Agribusiness owners or Agripreneurs in Cross River State Communities.

As part of the strategic implementation plan, The Project needs the services of a professional to fill vacant position:

Job Title: Zonal Agric Officer

Location: Cross River

Responsibilities

• Assist the Agricutural Project coordinator in identifying genuine eligible loan beneficiaries at the Zonal level;
• Provide agricultural technical assistance/advisories to beneficiaries;
• Undertake effective Project monitoring and evaluation;
• Assist the beneficiaries succeed in their various agribusinesses.

Requirements

• HND/B.Sc. in Agric. Extension, Agric Economics, Crop Production or any related agricultural discipline;
• Not less than 3 years cognate work experience in an agricultural establishment.
• Knowledge of statistical tools for agricultural and M&E reporting and analysis would be an advantage.

Application Closing Date
7 November, 2012

Method of Application
Applications should be sent via email to: projectawakerecruitment@gmail.com