The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) in Collaboration with International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) and the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) is implementing a Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprise in the Niger Delta States (LIFE-ND).
To facilitate implementation of the project, the partners want qualified and competent personnel to fill the underlisted position:
Job Title: State Project Coordinator (SPC)
Location: Nigeria
Job Type: Contract (1 year)
Office: State Project Coordination
Main Responsibilities
- The State Project Coordinator will be responsible for overall coordination and implementation of the project in the State.
- He/She will be responsible for managing the team of subject matter officers within the State Project Coordination Office (SPCO) and ensuring their performance to implement project activities.
- A key element of the position is to ensure that the project achieves its developmental objectives.
Specific Duties
- Head the Secretariat of the State Project Steering Committee.
- Promote teamwork of the project officers for implementation.
- Convene regular meetings with the staff of SPCO.
- Manage and motivate the project staff to ensure consistent achievement of quality project results.
- Ensure quality of service provided by the agri-enterprise incubators, service providers, and consultants hired for implementation.
- Ensure timely delivery of quality reports (AWPB, semi-annual reports, financial statement, audit report, RIM data etc) to the Regional Project Coordination Office (RPCO).
- Select service providers where necessary and formulate TORs and scope of work for the service providers, supervise, monitor and certify the work of service providers for the various activities and assignment.
- Ensure completion of procurement process in full compliance with lEAD and FGN procurement guidelines and procedure.
Reporting and Location
- The position will be in the SPCO housed in the State ADP. The SPC will report directly to the Project Coordinator (PC) on technical issues and administratively to the Programme Manager of the ADR
Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor or Higher Level University Degree in Agriculture, Agricultural Economics, Business Administration or other related discipline with knowledge of contemporary issues in agriculture, agribusiness and rural development.
- Minimum of 10 years post qualification experience including at least 5 years in agriculture or agribusiness management position in a development project.
- Good writing skills and computer literacy.
Application Closing Date
16th April, 2019.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should submit their Applications with detailed CV of not more than 5 pages to the following addresses:
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Note: This contracted appointment is for a period of one (1) year in the first instance, renewable subject to satisfactory performance acceptable to FGN/IFAD.