Primary Functions & Responsibilities:
Project Inception Phase
- Take the lead on community sensitization, mobilization and enrollment of rice millers/processors.
- Ensure project targets (including gender) are met.
- Assist the project manager and MEL officer in developing the project work plan, MEAL package and tools.
- Support assessments, baseline, midterm and endline evaluation activities.
- Identify local community trainers in the assigned communities and support the operations team during the recruitment process.
Project Implementation Phase
- Support the project manager in developing training materials for the production of fortified rice and related food safety and quality control measures.
- Handle the training of rice millers, regulatory agencies, religious and community leaders, as well as other stakeholders key to the implementation of the PRiFN project after development of a proper training design.
- Support community sensitization drives and stakeholder engagement for the promotion of the health benefits of fortified rice.
- Work with the PM in identifying social intervention programs and the integration of fortified rice in them.
- Together with the project manager, identify rice millers/processors and other actors in the rice value chains who would partner with the project.
- Work with the MEL specialist in monitoring and evaluation activities, surveys and reporting as well as developing success stories and lessons learnt.
- Understand, respect and promote Techno Serve’s values, vision, and strategy in the implementation of assigned duties.
- Perform other duties in line with the evolving needs of the program.
- Prepare with the project team for donor reports.
Basic Qualifications:
- A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Agronomy, Economics, Human Nutrition, Food Science and Technology, Public Health with a minimum of 2 years’ experience working with rural communities supporting rice farmers. Alternatively, 4 years’ experience.
- Demonstrated understanding of the rice value chain in Nigeria.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Must have strong interpersonal skills.
- Proven skills with Microsoft Office software (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
- Excellent communication skills.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
- Ability to engage and advise a broad range of stakeholders, especially community leaders,
- Demonstrated experience in data collection and analyses.
- Demonstrated experience in report writing
- Demonstrated ability to communicate and train in Hausa or other language besides English is an added advantage.
Required Languages: Fluency in English (written and spoken)
Travel: Local/Field Travel
Supervisory Responsibilities – NA
Salary
Competitive
Monthly based
Location
Kurmin Musa, Kaduna State, Nigeria
Job Overview
Location
Kurmin Musa, Kaduna State, Nigeria
