Position: Research Supervisor
Contract: 1-year renewable contract Location: Kano
DUTIES:
- Work with relevant public and private sector institutions that contribute to deploying and scaling up legume seed systems in Nigeria.
- Provide technical support to seed companies, NGOs, and NARS in designing and implementing seed road maps for legume seed system scaling to meet seed demand for target beneficiaries.
- Work with extension agents of relevant NARS for enhancing livelihoods, including demonstration of new varieties to generate demand and capacity building of local institutions.
- Support the development of approaches for promoting seed entrepreneurship amongst women and youth.
- Document work activities through high-quality reports that demonstrate project impacts.
- Assist in capacity building of farmers and seed producers and strengthening stakeholder partnerships.
- Perform any other job-related duties as may be assigned by the Supervisor.
Requirements
QUALIFICATION:
BSc/HND in Agriculture, Agronomy or related field with a minimum of three (3) years’ experience performing a similar role in a well-structured environment.
COMPETENCIES:
- The ideal candidate must:
- Have skilled knowledge of seed production and delivery to farmers.
- Have experience working with research organizations, NGOs, private sector seed companies, farmers, grain traders, aggregators and other stakeholders in the legume value chain.
- Be committed and dependable and have the ability to work under pressure.
- Have excellent communication skills (written and oral).
- Be proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and technology.
Benefits
We offer highly competitive salaries with equally attractive benefits and excellent working conditions in a pleasant campus environment.