Career Opportunity at Action Against Hunger | ACF
Employment Nigeria
02-Aug-2015
LAGOS ,
Agriculture
Action Against Hunger | ACF-International works to save lives by combating hunger and diseases that threaten the lives of vulnerable communities, through nutrition, food security, water and sanitation, health and advocacy.
We are recruiting to fill the position of:
Position: Agriculture Officer
Job Description
- He/ She will be responsible in supporting the Agriculture Program manager for planning and implementing the activities according to the project’s outline.
- The Agriculture Officer is responsible for directing the implementation of agricultural and rural development projects.
- The Agriculture Officer will be directly under the supervision of the Agriculture Deputy Program Manager.
- The incumbent will assist in proposing solutions and improvements concerning the project’s progress under the guidance and direct supervision of the Agriculture Deputy Program Manager.
Summary of Key Objectives
- Ensure the proper HR management of the field based Agriculture team
- Represent ACF externally in relevant LGA level forums and technical working groups
- Provide support to the Agriculture Deputy Program Manager to implement the program successfully
- Facilitate coordination, monitoring and evaluation of the Agriculture activities
- Facilitate community mobilisation activities to support targeting and registration of beneficiaries and improved Agriculture Knowledge
- The Agro Officer must be flexible and adaptable with regards to the implementation of the daily work/activities
- Conduct all duties in a professional manner following ACF Nigeria mission staff regulations, ACF mandate and charter
Qualifications
- Degree in agronomy, horticulture, other relevant fields and previous work experience
Essential Skills & Experience:
- Good relational qualities
- Good knowledge of techniques and agricultural production systems
- Analytical capacity
- Capacity to supervise a team
- Computer knowledge (Word, Excel)
Preferred:
- Previous humanitarian programming experience
- Capacity to write high quality reports
- Good knowledge of the intervention area/s and local economy
- Previous experience with ACF
- Previous team management and activate planning experience
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their CV together with their Cover Letter as an email attachment to the following email address to:recruitment.ng@acf-international.org Applicants should indicate in the subject title of their forwarding mail, the title of the position they are applying for.
Note: Please do not attach your certificates to the application email. Any application received after the above stated closing date will not be considered.
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