Vacancy at Alliance Agriculture for a Program Coordinator

 Employment Nigeria 21-Oct-2017 ABUJA , Agriculture   Administrative  


Alliance Agriculture - The Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL), an agency of the Central Bank of Nigeria, and the Federal Ministry of Water Resources, invited Alliance Agriculture to implement its FAM-SMART initiative. This initiative will create opportunities for Nigerian smallholder farmers to become naira millionaires, climb out of poverty, and in so doing, increase Nigeria’s capacity to meet the food needs of its 180 million people. 

POSITION : Program Coordinator

Description

This is a part-time position that will be based in Abuja with 20-30 hours of LOE per week for a maximum of six months.

Responsibilities

  • Work with the Nigeria Country Representative and relevant partners to finalize and execute Alliance Agriculture’s initial work plan and budget.
  • Provide support in developing marketing pitch and proposal development to relevant funders and donors, including but not limited writing assignments, research assignments, preparing slide decks, recruitment of future staff, etc.
  • High level of computer literacy required
  • Serve as the main project coordinator with Nigeria Country Representative in coordinating partner relationships, meetings, scheduling, event planning, logistics, travel, and administration.
  • Ability to travel up to 25% time.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Business Management, or similar.
  • 4-6 years of relevant experience in a fast-paced coordination, consulting, and/or supply chain environment.
  • High attention to detail in writing and formatting.
  • Experience and ease in communicating with and relaying information to high-level officials and/or business partners through email, phone, and in-person meetings.
  • High computer literacy; extensive experience with Microsoft Word, Excel (Gantt Chart Management, Project Tracker, Budget, and Plan Tool Management) and PowerPoint Skills (Executive Level Presentation Design) and Word Skills (Design of Project Summaries and 1 page memos)
  • Fluent in English; additional fluency in at least one language native to Nigeria is strongly preferred.

How To Apply
Candidates should send their CV's and a one-page Cover Letter to: AllianceAgriculture@joinav.org



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