Research Supervisor at IITA - International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

Full Time11 months ago
Employment Information
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.

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