The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) is a not-for-profit institution
that generates agricultural innovations to meet Africa’s most pressing
challenges of hunger, malnutrition, poverty, and natural resource degradation.
They work with various partners across sub-Saharan Africa, to improve
livelihoods, enhance food and nutrition security, increase employment, and
preserve natural resource integrity. They are a bonafide member of CGIAR, a
global agriculture research partnership for a food secure future.
IITA is
actively recruiting for the position below.
Role Title: Research Technician III
Location: Kano State.
Role Responsibilities:
- Oversee the Farmer participatory varietal selection (FPVS)
and gender inclusive processes.
- Responsible for facilitating the registration of farmer groups as
community-based seed producers in Collaboration with Nigerian-based PO4
Leaders of the AVISA Project.
- Contributing to the adequate formulation of lessons from
project and program implementation.
- Responsible for the checking and interpretation
of datasets during and after surveys.
- Responsible for the development and
interpretation of case and success stories from project and program implementation.
- Leading pre-survey activities
particularly the identification and hiring of enumerators, organization of
pre-survey trainings, identification of field-based facilitators for surveys,
etc
- Contributing to the contextualization of data collection
tools (Questionnaires, Topical Outlines) to the Nigerian (Hausa) situation.
- Expected to link up and entertains
contacts with survey teams with State-based facilitators and other
partners during data and information collection.
- Preparation of appropriate logistics (cross-checking
functioning of electronic devices for surveys, questionnaires for pre-test
and during pre-survey trainings, etc.)
- Participating in the collection of data for the development
of case studies and success stories during
project implementation.
- Carryout the development of AVISA M&E and other reports
of activities being implemented in Nigeria.
Required Qualifications:
- Minimum of a National Diploma in Agriculture or
any other Business-related discipline.
- Sound verbal and written command of the Hausa and
English languages.
- Excellent knowledge of the states and Local Government Areas of the 19 northern states of
Nigerian.
- Candidate must be able to work across discipline
and within multi-cultural environments.
- Competence in the use of Microsoft Word and related
applications notably Excel and PowerPoint.
- Candidate must have a valid Nigerian driving
license.
- Minimum of five years’ experience performing
similar or same role with an international research for development
organization based in the northern state.
Application Deadline:
October 7th, 2020.
Application Guidelines:
To apply, click on the link below.
https://bit.ly/2FVZr9l
