• Application Deadline: Wed, 29 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT
• Position: Enterprise Development and Gender Officer


• Job Type Contract , Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience 5 years


• Location Adamawa


• Job Field NGO/Non-Profit 
  

Duration: 5 months

Location: Yola

DUTIES:

• Identify training needs and development of business opportunities in the agricultural value chain and non-farm enterprises for youth and women.


• Scope Micro, Small and medium Enterprise (MSME) business opportunities with special emphasis on youth and women agribusiness development.


• Gender mainstreaming and Social Inclusion (GESI) in intervention activities.


• Build on local platforms and scoping for project partners in Government, NGO and private sectors for effective layering and enterprise sustainability.


• Develop and conduct enterprise trainings in the value chain, economic and financial literacy, cooperative management, and micro credit administration.


• Collect data on training and enterprise development activities and report periodically.


• Mentor Small and Growing Businesses (SGBs) and linkage to finance, input and output markets.


• Support youth and women participants to develop bankable business plans and commercially viable business models along the agricultural value chain and


• nonfarm enterprises.


• Train youth and women participants in record keeping and business management.


• Support the development of appropriate financial products targeting rural youth and women in consultation with collaborating financial institutions.


• Perform any other job-related task as may be assigned by the Supervisor.

QUALIFICATION:

BSc/HND in Agriculture Extension, Business Administration, or related field with a minimum of five (5) years’ experience performing similar or related role in a well- structured organization.

COMPETENCIES:

The ideal candidate must:

• Have previous experience working with youth and women.


• Have background in agriculture and the value chain.


• Have enterprise (MSME) development and mentorship experience.


• Have experience working in northeast, Nigeria.


• Have Gender and Social Inclusion (GESI) working experience


• Speaks fluent Hausa for community mobilization and training facilitation


• Possess Microsoft office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) skills


• Have good communication skills.