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NGO Job Openings: Project Assistant at Nuru Nigeria



Nuru Nigeria is a local non-profit and non-governmental organization working in rural areas of Northeast Nigeria. To build a resilience corridor through nutrition-sensitive regenerative agribusiness programming. Nuru Nigeria's core approach is sustainable, community-led, community-driven, and profitable farmer organizations. We are an equal opportunity employer with zero tolerance for any form of discrimination. We also are keen on harnessing talents that embody our values.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Project Assistant

Location: Borno
Employment Type: Full-time

Position Summary

The project assistant will report to the project coordinator to support the strengthening of local systems for building community resilience and livelihoods through the implementation of the agricultural and financial inclusion intervention.
She/he will work with the program officer to provide technical expertise in resilient agriculture with a special focus on climate-smart agricultural production, horticulture, agricultural extension, agribusiness & value chain development, and smallholder farmer financial inclusion.
She/he must have extensive experience in smallholder agricultural intervention, farmer training, and extension services
Key Responsibilities

The project assistant will provide overall technical expertise and support the program Officer to effectively implement all program activities focused on agriculture, financial inclusion, farmer group organization, agribusiness enterprise and Income Generation Activity (IGA), value addition, and nutrition in a sustainable way
Lead all farmer training and capacity-building activities through building out a robust training plan/calendar and training schedule and adapting training materials to context using appropriate training language for farmer engagement.
Directly responsible for managing assigned intervention communities and integrating the program activities within the assigned communities ensuring full acceptance and ownership by the communities.
Deliver one-on-one extension services to farmers and provide other on-farm extension advisory support services to the farmers.
Actively work closely with community structures for the implementation of all programs through effective community mobilization and sensitization for community-led agricultural, and financial inclusion activities with a focus on achieving the project strategic objectives.
Work very closely with leaders of the farmer groups to promote social cohesion through increased farmers' Savings & Loan activities and adoption of good agricultural practices among the farmers through the establishment of Demonstration plots for increased farmers' income.
Facilitate the establishment of farmer associations and provide support in their transitioning into well-structured farmer's organizations.
Support the Monitoring & Evaluation team to track program activities, and deliver surveys, assessments, and other monitoring activities to ensure that interventions are on track for progress and increased impact.
Provide weekly field reports, contribute to monthly Activity Progress Reports, document and share lessons learned, success stories, community feedback as well as general situational awareness within the communities.
Perform any other tasks that may be assigned/instructed by the Supervisor.
Qualification & Job Requirements

Bachelor's Degree or its equivalent in General Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Agricultural Economics, Agriculture Extension, Rural Livelihoods etc.
Minimum of 2 year working experience in relevant fields with a local or international NGO
Experience in agricultural extension services
Experience working with farmer associations/ farmers organizations
Experience and comfortable working in rural areas and with rural people, having a low literacy level
Sustainable agriculture production and natural resource management knowledge
Proficient in computer skills (MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, Google Drive & Applications, Internet, etc.)
Excellent presentation skills, and capacity to deliver appropriate and relevant training to a target audience
Very good communication, analytical, and reporting skills
High motivation for improvement and ability to deliver in a challenging environment
Excellent written and spoken English Language
Proficient in local languages such as Hausa and Bura.


Note

Non-discriminatory employment clause: Applicants will not be discriminated against on the basis of ethnicity, colour, gender, religion, socio-economic status,age,disability or health status.
The management of Nuru Nigeria reserves the right to verify all of the applicant's information and conduct background checks on shortlisted candidates including reaching out to his/her previous employer.Only Shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply.
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