Christian Aid (CA), a UK-based international NGO, is hiring an Agronomist in Borno state, Nigeria.

About the Role

The Agronomist will provide support to the FADAMA III livelihood activities among host communities of Jere and MMC LGA in the areas of irrigation, rain fall farming and vegetable gardening. The role holder will facilitate training for livelihood beneficiaries, develop and share agronomy best practices. The post holder will implement farm base livelihoods activities in local communities with emphasis on promoting best Agronomy practice through support, coaching (FSS), mentoring and regular feedback. He/she will supervise the cropping under the livelihoods project Including facilitation of baseline surveys, needs assessment and conduct consultative meetings with the project stakeholders

About you

You are required to have a degree in Agronomy, Horticulture, Crop production or other relevant fields and previous work experience. You are required to have minimum of one year experience setting up and implementing farm base livelihoods or income generating projects preferably with an NGO in a host community or IDP setting. You are required to be familiar with the culture of conflict and/or disaster- affected populations, ability to develop respect for a wide range of people and strong ability to communicate effectively on sanitation and hygiene matters. Experience working in harsh climatic conditions and ability to communicate fluently in (Hausa or Kanuri) language will be an added advantage.

Method of Application

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