Technology Transfer Officer at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
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. Working with various partners across sub-Saharan Africa, we improve livelihoods, enhance food and nutrition security, increase employment, and preserve natural resource integrity. IITA is a member of CGIAR, a global agriculture research partnership for a food secure future.
We invite applications from suitably qualified candidates for the position below:
Job Title: Technology Transfer Officer
Project ID No.: 210015503606
Location: DRC Congo
Sector: Agriculture
Financing Agreement reference: P- Z1-A00-016
About the Project
- The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) is implementing the CASSAVATAAT Compact, financed through a grant from the African Development Bank toward the cost of the Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) Program and intends to apply part of the proceeds for this grant to facilitate payments under the contracts for the following individual consultants.
Job Descriptions
- The Consultant is expected to assist the Cassava Compact Leader in preparing agreements with service providers and other partners detailing the targets, timeline, material and human resources required by each actor and how to source these;
- Collaborate with public agricultural research and extension institutions, development partners, NGOs and other innovation service providers to implement services that can bolster the success of cassava transformation;
- Assisting the Cassava Compact Leader in organizing country-level training courses;
- Participate in the writing project proposals for food technology outreach campaigns at country-level and ensure agreed actions are implemented towards technology transfer by partner organizations and the private sector.
Job Requirements
- The desired consultant is expected to possess a post graduate degree in Agricultural Extension, Business Administration, Food Technology, Entrepreneurship Development, Agricultural Economics or a closely related field with at least five (5) years of work experience in smallholder agri-business management, technology dissemination or scaling.
- Proficiency in French language and working knowledge of English languages is compulsory;
- Excellent knowledge of agribusiness development models, and training of agriculture entrepreneurs on business and financial management, including budgeting, feasibility assessment and marketing.
Application Closing Date
26th July, 2019.
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