Job title: Intervention Officer
Company: The Palladium Group
Job description: Intervention OfficerWe are searching for an experienced Intervention Officer at our Abuja facility.Propcom+ is an FCDO-funded eight-year (2023-2030), rural and agricultural market development
programme supporting climate-resilient and sustainable agriculture and forestry that benefits people,
climate and nature. The programme is implemented by The Palladium Group, and it aims to
transform Nigeria’s rural economy by addressing environmental, social, and economic challenges in
the country’s food and land-use system. It will do this by (i) increasing productivity, improve nutrition
and food security; (ii) enhance climate resilience, pursue lower emissions, and protect and restore
nature, and (iii) help tackle some of Nigeria’s underlying drivers of conflict and insecurity. It does this
by working as a ‘market facilitator’, identifying constraints in markets systems and facilitating
changes to enable rural markets to work better for the benefit of poor and climate-vulnerable
smallholder farmers and rural small-scale entrepreneurs.
Propcom+ has a target of increasing the incomes and climate resilience of 3.9 million poor and
vulnerable people in Nigeria, 50% of whom will be women, through a “3Ps” approach of interlinked
components:
P1: Scaling-up a focused basket of Proven climate-smart interventions around agricultural and
primary processing / storage practices and models to get these adopted by millions of poor and
vulnerable smallholder farmers and small-scale entrepreneurs.
P2: Building markets by developing and Piloting new business models that improve
productivity, enhance resilience to climate change, reduce emissions, and improve nutrition
outcomes.
P3: Enabling Policies that support a strengthened enabling environment for sustainable food
and land-use system.Primary Duties and Responsibilities:With oversight from the Portfolio Manager, s/he will be responsible for designing and
facilitating the delivery of select interventions, applying a broad range of market
development tools to stimulate changes in the behaviour of market actors and structures,
leading to more inclusive, “green” and sustainable market growth. S/he will work closely
with the GESI Advisor and MEL team to ensure that intervention designs align with
Programme gender targets and MEL plan for ease of tracking, evaluation, course-correcting,
and reporting results.Intervention facilitation
- Use research and evidence to develop market-led strategies and business models.
- Identifying and selecting project opportunities, maintaining coverage, and fulfilling project
commitments.
- Develop annual workplans, resource requirements and budgets, in alignment with
Programme deliverables.
- Work with Portfolio Manager to develop business case deck, identify and pitch business case
to potential partners.
- Provide technical assistance to targeted private sector partners in identifying new roads to
markets as well as designing efficient distribution and aggregation channels.
- Broker trade negotiations and market linkages between farmer groups/BMOs/Associations
and national and multinational companies to expand market access and value to all actors.
- Lead field delivery, working with partners to execute bottom of the pyramid strategies.
- Perform periodic industry analyses on the broader agricultural market and targeted
subsectors to keep the programme strategy responsive.
- Work with Operations and Management team to ensure due diligence, financial, credit and
risk reviews on potential partners.
- Ensure the appropriate communication of clear intervention guidelines, expected outcomes,
timeframe and workplan to all relevant parties.
- Assist the Portfolio Manager in the development of relevant grant agreements, MoUs, ToRs
and any other administrative requirement for the interventions.
- Conduct regular field visits to ensure proper implementation of activities.
- Periodically assess Programme/intervention assumptions in the light of the changing
environment; identify emerging priorities, refine, and adapt intervention strategies
accordingly.
- Work closely with Portfolio Manager and other Management team to ensure Programme
support and facilitation tools are creating additionality, catalysing markets, and not
distorting development.
Stakeholder Management
- Understand how the political economy impacts markets, and how the knowledge can be
used to shape local policies and markets.
- Maintain contacts with key stakeholders to increase synergies.
- Assist in establishing contacts with state and non-state actors that may contribute to the
successful implementation of market activities and maintain relationships with key players
with common interests as Propcom+
- Ensure value for money in the delivery of every intervention activity managed by partners.
- Serve as liaison for the Programme in targeted subsectors and markets, displaying the
qualities of a good market facilitator – listening, good communication, courtesy, tact, and
discretion.
Research and MEL
- Support the Portfolio Manager in researching and identifying opportunities in relevant
sectors and markets.
- Work with Portfolio Manager and MEL team to undertake value/supply chain mapping,
sub/sector analysis and market assessments to inform Programme priorities.
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- Work with Portfolio Manager to undertake stakeholder analysis of selected value chains to
understand the structure of the organisations and their motivations and establishing
contacts with potential private sector partners.
- Work with MEL team to design intervention MEL plan, including indicators, method, and
frequency of data collection.
- Provide periodic report to support decision making.
- Engage in developing and sharing knowledge products relating to own interventions.
Required Qualifications:Knowledge and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in agriculture, marketing, business, or related fields.
- 3years cognate experience in similar programme, developing market systems or designing
bottom of the pyramid models.
- Technical experience in market system development approach to development
- Experience with supporting assessments, monitoring and evaluation and other learning
efforts required.
- Knowledge and experience working in the North of Nigeria, with understanding of the
gender and youth inclusion challenges.
- Demonstrated ability to work and coordinate effectively with a wide variety of stakeholders,
including government, community-based organizations, and the private sector.
- Excellent analytical and report writing skills.
- Excellent oral, written and computer skills.
- Fluency in English; fluency in Hausa is an added advantage.
- Adaptive and can work independently.
Organisational Learning:
- Team members are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner and respect
local laws, customs and Palladium’s policies, procedures, and values at all times and in all
in-country venues.
- Supervisory Responsibility: None
- Reports Directly To: Portfolio Manager
- Works Directly with: Technical team, Communications team, MERL and Program
Management Unit.Success Factors:
- The ideal candidate will be results orientated, self-motivated and have demonstrated
analytical skills. The ideal candidate will be familiar with market-based agricultural
programs targeting women, youth and will demonstrate cultural knowledge and sensitivity,
while also demonstrating skills and ability to provide incentives and capacities for market
actors working with diverse groups and offer technical assistance across project partnersOur company provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics.
Expected salary:
Location: Abuja, FCT
Job date: Tue, 30 Sep 2025 22:55:18 GMT