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 are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Project Officer II
Job ID: IITA/P&C/NRS2025-027
Location: Ibadan, Oyo
Employment Type: Contract
Duration: 2-year renewable contract
Duties
Program Implementation Support:
- Support day-to-day implementation of Black Soldier Fly (BSF) and High-Quality Cassava Peel (HQCP) innovation pilots at the community level.
- Work with partner hubs and spokes to coordinate distribution of inputs and equipment to women and youth-led poultry enterprises.
- Ensure adherence to technical, environmental, and gender inclusion standards during implementation.
Monitoring, Learning & Reporting:
- Collect and consolidate field-level data including participation records, enterprise outcomes, and feedback from youth and women entrepreneurs.
- Track inputs, pilot outputs, and enterprise performance using provided tools.
- Contribute to field reports, success stories, and updates for monthly or quarterly program.
Partnership & Coordination:
- Liaise with local government, private sector actors, and civil society organizations to support enabling conditions for enterprise growth.
- Coordinate logistics and scheduling for field visits, learning events, and innovation demonstration
- Perform any other job-related tasks as may be assigned by the supervisor.
Community Engagement & Facilitation:
- Mobilize and engage local stakeholders, youth groups, and women’s associations for participation in innovation pilots.
- Facilitate regular group meetings, dialogues, and information-sharing with beneficiaries and service providers.
- Support delivery of business coaching, mentoring, and peer learning activities for participants.
Capacity Building Support:
- Assist in the delivery and follow-up of technical training sessions on alternative feed production and poultry enterprise management.
- Monitor participant attendance and performance in training and apprenticeships in collaboration with TVETs and trainers.
Qualifications
- Master’s Degree in Agribusiness or Extension, Veterinary Medicine, Rural Development, Development Studies and other related courses.
- The ideal candidate must have a minimum of (4) years’ experience in agricultural development, youth livelihoods, community engagement, or enterprise development; Must be experienced working with small-holder poultry farmers, agribusinesses, or youth/women-led enterprises in Rural or Semi-urban contexts.
- Experience in supporting donor-funded development projects is also desirable.
Competencies
The ideal candidate must:
- Have strong interpersonal and facilitation skills, with the ability to engage and mobilize youth and women’s groups.
- Have basic understanding of poultry systems, feed innovations (BSF, HQCP), or agricultural input value chains.
- Ability to travel frequently within target communities and work independently under supervision.
- Be passionate about youth development, agribusiness, and inclusive market systems.
- Demonstrate ability to adapt and have problem solving dynamics in multi-stakeholder environments.
- Be familiar with gender and social inclusion principles in development programming.
- Have good written and verbal communication skills in English; knowledge of local languages is an advantage.
- Be proficient in Microsoft Office tools and data collection platforms (e.g., ODK, KoboToolbox).
Benefits
We offer highly competitive salary with equally attractive benefits and excellent working conditions in a pleasant campus environment.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply
Application Deadline 18th August, 2025.
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