Latest Job at British American Tobacco Nigeria Foundation, May, 2019

British American Tobacco Nigeria Foundation (BATN Foundation) is an independent charitable organization with a mandate to support sustainable agriculture development and improve the livelihoods of those living in rural communities with special emphasis on smallholder farmers.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Associate – Programme & Project Management 

Job Number:  18912
Location: Lagos
Function: Legal & External Affairs
Level: Experienced Professional
Appointment Type: Permanent

Responsibilities

  • Develop, supervise and evaluate Sustainable Agriculture projects.
  • Manage projects, with the established budgets and deviverables.
  • Represents the Organization at national and international meetings and conferences, identifies and implements strategic partnerships, advocates best practices and increased policy dialogue and develops and negotiates effective working relationships/consensus and agreements with development partners and key stakeholders.
  • Leads and/or collaborates in, provides technical backstopping to and ensures the quality / effectiveness of capacity development and knowledge sharing activities such as policy support, organizational development and individual learning events including preparation of related information, learning, training tools.
  • Provide day-to-day management direction and support for assigned projects and staff.
  • Prepare, edit and present project reports as needed.
  • Assist with the development of sustainable agriculture policy work.
  • Assuring quality control of project activities, including supporting fielded teams, reviewing work deliverables, and providing value-added feedback.
  • Recruit collaborators and partners for BATN Foundation-related work/projects.
  • Contribute to BATN Foundation publications through writing, editing or reviewing.
  • Conduct workshops and other training where necessary and as required.

Requirements in terms of Qualification/,Experience and Skills

  • An advanced university degree in Agriculture or in a related field.
  • 6-8 years of increasingly responsible professional experience in sustainable agriculture or agri-business development, including project management.
  • Experience in the practice and transfer of information on sustainable agriculture is required.
  • Experience collaborating with others and demonstrated experience in project conceptualization, implementation and evaluation, including developing project proposals, in the nonprofit, government and private sectors would be an advantage.
  • Ability to work independently and also within a team, depending on the situation.
  • Great communications skills.
  • Experience with Monitoring/Supervising and Evaluation of the projects on going and collaboration with a highly skilled professional staff and must be willing to travel.


How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online


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