Company Info
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
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.
1). 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.
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.
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.
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.
- 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).
- 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.
Benefits
We offer highly competitive salary with equally attractive benefits and excellent working conditions in a pleasant campus environment.
Application Closing Date
18th August, 2025.
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2). Innovation Project Manager
Job ID: IITA/P&C/NRS2025-027
Location: Abuja
Employment Type: Contract
Duration: 2-year renewable contract
Duties
Innovation Coordination and deployment:
- Oversee the end-to-end set-up and deployment of Black Soldier Fly (BSF) and High-Quality Cassava Peel (HQCP)-based feed innovations in Delta and Ekiti States.
- Facilitate adaptive testing of business models, integrating circular economy principles, regenerative agriculture and gender-inclusive approaches.
- Manage innovation demonstration sites in collaboration with hub/spoke stakeholders.
Enterprise Development and Job Creation:
- Identify and support women and youth-led enterprises in adopting and commercializing BSF/HQCP innovations.
- Design enterprise support packages (technical assistance, market linkage, financing referrals) for feed entrepreneurs.
- Facilitate access to incubation, co-creation, and mentorship platforms.
Market Systems and Private Sector Engagement:
- Engage processors, aggregators, feed millers, and off-takers to stimulate demand and create viable value chain linkages.
- Facilitate the development of public-private partnerships to embed alternative feeds into the mainstream poultry feed market.
- Support development of contract farming or inclusive distribution.
Capacity Building and Inclusion:
- Collaborate with training partners to develop curriculum modules on feed innovation entrepreneurship.
- Promote climate-smart practices, environmental sustainability, and safe production guidelines.
- Ensure the participation of marginalized groups (women, youth, and persons with disabilities) in pilot interventions.
Monitoring, Learning and Scaling Readiness:
- Contribute to learning agenda development, outcome mapping, and innovation uptake
- Document lessons, case studies, and success stories to inform adaptive scaling pathways.
- Perform any other job-related tasks as may be assigned by the supervisor.
Qualifications
- Master’s Degree in Agribusiness, Economics, Business / Innovation Management, Rural Development, Environmental Management and other related courses.
- The ideal candidate must have a minimum of six (6) years’ experience including at least (4) years in managing agricultural innovation or enterprise development programs.
- The candidate must demonstrate experience in private sector engagement, agribusiness incubation, poultry or livestock feed systems, circular economy, and livelihoods programming.
Competencies
The ideal candidate must:
- Have deep understanding of inclusive business models, youth employment ecosystems, and SME development.
- Have strong project coordination and stakeholder facilitation skills.
- Possess excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Have the ability to work independently in complex, multi-partner environments.
- Be familiar with gender mainstreaming and climate-smart agricultural practices.
- Be experienced working with BSF or HQCP technologies or similar alternative feed innovations.
- Be familiar with tools and frameworks for scaling innovations.
- Have knowledge of Nigeria’s agricultural market dynamics.
Benefits
We offer highly competitive salary with equally attractive benefits and excellent working conditions in a pleasant campus environment.
Application Closing Date
18th August, 2025.
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3). Project Officer I
Job Id: IITA/P&C/NRS2025-027
Location: Abuja
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.
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.
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.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Agribusiness or extension, Veterinary Medicine, Rural Development, Development Studies and other related courses.
- The ideal candidate must have a minimum of five (5) years’ experience in agricultural development, youth livelihoods, community engagement, or enterprise development, must be experienced working with smallholder poultry farmers, agribusinesses, or youth/women-led enterprises in rural or semi-urban contexts and supporting donor-funded development projects.
Competencies
The ideal candidate must:
- Have strong interpersonal and facilitation skills, 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.
- 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).
- 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.
Benefits
- We offer highly competitive salary with equally attractive benefits and excellent working conditions in a pleasant campus environment.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
How to Apply: Interested and qualified candidates should use the links below to apply:
