Agricultural Specialist Location: Nigeria

CARANA Corporation (www.carana.com), a leading international economic development consulting firm for USAID, designs and directs innovative economic growth strategies to help countries and businesses compete globally, reducing poverty and raising living standards around the world. For 25 years, we have specialized in private sector and market-led solutions to development challenges in more than 80 countries, packaging our expertise with on-the-ground resources for continuing, cost-effective results.

CARANA is recruiting for an experienced Agricultural Specialist for an upcoming USAID-funded project focused on promoting market-oriented agricultural growth in Nigeria. The anticipated project will implement strategic interventions to benefit particular agricultural value chains, including staple crops, that will improve farmer access to inputs and new agricultural technology; strengthen and expand agribusiness networks and access to rural credit; strengthen local, regional and international market linkages; and foster successful partnerships between farmers and the private sector.

Minimum Qualifications:

• A Master’s Degree A Master’s degree in agriculture, agribusiness, agricultural economics, or related field is required
• A minimum of five years experience managing agribusiness enterprises;
• A minimum of ten years of professional work experience in agribusiness development with an emphasis on cross border trade, cooperative development, and rural finance.
• Prior successful experience providing overall technical direction related to increasing agricultural production and productivity; and
• Excellent communications and writing ability and superior interpersonal and cross-cultural communication skills.

Position pending funding. Candidates must be Nigerian nationals.

To apply send CV to carana.nigeria@gmail.com and insert “Ag Specialist” in the subject line. We appreciate all responses, but due to the high volume of resumes received, we will only contact those applicants whose qualifications best match the position requirements.

No phone calls please. CARANA is an EOE.