The International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC) is a public international organization active in 27 countries in Africa, Asia, and America. IFDC uniquely approaches the global issues of food security and poverty by bridging the gap between research and impact, combining science-based innovations, holistic market systems development, an enabling policy environment, and strategic partnerships to assist farmers and countries to identify and scale sustainable agricultural solutions, including improved nutrient use efficiency. These approaches are needed to boost soil health and crop productivity while reducing the environmental impact of fertilizer use. IFDC translates research into action by using locally driven, environmentally sound, and impact-oriented solutions. With our partners, we seek to close the yield gap, eradicate global hunger, safeguard the soils on which our lives depend, and generate economic resilience for farming households and the countries in which they live.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Component Lead – Broker
Job ID: 20121160
Location: Nigeria
Job type: Full-time
Description
- IFDC is currently seeking passionate individuals to join its team, as the organization continues to expand its impact and work towards creating positive changes in agriculture and sustainable soil management across the world.
- This role is for nationally recruited staff and is based in one of the IFDC offices in Niger, Northern Nigeria, Mali, or Burkina Faso.
Position Summary
- The Component Lead – Broker will lead the brokering of financial instruments that aim at long term investments in soil fertility management. (S)he will be posted in one of the four focus countries.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for providing technical leadership regarding the implementation of financial services, financial mechanisms, and interactions with financial institutions to incentivize the adoption of sustainable soil management practices;
- Work with the private sector to determine how the program can facilitate investment in long-term, multi-facetted productivity improvements and implement chosen solutions;
- Involve and create financial opportunities for women (e.g., farmer groups, service providers);
- Coordinate with the team to ensure that the implemented financial solutions sustain the gains obtained in the other intervention areas;
- Analyze and assess risks of potential financial solutions.
Reporting and Work Relationships
- The Component Lead – Broker is supervised by and reports to the Deputy Program Director – Technical.
- (S)he works in close collaboration with project colleagues, other IFDC staff and colleagues from other project consortium members.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management, Finance, Agriculture, or another related field
- Minimum 6 years of experience in managing financial components of complex, multi-year donor-funded programs
- Knowledge of financial mechanisms such as climate funding and guarantee funds
- Familiarity with gender sensitive finance
- Experience with the Dutch Ministry and Embassies of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Highly organized and able to multi-task and prioritize tasks
- Demonstrated experience managing and facilitating a team
- Excelled interpersonal and communication skills
- Experience in multicultural, multilingual environments
- Fluency in speaking and writing English and French
- Ability and willingness to travel throughout the West African region
Salary Clause
- The salary grade for this position is BG 9.
- The determination of new employee salaries considers numerous factors. These include the salary range linked to the assigned job grade, the candidate’s qualifications in relation to the job’s responsibilities and prerequisites, internal fairness, the competitive state of the job market, as well as potential organizational and budgetary considerations.
Benefits:
- IFDC’s benefits include annual and sick leave, health and group life insurance coverage, a 13th-month salary, social security and pension contribution in compliance with local laws and end-of-contract benefits.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
