Deadline: Ongoing
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is seeking to fill the position of Programme Officer, Food Security and Nutrition.
ECOWAS is a 15-member regional group with a mandate of promoting economic integration in all fields of activity of the constituting countries.
Responsibilities
- Ensure the development, monitoring and implementation of agricultural policies, regulations and regional food and nutrition security strategies
- Support the governance of food and nutritional security in the ECOWAS area
- Coordinate development and monitor and evaluate/capitalise for ECOWAS response plans in connection with regional and international institutions like UEMOA, WFP, FAO, UNICEF, NGOs
- Formulation, development and drafting of regulations, guidelines, conventions, etc., in agriculture
- Support domestication within the ECOWAS commission and member states of international conventions, guidelines and regulations on agriculture
- Implement regional mechanisms for the prevention and management of food crises
- Monitor and coordinate agricultural early warning systems
- Contribute to the popularisation of innovations in food and nutritional security, knowledge sharing and skills transfer
- Formulate and propose regional projects and actions on food and nutritional security to mobilise international funds
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Agro-economics, Agronomy, Nutrition, Phytosanitary, Rural Development, or a related field
- Five years, minimum, of professional experience in agronomic and nutrition sciences, research and development and phytosanitary issues
- Broad experience as a programme/project manager
- Demonstrated experience on issues related to the adaptation of agriculture to climate change, biotechnology and biosecurity, and nutrition
- Good knowledge of the issues and problems of agriculture food and nutrition in the ECOWAS area
- Skills in drafting projects/programmes, defining agricultural policies, strategic planning or institutional and regulatory frameworks
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Photo source: International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre
