Dairy Business Advisor at TechnoServe (3 Openings) | Jobs in Nigeria

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Dairy Business Advisor

Locations: Ogun, Osun & Oyo
Job Type: Full-Time

Job Summary

• The Dairy Business Advisor will work under the supervision of the Senior Dairy Business Advisor.
• He / She will oversee mini-farms, ensuring they operate at optimal capacity and supply high-quality and quantities of fresh milk to Danone with good returns.

Program Overview

• TechnoServe’s Building Precision Dairy Models in Nigeria (BuPreDMiN) aims to build a precision, sustainable, and productive local dairy value chain in Nigeria within 4 years in a way that increases the incomes, resilience, and carbon footprint of dairy farmers in Nigeria.

Primary Functions & Responsibilities
Project Inception Phase:

• Lead the community entry, sensitization, mobilization, and enrolment of mini-farms owners into the Danone backward integration in the dairy value chain.
• Ensure gender targets for the identified and enrolled mini-farmers are met.
• Conduct mapping and profiling of mini-farms in the assigned territory.

Project Implementation Phase:

• Execute every assigned task with the understanding, compliance to, and promotion of TechnoServe’s values, vision, and strategy.
• Lead in expanding the mini-farms enrolment for the Danone backward integration in the dairy value chain through community entry, sensitization, and mobilization of stakeholders.
• Ensure gender targets for the identified and enrolled mini-farms in the expansion program are met.
• Work with the Senior Dairy Business Advisor to develop training schedules and content to address quality and quantity gaps identified at the Milk Collection Center (MCC).
• Provide business advisory and training to mini-farm on best practices for profitability.
• Support the MCC Operator in mobilizing mini-farms to supply Danone with high-quality and quantities of milk at designated collection points.
• Support mini-farm owners in resolving financial inclusion gaps for seamless business transactions with Danone.
• Maintain a healthy communication of vital information and resolve occasional discrepancies that may evolve between mini-farm owners and Danone for an efficient supply chain.
• Facilitate the linkage of mini-farms to high-quality and cost-effective sources of inputs to drive profitability.
• Support all monitoring and evaluation activities, surveys, reporting, and develop success stories and lessons learned.
• Support the mini-farms in maintaining records of activities, and data collection of information required for monthly reports and analysis.
• Perform other duties in line with the evolving needs of the program.

Required Qualifications and Experiences

• Bachelor’s degree or HND qualification in Agriculture, Vet. Medicine, Agribusiness, Animal Science, or other relevant fields with at least 2 years experience in capacities related to agribusiness, training, or Marketing, within the livestock value chain (cattle, goats, sheep) in western Nigeria. Alternatively, 4 years experience with a Masters’ degree in similar field.
• At least 4 years of experience in capacities related to agribusiness, training, or Marketing, with at least two years of experience in the livestock value chain (cattle, goats, sheep) within western Nigeria.
• Demonstrated understanding of the Dairy Value Chain in Nigeria.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Must have strong interpersonal skills.
• Strong communication and knowledge transfer skills
• Ability to constructively engage a broad range of stakeholders, especially community leaders and influential persons
• Good negotiation and persuasion skills
• Ability to develop well-written, cohesive analyses and reports
• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills
• Proven skills with Microsoft Office software (Excel, Word, PowerPoint). Knowledge of the use of Appsheet or similar application will be an advantage.