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Senior Intervention Officer – Sustainable Land Use

We are searching for an experienced Senior Intervention Officer – Sustainable Land Use  at our Abuja facility.
Propcom+ is an eight-year (2023–2030) rural and agricultural market systems development programme funded by UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and implemented by Palladium. The programme promotes climate-resilient and sustainable agriculture and forestry that deliver benefits for people, climate, and nature.

Propcom+ seeks to transform Nigeria’s rural economy by addressing the environmental, social, and economic challenges within the country’s food and land-use systems. The programme pursues three interconnected objectives: (i) increasing agricultural productivity while improving nutrition and food security; (ii) strengthening climate resilience, reducing emissions, and protecting and restoring natural ecosystems; and (iii) addressing underlying drivers of conflict and insecurity in rural communities.

Now in its fourth year of implementation, Propcom+ continues to facilitate sustainable, pro-poor, and climate-resilient growth across selected rural markets. Operating as a market systems facilitator, the programme identifies constraints that limit market performance and catalyses systemic changes that enable markets to function more effectively for poor and climate-vulnerable smallholder farmers, as well as rural micro and small-scale enterprises.

The programme aims to increase the incomes and climate resilience of millions of poor and vulnerable Nigerians by 2030, with women accounting for at least 50% of beneficiaries. Following a strategic review at the end of Year 3, Propcom+ has streamlined from 11 portfolios and 36 interventions in Years 1–3 to four core portfolios and nine interventions in Year 4. These interventions comprise a mix of scaling, pilot, and policy-focused initiatives; with gender, nutrition, conflict, and climate considerations embedded as cross-cutting themes.

Propcom+’s geographical focus has evolved over the life of the programme. During Years 1–3, the programme adopted a three-tier implementation model, prioritising states in North-West and North-East Nigeria (Tiers 1 and 2), where climate-smart agricultural interventions addressed the needs of poor and climate-vulnerable populations. In Southern Nigeria (Tier 3), the programme implemented a more targeted set of activities focused primarily on promoting deforestation-free commodity systems. In Year 4, Propcom+ refined its geographical focus by expanding into additional states in Northern Nigeria while streamlining its southern portfolio to three states: Cross River, Oyo, and Ekiti.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities: 

Job Description
With oversight from the Senior Intervention Officer, s/he will be responsible for supporting the design and facilitating the delivery of select interventions, applying a broad range of market development tools to stimulate changes in the behaviour of market actors and structures, leading to more inclusive, “green” and sustainable market growth. S/he will work closely with the GESI Advisor and MEL team to ensure that intervention designs align with Programme gender targets and MEL plan for ease of tracking, evaluation, course-correcting, and reporting results.

Specific Responsibilities
Intervention facilitation
Use research and evidence to develop market-led strategies and business models.
Identifying and selecting project opportunities, maintaining coverage, and fulfilling project commitments.
Develop annual workplans, resource requirements and budgets, in alignment with Programme deliverables.
Work with Portfolio Manager to develop business case deck, identify and pitch business case to potential partners.
Provide technical assistance to targeted private sector partners in identifying new roads to markets as well as designing efficient distribution and aggregation channels.
Broker trade negotiations and market linkages between farmer groups/BMOs/Associations and national and multinational companies to expand market access and value to all actors.
Lead field delivery, working with partners to execute bottom of the pyramid strategies.
Perform periodic industry analyses on the broader agricultural market and targeted subsectors to keep the programme strategy responsive.
Work with Operations and Management team to ensure due diligence, financial, credit and risk reviews on potential partners.
Ensure the appropriate communication of clear intervention guidelines, expected outcomes, timeframe and workplan to all relevant parties.
Assist the Portfolio Manager in the development of relevant grant agreements, MoUs, ToRs and any other administrative requirement for the interventions.
Conduct regular field visits to ensure proper implementation of activities.
Periodically assess Programme/intervention assumptions in the light of the changing environment; identify emerging priorities, refine, and adapt intervention strategies accordingly.
Work closely with Portfolio Manager and other Management team to ensure Programme support and facilitation tools are creating additionality, catalysing markets, and not distorting development.
Stakeholder Management
Understand how the political economy impacts markets, and how the knowledge can be used to shape local policies and markets.
Maintain contacts with key stakeholders to increase synergies.
Assist in establishing contacts with state and non-state actors that may contribute to the successful implementation of market activities and maintain relationships with key players with common interests as Propcom+
Ensure value for money in the delivery of every intervention activity managed by partners.
Serve as liaison for the Programme in targeted subsectors and markets, displaying the qualities of a good market facilitator – listening, good communication, courtesy, tact, and discretion.

Research and MEL
Support the Portfolio Manager in researching and identifying opportunities in relevant sectors and markets.
Work with Portfolio Manager and MEL team to undertake value/supply chain mapping, sub/sector analysis and market assessments to inform Programme priorities.
Work with Portfolio Manager to undertake stakeholder analysis of selected value chains to understand the structure of the organisations and their motivations and establishing contacts with potential private sector partners.
Work with MEL team to design intervention MEL plan, including indicators, method, and frequency of data collection.
Provide periodic report to support decision making.
Engage in developing and sharing knowledge products relating to own interventions.

Knowledge and Experience
Bachelor’s degree in agriculture, marketing, business, or related fields. A master’s degree will be an added advantage.
3years cognate experience in similar programme, developing market systems or designing bottom of the pyramid models.
Technical experience in market system development approach to development
Experience with supporting assessments, monitoring and evaluation and other learning efforts required.
Knowledge and experience working in the North of Nigeria, with understanding of the gender and youth inclusion challenges.

Demonstrated ability to work and coordinate effectively with a wide variety of stakeholders, including government, community-based organizations, and the private sector.
Excellent analytical and report writing skills.
Excellent oral, written and computer skills.
Fluency in English; fluency in Hausa is an added advantage.
Adaptive and can work independently.

LOCATION
The post is primarily located in Abuja; however, the candidate will be required to travel frequently to states in both Northern and Southern Nigeria.

Our company provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics.

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