The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture seeks suitable Nigeria nationals for the position below at Adamawa.
Position: State Coordinator - Adamawa
Contract: 2-years renewable contract
Location: Adamawa
Closing Date: 1 September 2026
DUTIES:
- Lead day-to-day implementation of I-Youth 2.0 activities within Adamawa in line with approved workplans, budgets, and timelines.
- Supervise and manage the state project team, including technical officers and field/mobilization staff, ensuring performance and quality delivery.
- Coordinate state-level training, enterprise development, and incubation activities for youth agripreneurs in the state’s priority value chains, including recruitment, selection, and progress tracking of participants.
- Oversee the operations of the state-based Agribusiness Park or incubation hub, where applicable.
- Build and maintain relationships with State government ministries and agencies, traditional and community institutions, private sector actors, and financial institutions.
- Ensure accurate collection and reporting of monitoring and evaluation data and maintain the state-level network of I-Youth trained agripreneurs and alumni.
- Manage the state budget and procurement, ensuring compliance with IITA policies and donor financial requirements.
- Prepare timely state-level narrative and financial reports for submission to the Country Coordinator.
- Ensure compliance with safeguarding, ethics, and other IITA policies at the State level, escalating risks and implementation challenges to the Country Coordinator.
- Represent the project at relevant meetings, events, and stakeholder engagements within the specific States of employment.
- Perform any other duties assigned by the Supervisor.
Requirements
QUALIFICATION
Master’s degree in Agriculture, Agribusiness, Agricultural Economics, Business Administration, Development Studies, Economics, Social Sciences, or a related discipline with a minimum of five (5) years of relevant experience in programme or project implementation, including at least two (2) years in a supervisory or team-leadership role.
COMPETENCIES
The ideal candidate must have:
- Experience in youth employment, enterprise development, agribusiness, workforce development, or agricultural extension, ideally within one or more of the state’s priority value chains.
- Experience managing project budgets, work plans, and donor-funded activities.
- Demonstrated experience engaging state government institutions, community structures, and private sector partners.
- Familiarity with the socio-economic and agricultural context of the states is a strong advantage.
- Strong program coordination and team leadership skills.
- Good understanding of youth employment, entrepreneurship, and agribusiness development.
- Sound financial and operational management skills.
- Strong stakeholder engagement and community mobilization skills.
- Good analytical, planning, and reporting abilities.
- High level of integrity, professionalism, and accountability.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.
- Ability to communicate in the predominant local language of the assigned state
Benefits
REMUNERATION
We offer highly competitive salary with equally attractive benefits and excellent working conditions in a pleasant campus environment.
METHOD OF APPLICATION:
Interested applicants should complete the online application attaching detailed cover letter and curriculum vitae saved with their names in Microsoft word format to IITA website: https://apply.workable.com/iita/#jobs no later than Two Weeks from the date of this publication.
IITA is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to building a diverse workforce, particularly welcoming applications from women. While all applications will be acknowledged, please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
