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AGRA is an African-led institution that actively supports the drive towards inclusive agricultural transformation and sustainable food systems. We do this by empowering the continent’s million smallholder farming households to transform their agriculture from a struggle to survive to profitable businesses. The continent’s farmers regularly face challenges, and we aspire to provide uniquely African solutions that respond to their agricultural and environmental challenges, leading to increased harvests for reduced hunger and more income.

Working in alignment with the development priorities of our focus countries, we enable farmers to access improved and high-yielding seeds, gain knowledge on sustainable farming, and linkages to profitable markets.

The Opportunity

Lead – Soil Health and Integrated Management

Role purpose

The Lead – Soil Health and Integrated Management is responsible for creating a national and regional capacity in operationalization of integrated soil fertility management, targeted fertilizer use and the broader soil health in the continent, mainstreaming nutrient use efficiency and recycling thinking and approaches in AGRA’s strategy and country plans, as well as serving as AGRA’s technical lead in this area to shape potential investments, unlock soil health funds for priority programs on the continents, and strengthen AGRA’s knowledge management and thought leadership.

Role Summary

In collaboration with AGRA’s teams and partners, s / he will work at farmer level, systems level and national level to put in place programs and policies that develop more soil health and fertilizer innovations and enhance farmers’ and systems’ capacity to deal with the broad range of land degradation and food security in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), such as soil fertility decline, land degradation and resilience.

Key Measures of Performance

The performance of this role holder will be assessed on the basis of the achievements made on :

• Strengthening of AGRA’s country plans in incorporating ISFM, soil health and resilience thinking
• Funds unlocked for AGRA’s programming or for African agriculture more broadly from funding sources like the USAID space to place, Global Environment Facility, Green Climate Fund, Adaptation Fund, and others that specifically prioritize soil health
• Advancement of knowledge management and thought leadership in soil health

Major Duties and Responsibilities

Purpose – Adapt

Engagement – Persuade

Delivery – Adapt Project cycle

Model the IRISE Values & Be a Culture Carrier

Requirements

Academic and Professional Qualifications

Required Skills / Abilities

Relevant Experience

Terms of Appointment

3 Years Fixed Term (Consideration for renewal will be made subject to AGRA’s needs, available funding and performance).

Location

Based in West Africa (Ghana / Burkina Faso) with frequent travel, approximately % per year.

How to Apply

If you wish to be considered for this position, please click Apply and complete the Application Form on or before 7 September 3 . In addition, we encourage you to please attach a copy of the most recent English version of your CV.

All information will be treated in the strictest confidence.