African
Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF)
Programme
Officer - OFAB
The African
Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) is an international not-for-profit
organisation that facilitates, and promotes public / private partnerships to
access, develop, adapt and deliver appropriate agricultural technologies for
sustainable use by smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa.
This
position will report to the Project Manager OFAB
Key Responsibilities:
- Assist
in development, implementation and monitoring of OFAB Project grassroots
and high-level communication and advocacy campaigns in line with the
project’s primary outcomes.
- Develop
and implement a robust AATF social/digital media strategy to support
effective communication and advocacy campaigns and issues management.
- Improve
current AATF social media use through continuous monitoring of trends,
identifying emerging issues and themes of interest and advising staff and
management accordingly.
- Define
effective benchmarks for measuring the impact of social media campaigns,
and provide progress reports including social media metrics and analytics.
- Manage
media activities, ensuring appropriate plans are developed, implemented,
monitored and reported by the chapters and OFAB Africa to support a
healthy engagement between the project and SSA media.
- Oversee
the development, production and dissemination of effective project
communication and advocacy materials, including policy briefs, booklets
and reports.
- Assist
in managing project related events including mounting and managing OFAB
displays in exhibitions and meetings.
- Assist
with production of timely progress and annual reports for sharing with
AATF leadership and development partners.
(For
detailed job description refer on the AATF website)
Qualifications: Suitable candidates must
have a minimum of Master’s degree in Communications, Public Relations,
Journalism or any other related disciplines from a recognized institution; Five
(5) years’ experience in communications and advocacy campaigns in a
science-related field and experience in social media campaign.
A working
knowledge of French would be an added advantage.
Project
Assistant
Background: AATF wishes to recruit a
Project Assistant.
This
position will report to the Senior Manager–Deployment
Key
responsibilities:
- Support
project operations, administrative duties, including office and field
work, and monitoring activities to ensure timely delivery of milestones.
- Assist
in prioritizing project activities in the annual work plan
- Assist
in formulation and implementation of detailed project work plans,
including clearly defined milestones and timelines.
- Facilitate
collection and analysis of project information and data as per the
assigned work plan as well as generating quality project reports
- Prepare
and submit quality technical reports when required, clearly detailing the
project status in appropriate format.
- Assist
with preparation of manuscripts for publications, power point
presentations and undertake literature search for articles and
presentations
- Provide
logistical support essential for scheduling and conduct of project meetings
(For
detailed job description refer on the AATF website)
Qualifications: Suitable candidates must have a minimum of
Bachelor’s degree in Agricultural or related sciences from a recognized
university.
Holders of
a Master’s degree in Agricultural or related sciences will have added
advantage.
Two years’
experience in implementation of projects in the agricultural sector, experience
in field work, data collection, analysis and report writing is essential.
The candidate must be highly proficient in the use of computer and relevant softwares used in research and development.
She/he
should have great capacity to learn and capable of working under
pressure.
Compensation
and Tenure: AATF offers
a competitive salary and benefits package, and a collegial and gender-sensitive
working environment.
The
employment contract is for an initial period of 2 years, renewable subject to
performance and availability of funding.
Application Procedures: Qualified candidates are invited to submit their applications together with a detailed Curriculum Vitae (CV) to the Human Resource Head aatf-hr@aatf-africa.org on or before 10th June 2016.
Your CV
should include details of your qualifications, experience, current position,
telephone contact, email address, names and addresses of three referees.
AATF is an equal opportunity employer.
For more
information visit our website www.aatf-africa.org and www.ofabafrica.org
