Program Manager at Olam Agri

Olam Agri is a market-leading, differentiated food, feed, and fiber agri-business with a global origination footprint, processing capabilities, and deep understanding of market needs built over 33 years. With a strong presence in high-growth emerging markets and products across grains & oilseeds, animal feed & protein, rice, edible oils, specialty grains & seeds, cotton, wood products, rubber and commodity financial services.

Olam Agri is at the heart of global food and agri-trade flows with more than 40 million MT in volume traded annually. Focused on transforming food, feed and fiber for a more sustainable future, it aims at creating value for customers, enabling farming communities to prosper sustainably, and strive for a food-secure future.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Program Manager

Location: Iganmu, Lagos
Job Type: Full-time

Key Deliverables

• Designing, developing, supporting, and driving practical innovations and farmers’ programs to promote regenerative agriculture, improve soil health, improve irrigation practices, improve residue management, improve post-harvest losses, and conserve biodiversity around the farm.
• Develop training materials and build internal capacity around technical implementation of regenerative agriculture principles and to effectively transfer knowledge and technology to smallholder farmer supply chains in soy, wheat, and maize supply chains
• Develop holistic approaches through multi-stakeholder platforms and partnerships that positively impact multiple sustainability goals and programs, including livelihoods, food security, ecosystems, and climate
• Work as a core team member for on-farm carbon projects that will be developed using regenerative agriculture practices generating value from emissions reductions, avoided emissions, and carbon removals/sequestration, as well as delivering socio-economic impacts
• Monitoring and reporting relevant risks, progress, and impacts of the farmers’ supply chain programs
• Sustainability-related project management for the Wheat Milling Business Unit on the downstream (Bakers’ program)

Requirements

• A personal passion for sustainable agriculture and food systems
• Educational Qualification (Degree or Masters or PhD) /equivalent technical of relevant agriculture/soil science/ environmental science disciplines.
• 8-10+ years in relevant roles, including significant experience working within large organizations, with demonstrable experience in driving the adoption of sustainable agriculture and positive environmental impacts in relevant projects and programs.
• Outstanding program management and organizational skills, including high team management and goal-setting, team skills development, workflow, and budget management, and a focus on delivering and implementing projects on the ground to scale the impact.
• Experience preferred in relevant agricultural crops and landscapes and a sound appreciation of the human dimensions of rural agriculture, conservation, and development.
• Self-reliance, motivation and willingness to travel and work in remote locations and sometimes challenging circumstances.
• Experience in managing complex projects within a large organisation and in partnership with multiple stakeholders.
• Experience with donors, implementing agencies and partners is desirable.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
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