Jr. Fertilizer Market Analyst at International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC)

Job Title: Jr. Fertilizer Market Analyst

Type of contract: National Staff

Duration: 1 year, Renewable annually subject to Donor funding

Programs: AfricaFertilizer.org

Donor(s): BMGF/IFA

Location: Nigeria, Abuja

Number of Positions: 1

Job Details:

AfricaFertilizer.org is an initiative led by IFDC, with support from partners such as DG, IFA, Argus, AFAP, FAO and IFPRI, aiming at collecting and disseminating fertilizer data, statistics, and information from Sub-Saharan Africa.  Since 2010, AfricaFertilizer.org (AFO) objective is to provide timely and transparent information on fertilizers to the public and private sector. AFO has evolved from aggregating and disseminating existing market information on fertilizers to expanding the types of information available and providing support to partners, programs and activities that increase the availability and quality of this information. The initiative encourages and coordinates partnerships and data-sharing mechanisms that provide information on fertilizer statistics and fertilizer market intelligence.

AFO has been working with Development Gateway, DG, under the VIFAA program (Visualizing Insights on Fertilizer for African Agriculture) to simplify and visualize fertilizer data to end-users through an interactive dashboard. The next expansion phase will run till 2024.

Objective

In this regard, AFO seeks to engage a Jr. Fertilizer market analyst for Nigeria, who will serve as the key contact point for AFO activities covering market data and information compilation, reporting and partnership management.

Duties

The main tasks of the Jr. Fertilizer market analyst are to assist the Fertilizer Market Analysts and in collaboration with the larger AFO team, to implement partly/wholly key activities such as:

• Main activities:
  • Assist in collection and processing of fertilizer production, trade, and consumption data
  • In consultation with the analyst, assist in facilitation/organizing of Fertilizer technical working group, (FTWG) statistics validation workshops
  • Assist to collect, analyze, and disseminate relevant fertilizer market information such as fertilizer business and product directories, production capacities, public and private tenders, policies, and regulations etc.
  • Assist in developing write ups on market players, cross border trade and new fertilizer projects in the country/region.
  • Assist in providing monthly/quarterly updates on Nigeria market for the Africa Fertilizer Watch on measures with direct impact on fertilizer flow in the region, along the supply chain, from port to farms.
  • Assist in collection and reporting on fertilizer retail price and market comments monthly for one of AFO’s monthly publication (FertiNews)
  • Assist in updating and developing fertilizer cost chain build ups and process maps
  • Other duties as advised by the Fertilizer Market Analyst and the AFO Program manager.

 Supervision

The Junior Fertilizer Market Analyst will report to Fertilizer Market Analyst (s) and be supervised by the AFO Program Manager.

 Place of work

The Jr. Fertilizer market analyst will be based in Nigeria, Abuja but should be available to travel within the country and in Africa when called upon to.

 Funding

This position is funded for the contracting period by BMGF and IFA

Required Experience

Qualifications

• Bachelors’ degree in agriculture, agribusiness, agricultural economics, or any related fields.
• Relevant work experience of 2-4 years in data management and analysis. Fertilizer specific data management is a desirable advantage.
• Good knowledge of Fertilizer market in Nigeria industry is mandatory.
• Excellent writing, reporting and oral communication skills
• Must possess deductive reasoning skills and be able to analyze and synthesize information for problem solving.
• Excellent computer skills, including familiarity with Microsoft products (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint), email software, internet searching, and other programs required

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