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Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA) Recruitment 2026: Consultancy Opportunities in Kano State

Organisation: Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA), Nigeria
Project: Carbon Offsetting Rice Emissions: Scaling Alternate Wetting and Drying (AWD) Adoption in Kano State
Location: Kano State, Nigeria
Employment Type: Consultancy
Engagement Duration: 4–6 Months, Depending on Position
M&E Officer Contract Duration: November 2026 – April 2027

Job Overview

The Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA), Nigeria, invites expressions of interest from qualified and experienced professionals for multiple consultancy opportunities under its Carbon Offsetting Rice Emissions Project in Kano State, Nigeria.

The project aims to support more than 10,000 smallholder irrigated rice farmers in transitioning from conventional continuous flooding to climate-smart Alternate Wetting and Drying (AWD) practices.

The initiative seeks to reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with rice production while promoting sustainable agricultural practices and improving environmental outcomes.

The organisation is seeking qualified professionals to fill the following consultancy positions:

Available Consultancy Positions

1. Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Officer / GIS and Digital Data Officer
2. Gender Specialist
3. Women’s Entrepreneurship and Leadership Training Expert
4. Technical Capacity Building Specialist
5. Environmental and Social Safeguards Officer

1. Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Officer / GIS and Digital Data Officer

Location: Kano State, Nigeria
Contract Duration: November 2026 – April 2027 (6 Months)

Key Responsibilities

The successful candidate will be responsible for managing digital monitoring, evaluation, geospatial mapping and data quality assurance systems for the project.

Responsibilities include:

• Overseeing GPS-enabled farm boundary mapping and verification using ArcGIS or QGIS.
• Developing and managing digital farmer registration and onboarding systems using KoboToolbox, KoboCollect and Open Data Kit (ODK).
• Managing farmer biodata, land ownership records and carbon rights documentation.
• Supporting the design and implementation of baseline surveys.
• Managing bi-weekly monitoring of AWD adoption and compliance.
• Tracking water-table dynamics through monitoring tools such as pani pipes.
• Conducting geo-tagged and time-stamped photo verification.
• Implementing data validation and quality assurance procedures.
• Maintaining secure digital databases and geospatial records.
• Preparing monitoring dashboards, reports and consolidated datasets for carbon project validation and verification.

Key Deliverables

• Functional GIS-linked farmer profile database with verified farm boundary polygons.
• Operational KoboCollect/ODK digital data collection tools.
• Bi-weekly, monthly and seasonal AWD monitoring dashboards and compliance reports.
• Disaggregated monitoring data covering gender and age.
• Cleaned, validated and consolidated Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) datasets for third-party audits.

Qualifications and Requirements

Interested applicants must possess the following:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Geoinformatics, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Statistics, Agricultural Economics or a related data-driven discipline.
• Minimum of four years of experience in agricultural Monitoring and Evaluation.
• At least two years of specialised experience in geospatial analysis and digital field-data management.
• Advanced proficiency in ArcGIS or QGIS.
• Practical experience with KoboToolbox, KoboCollect or ODK.
• Experience in carbon finance projects, climate-smart agriculture or VCS/VM0051 methodologies is highly desirable.
• Fluency in English and working knowledge of Hausa.

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Application and Contact Information

Qualified and interested professionals should review the respective Terms of Reference (ToRs) for detailed information about the responsibilities, qualifications, experience requirements and application procedures.

For enquiries and application submissions, interested candidates should contact:

Email: nigeria-recruit@saa-safe.org

Telephone: +234 816 645 5107

Applicants are advised to consult the relevant Terms of Reference for their preferred consultancy position and follow the specified submission instructions.