Community Based Facilitator/Advisor, At Development Exchange Centre (DEC) NASARAWA BAUCHI
Department: Social Services
Opening Date: August 28, 2025
Closing Date: September 06, 2025
Reports to: Agricultural Livelihood Technical Officer
Project Duration: 6 months
Locations: Bauchi State-Bauchi, Dass, Ningi, Jama’are, Toro, Katagum, Misau, Zaki, Warji, Alkaleri LGAs
Nasarawa State– Akwanga, Awe, Keana, Lafia, Obi, Nasarawa Eggon, Kokona LGAs
About DEC
Development Exchange Centre (DEC) is a non-governmental, non-discriminating, women-focused organization improving the wellbeing of women groups and communities in Nigeria through socio-economic interventions for sustainable development.
DEC was established in November 1987 due to joint research conducted by the Canadian University Services Overseas (CUSO) and the Adult and Non-Formal Education Agency (ANFEA) Bauchi State.
Background
Development Exchange Centre (DEC) is a Partner to CARE International in the implementation of CAtalyzing Strengthened policy aCtion for heAlthy Diets and resiliencE (CASCADE) Project, CASCADE Project is a Program being implemented by CARE International and Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) with funding from the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs. CASCADE is a 4.5year (2022-2026) Program implemented across six countries (Nigeria, Benin, Mozambique, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Uganda). In Nigeria the Program aims to strengthen nutrition systems that contribute to ending malnutrition for 1.1 million women of reproductive age and children under the age of 15 and is being implemented in the State of Bauchi, Jigawa, Kebbi and Nasarawa States.
Purpose of the Role:
The Community Based Facilitators/Advisors will provide advisory services to project participants and will be saddled with other responsibilities that are related to the following project objectives:
- Increase access to and consumption of healthy diets among household members, particularly women of reproductive age and children under 15.
- Increase resilience of households to price shocks and economic stresses that impact nutritional outcomes
- Increase resilience of households to climate change-related shocks that impact their nutritional outcomes.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support Agricultural Livelihood Officers to identify and train Producer Groups, Processing Enterprises/Cooperatives on Improved cottage agro-processing technologies in CASCADE implementing States.
- Support Agricultural Livelihood Officers to organize practical demonstrations and simulations on agro-processing best practices in the targeted communities.
- Support Agricultural Livelihood Officers in acquisition to provide the Women/Youths, Cooperatives, VSLA with the appropriate training Kits.
- Lead on Community and stakeholders’ mobilizations.
- Support Nutrition sensitive, agribusiness capacity and need assessments for cooperatives.
- Facilitate technology transfer on improved production of selected value chains.
- Support participants training in basic small business management skills.
- Document activity report of the training proceedings, lessons learnt and recommendations for scaling up of the activity.
- Support mobilization/demand generations.
- Participate in demand stimulation activities by marketing various agribusiness products.
- Provide Business to Business (B2B) linkages for input traders, Agri-Processors.
- Provide some basic agri-business, veterinary advisory, and service for small holder farmers.
- Support in linking smallholder farmers to financial service providers.
- Provide advisory services to smallholder farmers on business skills development, homestead gardens, demo/model farms etc.
- Monitor cooperative and enterprise activities and report to Field Officers.
- Conduct case management and follow up on Small Holder Farmers (SHF’s), farm, processors, business sites and activities.
- Keep business records and transactions of various enterprises/cooperatives.
- Reports on all activities conducted to the CASCADE Agricultural Livelihood Officers.
- Actively involved in generating demand for products.
Qualifications and Experience for the position:
- Candidates must possess a minimum qualification of NCE/ND/NG Certificate. A degree will be an added advantage.
- Must have worked with previously for a Nutrition, Livelihood, Agribusiness projects participants as Community Facilitators/Village Agents, Community Based Facilities for more than 6 months with good record of group/cooperative management.
- Must be living within project implementation areas.
- Must have undergone Farmer Field and Business School, on Good Agronomic Practices (GAP), Farmer Business School (FBS), Climate Smart Agriculture, Village Savings and Loan Association (VSLA), Cooperative Business School methodology and Protection mainstreaming training.
- Must possess strong facilitation/presentation skills.
- Must be able to communicate in the local languages, Hausa, English etc.
- Must be knowledgeable in small business initiative.
- Must have a valid account number and National means of identification, Tax identification Number etc.
Note:
- DEC is an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion.
- Only applications submitted through the given channel and within the given period will be considered.
- Applicants must be residents of the project implementing LGAs to be eligible for this job offer.
- We welcome applications from qualified applicants and particularly encourage women to apply.
- DEC brings to the attention of the public that applying for any position is free of charge. No processing fee is required for your application.
- You are not to give any kind of gratification to submit your application.
- Any person found to be paying for or giving any form of gratification will be disqualified. You are requested to report any person demanding/giving payment or gratification for either submitting or processing the forms via whistleblowing@dexcentre.org.
- Only successful candidates will be contacted at every stage.
Method of Application:
DEC is asking suitably qualified candidates to forward their detailed resume/CV and cover letter in a single file to: hr_recruitment@dexcentre.org in a word document or PDF format (as any other format would not be considered) using the Job Title as the subject of the email.
