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The West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development (CORAF) was founded in 1987. CORAF (www.coraf.org) currently brings together the National Agricultural Research Systems (NARS) of 23 West and Central African countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Sao Tomé et Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo. CORAF's vision mentioned in its Strategic Plan 2018-2027 is a future where the people and communities of West and Central Africa achieve food and nutrition security and prosperity. Its mission is to achieve a sustainable improvement in agricultural productivity, competitiveness and markets in West and Central Africa.

To achieve the goals of socio-economic development and human well-being, African agriculture must significantly improve its productivity, while maintaining the sustainability of diversified, high-quality agri-food systems. 

This is the context in which the RADiUS agroecology network is being set up, where real opportunities exist but need to be better known, better organized, enhanced and channeled to achieve the goal of the broadest possible agroecological transition in WCAs. In synergy with existing organizations, RMRN RADiUS will create appropriate frameworks for interaction between all the players concerned, focusing on activities to share experience, build capacity, disseminate knowledge and validated agroecological innovations, and provide support and decision-making aids for political decision-makers in the WCA area.

The overall aim of the RADiUS project is to support the agroecological transition of WCA farms by promoting principles, assessment tools, knowledge and innovative solutions to ensure the sustainable economic, food and nutritional security and sovereignty of populations. The specific aim is to use CORAF's MITA platform, which centralizes the dissemination of agricultural technologies and innovations at regional level in WCA, thus facilitating access to information for optimal knowledge management, identification of gaps and valorization of data for the benefit of the community.

The project aims to build the agroecological capacities of stakeholders by supporting continuing education and academic training services, developing community entrepreneurship and promoting a legal and institutional framework conducive to the development and adoption of agroecology in WCAs, by deploying standard monitoring and evaluation tools, and by lobbying political bodies at various levels.

Main mission:

Under the direct supervision of the Director of Research and Innovation, the RADiUS Program Coordinator will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the program. 

Activities :

• Serve as the main point of contact with the European Union, ensuring managerial and technical supervision, coherence, soundness, timeliness and cost-effectiveness of interventions to achieve program objectives;
• Work closely and foster effective collaboration between project partners from several different institutions, including the National Agricultural Research Systems, the donor and other affiliated organizations involved in program implementation, as well as the professional and support staff of the CORAF Executive Secretariat;
• Participate in advocacy and resource mobilization and ensure effective overall contract management and quality assurance;
• Coordinate cost-effective, high-impact planning meetings and training workshops, monitor and evaluate progress towards project milestones as well as the timely submission of quality reports to DUE and other partners ;
• Contact point for Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) 
• Perform other tasks as assigned by the supervisor.

• PhD in Agricultural Sciences or a related field (e.g. agronomy, agricultural economics, animal production systems, etc.).

• Minimum ten (10) years' experience in managing technology scale-up programs, with at least 5 years' leadership experience in a management position in an international, multidisciplinary and intercultural environment;
• Minimum experience of ten (10) years of interaction with donors, public services and non-governmental organizations;
• At least five (05) years' experience in mobilizing political decision-makers;
• Minimum experience of five (05) years in business development and analysis of animal production systems
• Minimum experience of five (05) years in results-based management;
• Minimum experience of five (5) years in a multicultural environment.

• Humility;
• Courtesy of ;
• Ability to work under pressure ;
• Discretion ;
• Methodical ;
• Organizational skills ;
• Team spirit ;
• Adaptability ;
• Integrity ;
• Sense of priorities ;
• Listening skills ;
• Analytical skills ;
• Anticipation ;
• Reactivity.

• Word ;
• Excel ;
• PowerPoint ;
• Access ;
• Outlook.

• Skills in writing and editing scientific papers and/or documentation.

It must include : 

• A letter of motivation addressed to the Executive Director, Dakar, Senegal. The file should be named as follows: First name initial + Last name in upper case_LM. For example, ADIALLO_LM ; 
• A detailed CV, with the names and contacts of three mandatory references (e-mail, address and telephone number). The CV file must be named as follows First name initial + Last name in uppercase_CV_Month and year. For example, ADIALLO_CV March 2024.

Applications should be sent to the following address

Y-Recruit (youmann-recruit.com)