Careers

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.

Design, implement, lead and manage a high-performance monitoring and evaluation system for the RMRN RADiUS project: 

• Define and implement an effective monitoring and evaluation system for the project; 
• Set up, organize and lead the monitoring and evaluation of the RADiUS project; 
• Support project teams in carrying out project evaluations, especially final evaluations;
• Design and coordinate M&E capacity building programs for project partners;
• In collaboration with the Project Coordinator, ensure that all partners have updated performance monitoring/management plans (PMP);
• Ensure reporting and participate in RADiUS project knowledge management; 
• Support the coordinator in drawing up annual work programs and budgets;
• Monitor the implementation of the RADiUS project in the region and ensure data quality;
• Ensure that the monitoring systems developed work and are correctly applied, and that project teams and national partners accurately report results (EU OPSYS platform, MEL CORAF platform);
• Ensure data quality assurance;
• Lead internal monitoring/evaluation/learning meetings and organize feedback to beneficiaries and partners.
• Carry out any activity or task related to its missions upon request.

• BAC+5 in Agronomy, Agricultural Engineering, Statistics or a related discipline with relevant short-term training in M&E.

• Minimum experience of seven (7) years in the management and monitoring of research projects funded by donors such as IFAD, EU, USAID, WORLD BANK, etc... ;
• Minimum experience of seven (7) years in the analysis of performance indicators, logical framework approach, cost-benefit analysis and impact evaluation approaches; 
• Minimum five (5) years' experience in managing data platforms, technologies and innovations; 
• Minimum experience of five (5) years in Results-Based Management (RBM) ; 
• Minimum experience of two (2) years in donor procedures (European Union Delegation, in particular);
• Minimum experience of seven (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.
• Statistical and data collection software (ODK, KoboCollect, Survey Solutions or related);
• SPSS
• QGIS or ArcGIS

It must include : 

• A letter of motivation addressed to the Executive Director, Dakar, Senegal. The file should be named as follows: Initial of first name +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)