Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International (CABI)
Non-profit + 1 more
Description
SKILLS
• Fluent spoken and written English. Knowledge of African languages would be
• Ability to work across cultures and geographic boundaries
• Strong team player with excellent technical management and communication skills
• Ability to work on own initiative and meet targets within budget
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to convey
technical concepts to a non-technical audience.
EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS
• Bachelor’s degree in agriculture, marketing, digital technology, communications or a
related field.• Fluent spoken and written English. Knowledge of African languages would be
advantageous.
REQUIREMENTS
• Available to travel extensively across AfricaResponsibilities
• Conduct a stakeholder analysis and establish a network with
• Attend leading national industry events and conferences to give thought-leader
high-profile agricultural organisations at national, international
and community level (such as Farmer Producer Organisations
(FPOs), NGOs, Farmer Associations & Cooperatives) that
work with agro-advisory service providers, including agro-input
dealers, and farmers in India.
• Identify and prioritise organisations to collaborate with on the
promotion of the CABI suite of digital advisory tools, especially
the CABI Bio Protection Portal and the Crop Sprayer App.
• In collaboration with these organisations, identify appropriate
communication channels (e.g. social media, radio, WhatsApp
groups, Telegram, village groups, etc.) that could be used to
maximise reach to users of the CABI digital advisory tools and
which languages should be used.
• Develop a suite of communication materials and tools, for
example online and face-to-face training, social media
messaging, flyers, posters, video instructional clips, etc., that
can be used to send messaging to FPOs and other farmer
organisations that are engaged in farmer welfare and
education.
• Monitor usage of the CABI digital advisory tools to assess
impact of communication events conducted and calculate the
return on investment.• Attend leading national industry events and conferences to give thought-leader
presentations promoting use of digital advisory tools that support utilisation of
biopesticides and low-toxicity chemicals in a rational manner.
• Recommend biocontrol manufacturers to the CABI Bio Protection Portal project manager
for potential partnership, as well as recommendations for private sector sponsors and
associates, in order to contribute to sustainability of the portal.
• Use your social media network (LinkedIn and/or Twitter) to raise the profile of CABI’s
work and drive engagement with the digital advisory tools.
• Manage the budget and spend of your activities and regularly report performance against
targets.
• Own and develop processes for managing the progress of your activities and improve
efficiency.
• Communicate regularly with other staff working within the CABI PlantwisePlus
programme to ensure awareness and alignment of activities within the broader
programme.
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