Syngenta Recruitment for Seed2b Intern

Syngenta is a leading science-based Agtech company; dedicated to bringing plant potential to life. Each of our 28,000 employees in more than 90 countries work together to solve one of humanity’s most pressing challenges: growing more food with fewer resources. A diverse workforce and an inclusive workplace environment are enablers of our ambition to be the most collaborative and trusted team in agriculture.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Seed2b Intern

Job Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Internship

Job Description
The Seed2b Intern is normally supervised by the Project Assistant and performs a variety of functions related to Field activities within the organization. The supervisor exercise close control and regular review of the work processes and provides regular advice and guidance:

• Engagement with Farmers’ Hub manager at Hub in managing the Hub’s day-to-day activities
• Organizes field days and Seed fairs to showcase to farmers, improved/modern techniques in Agriculture
• Farmers mobilization for meetings/trainings/Demos/field days etc.
• To follow-up on advisory delivered by the team for proper compliance.
• Conduct farmers meetings, organize campaigns, build and maintain good relationships with farmers.
• To collaborate with local ADPs for smooth functioning of advisory and extension system.
• Receive feedback from project partners and beneficiaries, and forward these concerns to the project team
• Inform project team on the existing and potential field implementation problems and issues that require immediate attention, and recommend viable alternatives to resolve problems and issues
• Support record keeping and tracking of data at the Farmers’ Hub using the e-hub app and other record keeping tools.
• Support partners implementing activities at the hub locations
• Support the onboarding of cooperative groups accessing services at the hub.
• Give diagnostic and first-aid care/advisory services to farmers experiencing challenges
• Administer Questionnaires to farmers to get feedback as well as improve on our service delivery when/where necessary.
• Assist in sourcing for preferred location, right Hub Manager when establishing new hubs.
• Support in CSRA objectives are considered in project execution and be able to measure the impacts
• To implement Good Agriculture Technology Evaluation (GATE) in Nigeria
• Perform other related duties as required by and instructed by the SFSA supervisors.

Qualifications

• Candidates must have an academic background in Agriculture (OND, HND, B.Sc). Relevant field experience may be considered in place of the academic qualification.
• Must have a strong interest/passion for rural agriculture
• Willing to travel at short notice.
• Must be honest and accountable.
• Should be a good team player, self-motivated, with an ability to do his/her work independently with minimal supervisionTop of Form.
• Should be able to multitask across multiple projects.
• Must have Basic computer skills and ability to write and submit timely reports
• Public speaking with ability to teach and transfer knowledge to rural farmers
• Familiarity with modern agronomy practices across many crops is highly required
• Ability to handle multiple apps and at the same time, teach farmers about them  
• Should be able to speak in the local language clearly.