State Training Officers (STOs) at Sahel Consulting Agriculture & Nutrition Limited (Sahel) - 7 Openings - NAIJA STICK

State Training Officers (STOs) at Sahel Consulting Agriculture & Nutrition Limited (Sahel) - 7 Openings

Sahel Consulting Agriculture and Nutrition Ltd (Sahel) is a leading management consulting firm focused on the agricultural and nutrition sectors in Africa. 

• We partner with government agencies, private sector actors, and leading international development organizations to research, analyze policies, develop strategies, and implement programs that promote sustainable food security and improved nutrition. 
• We work on various projects across Africa, including Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Tanzania.

Job Title: State Training Officer (STO)

Locations: Abuja (FCT), Adamawa, Delta, Enugu, Kano, Ogun, Plateau

Employment Type: Contract

Overview

• Sahel Consulting is Implementing the Sustainable Entrepreneurship-Led Poultry Transformation Program (SEPTP).
• The program is a five-year program funded by the Mastercard Foundation and implemented through a consortium led by Christian Aid across seven states in Nigeria.

The program aims to:

Strengthen the poultry skills and enterprise capacities of youth and women between ages 18-35 years

• Improve market access and create sustainable jobs within the poultry value chain.
• Enhance institutional coordination and support policy reform in Nigeria’s poultry sector.
• Sahel Consulting leads two components under SEPTP

Skills & Enterprise Development:

Sahel Consulting will lead the design and delivery of high-quality poultry entrepreneurship skills training and support youth and women to transition from training into viable poultry enterprises under the Skills and Enterprise Development Component of the Program.

Policy and institutional strengthening:

• Sahel Consulting will lead the program’s policy and institutional strengthening agenda working with industry associations, government institutions and private sector actors to improve coordination across the poultry value chain, embed training standards, strengthen enterprise support systems and ensure that evidence from field implementation informs sustainable sector-level reforms.

Role Summary

The State Training Officers (STO) oversee state-level planning, implementation, monitoring, and reporting for the Skills & Enterprise component of SEPTP.

• The role is responsible for ensuring equitable, safe, and meaningful participation of women, youth, and other marginalized groups across all training, enterprise, and market linkage activities within the state.
• The role ensures high-quality outreach, curriculum delivery, enterprise advisors’ [FK1] supervision, and post-training enterprise support across designated LGAs within the States.
• This is a field-intensive, coordination-heavy position requiring strong leadership, technical knowledge, and excellent stakeholder management.

Key Responsibilities

Training Coordination & Delivery Oversight:

Lead state-level planning for all outreach, training, and enterprise activities.

Design and oversee training delivery in ways that proactively address gender, disability, and other inclusion barriers to participation and learning.

• Develop state training calendars, cluster schedules, and venue arrangements.
• Supervise and support Poultry Enterprise Advisors (PEAs) to ensure training quality.

Stakeholder & Partner Engagement:

Serve as the primary Sahel representative in the state.

• Coordinate with Christian Aid State Coordinators for alignment on outreach, safeguarding, MEL, and reporting.
• Promote inclusive engagement of women and youth in coordination with government, associations, and market partners.
• Liaise with PAN, PIFAN, SMEDAN, and LGA agricultural departments for institutional strengthening.

Provide field data to support policy advocacy and CoP thematic discussions.

Qualifications & Experience

Minimum OND/HND; B.Sc. in Agriculture, Animal Science, Agribusiness, Veterinary Medicine or related field preferred.

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in training coordination, community development, extension services, or field project management.
• Experience working with women, youth, and marginalized groups.
• Experience working in rural communities
• Strong digital literacy: WhatsApp, data collection tools (Kobo, ODK), Excel.
• Fluency in the relevant local language(s).
• Strong facilitation, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.

Dealine: 12th March, 2026.

How to Apply 

Interested and qualified candidates should  send their CV to: 

recruiting@sahelconsult.com 

using the job title as the subject of the email.