Responsibilities

• An inventory of common organic fertilizer products in West Africa.
• Minimum requirements (for nutrient content, heavy metals, packaging and impurities) for the registration of fertilizer product.
• A production guide developed in consultation with organic fertilizers stakeholders in West Africa.

The consultant will work with the project team to clarify some of the expected outputs and provide advice on additional outputs necessary to attain the main objective as specified.

The consultant will submit the following deliverables:

• Guidelines will be available in English or French in the form of a neatly presented guidelines in MS Word and PDF, with illustrations and templates as needed.
• A PowerPoint presentation to be used during dissemination, providing illustrated highlights of key points detailed in the guidelines.

Job Requirements

• Should have extensive experience in organic products facilities management.
• Should have practical and extensive knowledge about organic products and the process of organic fertilizer producing particularly for African markets as well as existing  ECOWAS regulations on fertilizer trade and quality control.
• Have been directly involved in the process leading to the development of similar guidelines or standards in other countries would be an asset.
• Must have strong oral and written communications in French and English and be able to work effectively and build relationships with others.
• Fluency in French and in English would be an advantage

Reporting and Work Relationships

Supervision: The project is responsible for supervising the consultant’s work, including reviewing progress reports, providing feedback and guidance, and evaluating the consultant’s performance. The consultant will be supported by the Josias Toviho (jtoviho@ifdc.org), Ernest Osei-Assibey, (eoseiassibey@ifdc.org) and Kido Kouassi (kkouassi@ifdc.org).

The consultancy period runs from May 15th, 2024, until November 30th, 2024 (4 months). The final guidelines document is to be submitted to IFDC/EnGRAIS not later than November 30, 2024. The assignments above can be done remotely using the pertinent means of communication and, when necessary, the consultant may travel within the West Africa region.