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The N'Kalô initiative
N'Kalô was developed to address the lack of transparency, information asymmetries and significant commercial risks faced by farmers and businesses in the agricultural sector in West Africa.
This service is currently operating in 13 African countries and monitors nine sectors. Twenty analysts in different countries are involved in market analysis and content writing. N'Kalô is considered the leading source of information in Africa and worldwide on the cashew, sesame, shea and gum arabic markets.
In order to continue developing the N'Kalô service and improve its ability to fulfil its objectives, Nitidæ is looking for a task officer in information and economic analysis. The task officer will be required to combine the development of the service's information and commercial activities (a priority during the first six months) with agro-economic analysis, for which they will be gradually trained by the rest of the Nitidæ teams.
Mission
1/ Economic analysis and content creation
- Weekly analysis of the cashew nut market worldwide and in Africa
- Analysis of other tropical agricultural markets to be defined (needs, pace and products)
- Monitoring of economic news in West Africa and agricultural market news
- Extraction and processing of data (prices, trade flows, production, climate data) for the needs of the N'Kalô service, subscribers and Nitidæ teams
2/ Information and commercial development
70% for the first 6 months, then 40%
- Information development: benchmarking of competing and similar services, proposals for changes to the format of free and paid content, proposals for new information media
- Commercial development: proposals for strategies and tools to increase the number of subscribers to the free and paid services, communication strategies and tools, proposals for website updates, etc.
3/ Service management and development
- Internal media management and structuring: coordination of the team of national analysts (15 people), preparation and management of coordination meetings, monitoring the regularity/punctuality of report publication, etc.
- Seeking funding: responding to calls for tenders and prospecting among public development aid and international solidarity actors to develop the ‘impact’ aspect of the service aimed at the general public
Initially, the recruited person will be primarily responsible for managing the cashew nut report, working on the informational development of the service and participating in discussions concerning the commercial development of the service. He/she will then gradually take on the coordination and structuring of the service and the search for funding as part of his/her activities.
Skills & Qualifications
Education
- Education in agro-economics, economics or economic journalism
Experience
- Experience in the agricultural sector, supply management, public policy related to agricultural markets and/or
- Experience in the coordination or development of specialised media (agriculture, economics, finance, public policy) and/or
- Experience in tropical agriculture, preferably in West Africa
- Experience in data processing, particularly customs statistics and national statistics
Languages
- Very good spoken and written French and English (writing in both languages). A basic knowledge of Portuguese or Mandarin would be a plus
Desired qualities
- Interest in economics, the functioning of global agricultural markets, and local, national and international agri-food sector organisations
- Interest in economic and social development issues and the fight against poverty
- Interest in agricultural and environmental issues
- Writing skills, ability to summarise
- Autonomy
- Curiosity, critical thinking, multidisciplinarity and an interest in complex issues and challenges
- Enjoy working in a multicultural environment, sense of humour
Working conditions
- One-year fixed-term contract with the possibility of conversion to a permanent contract (under French law)
- Position based in Lyon with the possibility of working remotely (max. 3 days per week). Regular travels to Africa
- Desired start date: between November 2025 and January 2026
- Remuneration: depending on profile and experience, €32,000 to €36,000 gross per annum (salary scale based on the SYNTEC collective agreement). Possible profit-sharing bonus depending on the association's results
- Benefits: fixed daily rate contract, 214 days worked per year (between 10 and 14 days of compensatory time per year in addition to paid leave), meal vouchers (€11 covered 50% by the employer), excellent health insurance, 50% public transport
- Other working conditions to be discussed during the interview
Application
If you are interested in this position, please send your CV and cover letter by email no later than 15th November to p.ricau@nitidae.org and f.griffon@nitidae.org with the subject line: « Candidature N’Kalô ».
If you do not receive a response from us within two weeks of the deadline, you may assume that your application has not been selected.
The full job description can be downloaded here.
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