Amos Bitrus

Connections 2

am***ts@gmail.com

Skills

Communication
8
Teamwork
8
Problem-Solving
7
Creativity
7
Leadership
8
Agriculture
9
English and Hausa
9

Recommendations

Ibrahim Maina

9/20/2023

"Excellent and reliable."

Experience

Amos Bitrus

Work experience

Field Office Coordinator at Nuru Nigeria

April, 2023 - December, 2023
Fulltime

✓Successfully coordinate the establishment and management of successful and cordial working relationships with the relevant
project stakeholders in northern Adamawa States and some parts of Adamawa Central under different projects
✓Successfully coordinated the distribution of about 5000 Ewes and Rams to farmer organization members
✓Successfully coordinated in the implementation of USAID sponsored building sustainable livelihood activity and reached over
12, 000 beneficiaries in Adamawa State
✓Supported and acted in the absence of the Field Office Manager and Field Office Coordinator to provide operational and guidance
for effective field operations, managing field office finances, administrative, logistics and security
✓Successfully supported in the implementation of GIZ sponsored farmers and cooperative business school project in northern
Adamawa State
✓Successfully facilitated/coordinated Project activities, market activities, linking interested Agro dealers/farmers to private sector
partners, financial institutions and promoting new fertilizer blends among Maize, Sorghum Rice.
✓Successfully managed and trained farmers in areas of cooperate formation, good agronomic practices, extension services and
financial, inclusion activities
✓Successfully increased farmers’ yield by 50% across soybeans and groundnut value chains
✓Successfully provided linkage to agricultural inputs and outputs markets for about 4500 small holder household
✓Successfully reached about 80,000 women and children (CU5) across Northern and Central Adamawa State with pre and postnatal vitamins
✓Successfully reached over 24,000 beneficiaries through Nuru’s holistic agribusiness and behaviour change programs
✓Successfully Facilitated and linked over 300 SMEs to markets (Domestic) and Financial institutions

Amos Bitrus

Work experience

Agricultural Technical Officer at Nuru Nigeria

June, 2022 - April, 2023
Fulltime

✓Successfully supported the Deputy Chief of Party and the Technical Specialist to design and deliver
o Agricultural intervention
o Financial Inclusion Activity
o Social and behavior change communication
o Nutrition sensitive intervention
✓Supported the Field Office Manager and the Field Office Coordinator and acted in their absence to lead and coordinate field
operations, managing community stakeholders such as traditional rulers, local government officials and FO/FA leaders
✓Successfully formed 191 farmers association
✓Successfully registered Eight farmers’ cooperative and developed farmers’ cooperative training curriculum
✓Successfully managed and trained farmers in areas of cooperate formation, good agronomic practices, extension services and
financial, inclusion activities
✓Successfully Facilitated and linked over 300 SMEs to markets (Domestic) and Financial institutions
✓Successfully established and managed 22 crop demonstration plots and 11 nutrition demonstration plot

Amos Bitrus

Work experience

PROGRAM OFFICER (GIZ GRANT) at Nuru Nigeria

November, 2021 - May, 2022
Fulltime

Achievements
 Successfully formed and registered four farmers cooperative
 Performed project tracking through clear and concise status reports and time management reports; proactively identify potential issues and track project member progress against commitments
 Successfully Achieved high levels of satisfaction by skillfully coordinating competing priorities and devising and executing strategies to meet schedules, budgets, and on-site logistics requirements
Responsibilities
 Provide overall technical and managerial oversight and leadership for the project in the state and contribute to development of strategic vision for the programme
 Support in the Formation of farmer cooperatives for sustainable development.
 monitor farmers progress in group management and enterprise development. support in curriculum development and review as required
 work closely with the leaders of various farmers group to ensure smooth running of various farmers group
 Support in deploying other program components in line with the Program Sequence.
 In charge of managing assigned community training center side by side managing farmer’s needs

Amos Bitrus

Work experience

IMPACT TRAINING ASSISTANT (USAID GRANT) at Nuru Nigeria

April, 2021 - November, 2021
Fulltime

Achievements
 Established and maintained successful relationships with partner farmers, agencies, community leaders, and other key stakeholders in the host community while working in the field
 Successfully Fostered organizational development, promoted Nuru’s values and servant leadership culture, promote accountability and high performance, and encourage team creativity and innovation
Responsibilities
 Supported the impact manager in ensuring impact program activities are implemented effectively and efficiently with a focus on Nuru’s vision and strategic objectives
 Aligned with the Nuru Nigeria Monitoring & Evaluation in ensuring that interventions are effectively monitored and evaluated in order to assess progress, increase impact, and guide scaling decisions
 Collaborated with Nuru Nigeria leadership team to build and strengthen the capacity of farmer associations/ organization and their leaders towards sustainability
 Prepared high quality progress reports and ensured they are submitted on time

Amos Bitrus

Work experience

IMPACT ASSISTANT (NI GRANT) at Nuru Nigeria

February, 2020 - April, 2021
Fulltime

Achievements
 Successfully Maintained relationships with farmer association leaders and members, partner agencies, community leaders, and other key stakeholders in the host community while working in the field
Responsibilities
 Trained and developed the capacity of 60 farmer associations and farmer organization (FO) and their members (600 members) on best agronomic and animal husbandry practices, agribusiness and income generation towards a resilience, prosperity and sustainability
 Worked very closely with leaders of the farmer associations ad farmer organization to develop their capacities, promote social cohesion and learning and adoption of best practices among the farmers
 Ensured all intervention areas are helping the rural community realize sustainable meaningful choices in order to lift themselves out of extreme poverty in a sustainable way
 Conducted Monitoring & Evaluation to ensure that interventions are effectively monitored and evaluated in order to assess progress, increase impact, and guide scaling decisions

Amos Bitrus

Work experience

FACILITATOR at HOPE AND RURAL AID FOUNDATION

August, 2019 - February, 2020
Fulltime

Achievements
 Successfully led to the commercialization and packaging of local chickens to high end market (Supermarkets Retail Chains)
Responsibilities
 Ensured all opportunities to identify and incorporate Women’s Economic Empowerment activities are acted on within the specific market and ensure implementation of relevant interventions is aligned to delivering Climate Smart Agriculture indicators.
 Facilitated training of 1,000 Women in 4 selected local government of Adamawa state namely; Guyuk, Demsa, Gombi, and Song on Local Chicken Improvement Production, Strengthening the aggregation systems for local chickens in Rural Communities and Up-grading of local chicken production and multiplication