Innovations Supervisor -Kwara State (Moro)

Job Description

Who We Are :

Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund equips 5.5 million smallholder farmers to make their farms more productive. Across nine countries that together are home to two-thirds of Africa's farmers, we provide high-quality farm supplies, tree seedlings, accessible credit, modern agronomic training, and a wide range of other agricultural services. On average, this model enables any farmer to increase their income and assets on supported land by more than 35 percent, while permanently improving their resilience. This is all made possible by our team of 9,000+ full-time staff, drawn from diverse backgrounds and professions. To learn more, please see our Why Work Here blog post.

The Nigeria program, established in 2018, is headquartered in Minna, Niger state. We're currently serving over 300,000 unique farmers across the state via our inputs on credit 'Core' program, inputs on cash 'Retail' program, and have a free tree seedling distribution 'Agroforestry' program. To learn more about our work, look at our Nigeria program blog .

About the Role :

The Innovations Supervisor would work in the Innovations department to design and execute trials, manage a team of Trial Officers / Assistants and coordinate all field implementations of product trials.

Responsibilities include :

The trial supervisor may also be requested to fulfil other tasks not listed here, as requested by the manager, to achieve the mission of One Acre Fund.

Trial Design and Planning :

Support the planning and designing of field trials

Support site selection for trials, to be representative of agro-ecological zones of One Acre Fund’s operation regions

Supervise Trial farmers' selection, Enrolment, Training and Input Delivery

Monitor Trial plot set-up and establishment

Ensure up-to-date monitoring and reporting of field activities

Manage and Update Project Dashboard and map activities to timelines

Prepare, Monitor and Administer budget for all field activities

Prepare weekly and monthly field activity reports

Monitor and report risks and constraints to trial execution and success

Supervision, Execution and Management :

Monitor key benchmarks and Key Performance Indicators of trials, such as Enrollment, Compliance and Data Quality

Monitor the progress of trial enrollment and execution and report to line manager

Update and monitor project dashboards in a timely and accurate manner

Participate in staff weekly meetings as well as field visits to trial sites

Collate field feedback and share the same with the line managers for improved data quality, efficiency of resources, and trial execution

Track the progress of trial enrollment and execution and report to line manager

Work with the line manager to identify and troubleshoot issues / challenges in trial enrollment and execution

Monitor data quality and identify trends in errors

People Management :

Provide field-facing support and training to Innovations Officers / Assistants

Manage the Trial Officer’s KPIs for monitoring and reporting by the specified deadline

Support periodic performance reviews of Innovations Officers / Assistants

Hold regular check-ins with direct reports (Innovations Officers / Assistants)

Work Schedule :

This role is fully onsite, on a full-time basis, and the successful candidate may be assigned as required by the manager  based on operational needs.

Requirements

Qualifications

Across all roles, these are the general qualifications we look for .

For this role specifically, you will have :

Knowledge and Experience :

At least 1-2 years of coordinating and managing field trials and implementation

Proven ability in problem-solving and training facilitation

Strong communication and collaboration skills

Permanent Resident in any of the location advertised above

Technical skills :

Ability to use computer and software tools such as Microsoft Office Suite / Google Workspace (Word / Docs and Excel / Sheets)

Proven knowledge base and experience in Research, Project Management, Agronomy, Animal Husbandry and Trials Implementation, as well as coordination of field-based team

1 to 2 years of experience in collating, cleaning, auditing and analyzing simple to complex datasets

Ability to develop and manage project trackers and dashboards with little manager support

Benefits

Compensation

In line with the job level.

One Acre Fund provides employees with a percentage of their basic salaries for housing allowance and child support.

Retirement savings : OAF contributes 10%, and you contribute 8% of your basic salary to your retirement savings account.

One Acre Fund also provides monthly reimbursements to cover work-related costs for transport and airtime.

Relocation support is not available for this position.

Females are strongly encouraged to apply.