Nigeria Impact Ventures Specialist at One Acre Fund

One Acre, founded in 2006, supplies 1 million smallholder farmers with the agricultural services they need to make their farms vastly more productive. Our 8,000+ team is drawn from diverse backgrounds and professions. With operations across six core countries in Africa, we make farmers more prosperous by providing quality farm supplies on credit, delivered within walking distance of farmers’ homes, and agricultural training to improve harvests. On average, the farmers we serve harvest 50 per cent more food after working with One Acre Fund.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Nigeria Impact Ventures Specialist

Location: Minna, Niger
Preferred Start Date: Due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, start dates can vary significantly by role. We are adapting rapidly to Covid-19 and most of our team is now working remotely. Given the changing environment, we will appreciate your flexibility in confirming a start date

About the Role

• You will support the Lead in the operation and execution of the program.
• You will own small-scale trials and manage field managers.
• You will report to the Program Lead.

Responsibilities
Design Trials and Expansion:

• Lead the launching and execution of streams of innovations and trials
• Manage field teams to achieve trial visions and goals
• Contribution to high-level strategy development and detailed field execution
• Work with other Global and Nigeria One Acre Fund teams
• Build detailed trial project plans, including execution calendar
• Develop trial budgets and building of sustainable financial models
• Develop Management and KPI tools (e.g., Dashboards, training calendars, KPI trackers)
• Design and conduct market research to improve product and service delivery to clients.

Strategy:

• High-level trial design – Lead discussions on what questions to test through the trial, how to test them, and how the learning will improve longer-term program design. Some essential components for discussion include marketing strategy, pricing, and distribution of the product/service.
• Trial monitoring and evaluation (M&E) plan and execution – work with the M&E team to design trials and data collection plans to evaluate the impact at trial conclusion
• Work with other departments and global research teams to build program solutions and innovations.
• Communicate updates and results.

Operations/Team Management:

• Spend time with the field teams in the field talking to our potential smallholder farmer clients to understand real-time challenges.
• Identify opportunities to improve operations and program performance, through weekly tracking of Measurements, and identifying/working on process improvements
• Manage budgets and create forecasts for expansion and other program innovations.
• Hire and develop teams to operationalize plans

Career Growth and Development

• We have a strong culture of constant learning and we invest in developing our people.
• You’ll have weekly check-ins with your manager, access to mentorship and training programs, and regular feedback on your performance.
• We hold career reviews every six months and set aside time to discuss your aspirations and career goals.
• You’ll have the opportunity to shape a growing organization and build a rewarding long-term career.

Qualifications
For this role specifically, you will have:

• 3 -5 years of relevant professional work experience, including leading teams or entrepreneurial experience (e.g. starting a new program, or department or launching new projects)
• University Degree required in Business Administration, International Development, Agricultural Economics or related fields.
• Experience managing projects that involve scaling up.
• Experience implementing strategies based on field data and programmatic evidence.
• Fluency in English; knowledge of Hausa (and other Nigerian languages)

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Paid time off.

Eligibility:

• This role is only open to citizens or permanent residents of Nigeria.

Application Closing Date
5th January, 2023.