Impact Officer at Sagad Farms Limited

Sagad Farms Limited is a 1000 Acre Rice farm, offering a fresh perspective on Nigerian Agriculture. It's revolutionary way of farming, crop building, and processing is yielding tremendous economic and social impact on Nigeria’s livelihood and agricultural industry. The company’s strategic land acquisitions along major dams is very pivotal to the farm’s operations.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Impact Officer

Location: Rano, Kano
Job type: Full-time
Reports To: Project Manager

Role Overview

• The Impact Officer will lead the monitoring, evaluation, and amplification of the social, economic, and environmental outcomes of Sagad’s Backward Integration Project.
• This is not just about data — it’s about designing and tracking what lasting change we are creating across rural livelihoods, supplier ecosystems, land use, and long-term food sovereignty.
• You will be at the core of transformation, responsible for ensuring that the project’s impact is not only measurable — but deeply meaningful.

Key Responsibilities
Impact Strategy & Framework Development:

• Co-create a tailored Impact Measurement Framework aligned with backward integration goals (e.g., rural employment, supplier growth, local sourcing metrics, community income levels, land stewardship).
• Align impact indicators with both internal benchmarks and global sustainability goals (e.g., SDGs, ESG principles).

Data Collection & Performance Tracking:

• Design simple, field-ready tools to collect accurate data across farms, processors, and supplier networks.
• Monitor key metrics: number of women farmers onboarded, quality/yield improvements, farmer income growth, land-use shifts, and environmental practices.
• Work with field officers and farm leads to ensure consistent, ethical, and verifiable data capture.

Reporting & Decision Support:

• Produce clear, insightful monthly and quarterly Impact Reports that inform the leadership’s strategic decisions.
• Highlight both progress and blind spots — ensuring real-time feedback loops for course correction and momentum.

Stakeholder Engagement & Visibility:

• Support stakeholder communications — including donor/investor updates, government compliance reporting, and community outreach.
• Translate complex data into visual storytelling for presentations, case studies, and public-facing updates.

Capacity Building & Sustainability Integration:

• Train and support women farmers in best practices for sustainability, record-keeping, and scalable farming models.
• Collaborate with the sustainability and operations teams to embed regenerative agriculture, ethical labor, and resource efficiency across the supply chain.

Key Requirements

• Candidates should possess a Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Agricultural Economics, Social Impact, Rural Development, Environmental Science, or related field.
• Minimum 2–5 years experience in Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E), social impact, or sustainability — preferably in agricultural or rural development sectors.
• Fieldwork experience — must be comfortable in on-ground rural environments and supplier-facing roles.
• Strong command of data collection methods, report writing, and storytelling through impact.
• Bonus: Familiarity with backward integration or agricultural value chain systems.
• Proficient in digital tools: Google Sheets/Excel, PowerPoint, or basic M&E platforms.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online