Global Social Marketing & Extension Lead 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 percent more food after working with One Acre Fund.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Global Social Marketing & Extension Lead

Location: Kigali, Rwanda

About the Role

• The Global Social Marketing & Extension Lead will lead the design, testing and scaling of farmer training and communications, drawing from human-centered design methodologies and other qualitative and quantitative research methods.
• You'll report to the Director for Agricultural Research, and work within the Global Impact team.
• This team combines agronomy, data science, SBC and social marketing skillsets to support One Acre Fund programs across several countries to develop better products, services and recommendations, and deliver these to farmers in ways that maximise the chances of successful uptake.
• Your focus will be to develop training and SBCC interventions that maximise both field team ownership and farmer uptake of climate-smart and regenerative agriculture recommendations. Often you'll generate insights on how those recommendations can be adjusted to better match farmers' realities and enable increased uptake.

Responsibilities

• Content development - convert technical recommendations from agriculture, meteorology and data science experts into simple, adoptable recommendations that smallholder farmers will remember and be motivated to implement
• Create wireframe training and communications interventions. Test and improve the effectiveness of these through design workshops and piloting with extension workers and farmers.
• Develop extension strategies that integrate print, audio, digital and in-person training and communication channels to maximise reach and cost-effectiveness.
• Generate design specifications and collaborate with designers and media producers to ensure that final products meet requirements and are cost-effective.
• Define indicators to monitor the quality of training strategy implementation and generate recommendations for improvement.
• Evaluate the impact of training interventions using a variety of methods, such as surveys, interviews, observation. Use these data to capitalise on opportunities to improve recommendations and their delivery.

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:

• A Bachelor's Degree 
• 3+ years of experience developing and testing rural extension interventions, preferably in a smallholder agriculture setting in sub-Saharan Africa.
• Strong understanding of adult learning theory, instructional design principles and SBCC.
• Experience designing and implementing research to understand user needs, develop training interventions, and test their effectiveness (ideally using HCD approaches), working across language and culture barriers
• Project management experience

Benefits

• Housing allowance, Retirement benefit, Comprehensive Health cover, Child Benefit and paid time off

Perks:

• Connect and collaborate with engaging colleagues from diverse backgrounds
• The opportunity to expand into new focus areas or teams through a robust Internal Transfer Program
• Access to Social Committee activities that keep colleagues engaged and connected

Application Closing Date
17th July, 2023.