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Posted 5 years ago |
Field Specialist is needed at One Acre Fund
JOB TITLE: Field Specialist
LOCATION: Minna, Nigeria
Duration: Full-time job
Career Level: Professionals
Preferred Start Date: As soon as possible
Job Summary
- In order to maintain One Acre Fund’s ambitious growth trajectory, the New Country Expansion team has identified Nigeria as a critical country to expand to, and we have begun our pilot program in Minna, Niger State.
Job Descriptions
- In 2019, the Nigeria pilot program expanded to serve +500 farmers, with an emphasis on learning what our customers want and how to provide it sustainably. As the Field Specialist, you will support the team responsible for daily interactions with our farmers while exploring how to grow the program from 500 to 10,000 farmers over the next two years.
- The Nigerian field team executes all field‐facing communication and operations of the program, including overseeing all required content, tools and goals weekly.
- The team is essential to Nigeria’s program and plays a major role in shaping the nature of the Nigeria’s pilot long-term.
- The Field Specialist reports to the Nigeria Field Operations Associate and managers two Field Managers and 10-14 Field Officers.
Qualifications
- We are seeking someone with at least 2 years of work experience and demonstrates a passion for international development.
Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
- Commitment to the mission of eradicating food insecurity across Nigeria.
- Work experiences in agricultural environment or field-based roles in northern-Nigerian preferred.
- Identify and offer solutions when problems arise across the program.
- Comfortable celebrating failure when it leads to learning.
- Experience using data and Goals to monitor performance and support decision-making.
- Leadership and mentorship experience, preferably some experience leading field-based individuals / teams and providing professional development support for others.
- Efficiency with MS Office, and excellent verbal and written communication skills—conversational, email, and written; ability to translate technical and complex concepts into concise and easily understandable language.
- Language: English and Hausa is required
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