Innovations Supervisor (Bida, Niger State)

Minna - Nigeria

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Experience Required: 1-3years

Posted on: 8 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Description: Innovations Supervisor

Location: Niger Kwara and Nasarawa States

Industry: Non-profit / International Development / Agriculture
Department: Innovations
Job Type: 1 year (Fixed-Term)

Location Specific : Niger State (Minna Lapai Bida) Nasarawa State (Akwanga Lafia) Kwara State (Moro)
Application Deadline: On a rolling basis

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 Africas 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 9000 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. Were currently serving over 300000 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 fulfill 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 Funds 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 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 Officers 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 the location advertised for

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.

Job Description: Innovations SupervisorLocation: Niger Kwara and Nasarawa StatesIndustry: Non-profit / International Development / AgricultureDepartment: InnovationsJob Type: 1 year (Fixed-Term)Location Specific : Niger State (Minna Lapai Bida) Nasarawa State (Akwanga Lafia) Kwara State (Moro)Appli...