Friday, 20 July 2018

One Acre Fund Job Vacancy : Crop Health Team Coordinator

One Acre Fund: We are an international non-profit that works in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi and Zambia. In these countries, our 5,000+ strong staff serves over 500,000 smallholder farmers and enables them to grow their way out of hunger and poverty.

Job Location: Kakamega

Reports To: Impact Specialist

Organization Description: Most of the world’s poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing NGO in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Malawi, Zambia and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential.

Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a “market bundle” that includes education, finance, farm inputs and solar lights, and market access.

Our program is proven impactful-every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve.

We are growing quickly. In ten years, we have grown to serve 0ver 500,000 farm families with more than 5,000 full-time field staff. Our approach has won widespread validation, winning grants from The MasterCard Foundation and Gates Foundation.

Website: www.oneacrefund.org.

Job Description: The Crop Health Team Coordinator will be responsible for managing the Crop Health Response Team agents in the Kakamega and Nyanza headquarters.

The ideal candidate will be in charge of overseeing the execution of routine projects within the department to ensure that data is collected accurately and timely.

Responsibilities for the Crop Health Team Coordinator Job

1. Manage Crop Health Response Team agents in Kakamega and Nyanza Headquarter offices

Allocate tasks to Crop Health Response Team agents

Monitor team performance and report the progress to the Impact Specialist

Track project deliverables using appropriate tools

Present reports defining project progress, problems, and solutions during weekly check-in

Train other staff on a variety of professional skills

Provide regular feedback to agents and create their Performance Development Reviews

Identify areas for development in the staff and create professional development plans with those staff

Boost productivity and morale of the team

Recognize high performance and reward accomplishments

Create an inspiring team environment with an open communication culture

Foster a spirit of teamwork and unity among department members

Suggest and organize team building activities

Listen to team members’ feedback and resolve any issues or conflicts

Take the lead in on-boarding new Crop Health Response Team agents

2. Oversee execution of routine projects/tools within the department to ensure that data is collected accurately and timely. This includes:

Crop Health Hotline

Field assessments

Farmer impact related surveys

Field staff impact related surveys

Crop Health App

3. Manage and respond to stakeholder requests for Crop Health Response Team information and data.

4. Support in creation of crop health data summaries, reports, or analyses to document crop health findings and results.

5. Improve and/or streamline improvements within the Crop Health Response Team

Improve quality of Crop Health Response Team recommendations to farmers

Create/improve performance management tools for Crop Health Response Team agents

Conduct critical analysis of other Crop Health Response Team tools to identify opportunities for improvement

Follow-up with customers to ensure customer satisfaction with Crop Health Response Team services

6. Represents the Crop Health Response Team group in key stakeholder meetings.

Report on the status of their group’s projects and address issues with the interests of the team in mind.

7. Build strong relationships with Field Leaders to identify areas of concern in the field.

Respond to Field Leaders’ questions on crop health issues.

Proactively reach out to Field Staff to verify issues of importance as reported through Customer Engagement

Crop Health Team Coordinator Job Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Science, Project Management, Agriculture or related discipline

Experience managing a team

Experience working with small holder farmers.

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (both verbal and written)

Demonstrated commitment to teamwork and collaboration.

Should possess strong organizational and administrative skills

Demonstrated computer skills in email, internet usage, Microsoft Office Suite

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