Innovations Supervisor - Nasarawa State (Lafia and Akwanga) at One Acre Fund

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 Innovations supervisor may also be requested to fulfil 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 Fund’s 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 Officer’s 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)

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 any of the location advertised above

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