Nigeria Impact Ventures Specialist at One Acre Fund

About the Role

• You will support the Lead in the operation and execution of the program.
• You will own small-scale trials and manage field managers.
• You will report to the Program Lead.

Responsibilities
Design Trials and Expansion:

• Lead the launching and execution of streams of innovations and trials
• Manage field teams to achieve trial visions and goals
• Contribution to high-level strategy development and detailed field execution
• Work with other Global and Nigeria One Acre Fund teams
• Build detailed trial project plans, including execution calendar
• Develop trial budgets and building of sustainable financial models
• Develop Management and KPI tools (e.g., Dashboards, training calendars, KPI trackers)
• Design and conduct market research to improve product and service delivery to clients.

Strategy:

• High-level trial design – Lead discussions on what questions to test through the trial, how to test them, and how the learning will improve longer-term program design. Some essential components for discussion include marketing strategy, pricing, and distribution of the product/service.
• Trial monitoring and evaluation (M&E) plan and execution – work with the M&E team to design trials and data collection plans to evaluate the impact at trial conclusion
• Work with other departments and global research teams to build program solutions and innovations.
• Communicate updates and results.

Operations/Team Management:

• Spend time with the field teams in the field talking to our potential smallholder farmer clients to understand real-time challenges.
• Identify opportunities to improve operations and program performance, through weekly tracking of Measurements, and identifying/working on process improvements
• Manage budgets and create forecasts for expansion and other program innovations.
• Hire and develop teams to operationalize plans

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:

• 3 -5 years of relevant professional work experience, including leading teams or entrepreneurial experience (e.g. starting a new program, or department or launching new projects)
• University Degree required in Business Administration, International Development, Agricultural Economics or related fields.
• Experience managing projects that involve scaling up.
• Experience implementing strategies based on field data and programmatic evidence.
• Fluency in English; knowledge of Hausa (and other Nigerian languages)

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Paid time off.

Eligibility:

• This role is only open to citizens or permanent residents of Nigeria.

Application Closing Date
5th January, 2023.