One Acre Fund Malawi Growth and Innovation Associate Jobs
One Acre Fund Malawi Growth and Innovation Associate Jobs
Job DescriptionIn your role as the Growth and Innovation Associate, you will work with the Impact Ventures Lead in co-strategizing on new, high impact pathways that help shape the program’s overall strategy.
You will lead strategy development on program activities to dramatically improve our impact per farmer and de-risk our path to grow. With support from the program lead, you will establish the program’s strategic direction by conducting field research and data analysis to inform decisions and develop relevant plans to build goals.
Experience in market research, innovations, and business operations are some of the essential skills required in this role
You will report into the Impact Ventures Lead and will manage field staff and work with other support departments to implement the activities. You will also model out possible scenarios for future program growth with consideration of products proposed to scale.
In detail you will manage:
Impact and Business Model Strategy: - You will be the lead in conducting field and market research to identify and roll -out new high impact products, services, or business models for the program. Examples of what this might look like include:
Conduct tree species variety trials to identify new tree varieties to add to the program portfolio or,
Identify new services the program can add that would increase the impact on our farmers such as farmer training to limit deforestation
Identify program model changes that can increase program financial efficiency such as exploring partnership opportunities
Explore partnership ideas with private sector and government
Scale strategy and execution- Gathering and using field data to build robust scale strategies and provide direction to grow the program across multiple districts
in the next couple of years. This would involve:
Spend significant amounts of time in the field scouting new possible areas of expansion
Identify risks and map out possible measures for minimizing their impact on expansion such as seed supply and field staff retention
Build a clear multi-year execution calendar for expansion that provides details on staff and budget needs
Qualifications
We are looking for one exceptional professional with 5+ year(s) of work experience and a passion for our mission.
Candidates who fit the following criteria are encouraged to apply:
Strong educational background; degrees in Rural Development, Marketing, International Development, Business administration, Environmental economics,
5+ years of relevant work experience which includes qualitative and quantitative research on smallholder agriculture, with an emphasis on the use of improved technologies or new business models, including some work around agroforestry.
Experience in Extension Services, or implementing development programs in rural locations.
Demonstrated leadership experience at work, or outside of work, and an enthusiasm for learning.
Prior experience with research and extension project design and management, ideally including participatory methods, on-farm trials, surveys and focus groups
Passion for working with and training others, with strong experience in contributing to capacity building and professional development of colleagues and direct reports
Humility.
We have a fantastic and likable team. We are looking for passionate professionals who combine strong leadership skills with good humor, patience.
We place a lot of value on the ability to proactively respond to open and frank feedback to grow as individuals and a team and constructively and respectfully give feedback
Language
English required. Chichewa - advantage(but not required)
How to Apply
For more information and job application details, see; One Acre Fund Malawi Growth and Innovation Associate Jobs
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