One Acre Fund is an
agricultural NGO that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to
achieve their full potential. In more than five years in Rwanda, We have grown
to serve 106,000 farm families with 1,200 full-time staff in Rwanda. In
Burundi, We have grown to serve 28,000 farm families with over 300 full-time
staff. Organization wide, we are on track to serve
one million farmers across 6
countries by 2020. We only serve farmers, and we always put Farmers First. We
are growing rapidly, to help manage this growth.
Job
Description: Operations Innovation Senior Manager
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Industry:
Non-profit/Agriculture
Function:
Operations Innovation Senior Manager
Employer:
One Acre Fund – Tubura
Job Location:
Rwanda, Karongi,
Rubengera (with travel during the week)
Preferred Start
Date: Immediate
Commitment:
Long Term
Career Position
Deadline:
5th July 2016
Career
Development: Project Management skills via weekly meetings, in-
field coaching, and performance reviews; Development of social/business
process/rural research skills; video editing/production skills and technology
use for social impact.
Organization
Description
One Acre Fund is an
agricultural NGO that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to
achieve their full potential. In more than five years in Rwanda, we have grown
to serve 100,000 farm families with more than 1,000 full-time field staff. We
are Rwanda’s fastest growing professional organization. To help manage this
growth, we are looking for an “Operations
Innovation Senior Manager “to start as soon as possible.
Job
Description
One of TUBURA’s core
distinguishing characteristics is our desire and ability to innovate our
program model according to our clients’ needs. As our program grows, we will
need a dedicated team of innovators and problem solvers to help us continue to
improve how we deliver our service to farmers. The Operations Innovation team has
been tasked with this responsibility and will depend on its team to fulfill its
mission. The role of a manager is to assist this team with implementing trials,
pilots, and research assignments to help us achieve a better, more efficient
program.
Primary
Duties and Responsibilities
- Project
Lead –
You will oversee and assist on multiple trials and/or projects assigned by
your manager. You will be in charge of ensuring project quality and
completing deliverables on time. You will be responsible for: - Designing
and Executing field experiments and trials - Following
up in the field - Managing
pre- and post trial surveys - Ensuring
excellent communication amongst your team and all other stakeholders - Managing
other team members on the project - Thought
Partner –
You will work alongside a senior member of our team who will work closely
with you on your project management. Your manager will work closely with
you to further evolve an idea or explore a new concept in the field and
you will participate in group discussions to improve, change, or stop an
idea from progressing. - Data
Analyst –
We use quantitative and qualitative data everyday to make decisions,
change strategies, or explore new ideas. We are all data analysts:
collecting clients’ perspectives, field teams KPI’s (Key Performance
Indicators), repayment information, focus group responses and much more.
You will be responsible for ensuring that data collected is highly
credible, rigorously analyzed, and clearly presented to your manager and
other team members. - Creative
Design for Video trial- We are currently running a
trial to better understand how videos can be used to enhance our officer
experience and the experience of our clients. You would be in charge
of creating all video storyboards from scratch, filming them, and
producing them. We would like someone with experience in video
making and editing as well as someone who is comfortable working with
tablet technology. In partnership with a high-level team member, you
would be the creative and executive lead on this project.
Qualifications
- Excellent
written and spoken command of English and French- near fluency
- Intermediate
to advanced computer skills: intermediate typing, intermediate Microsoft
Word skills, intermediate Excel skills
- Commitment
to living in a rural area for an extended period of time - Ability
and willingness to travel 1-3 days a week in rural areas depending on
project
- At
least 1 year work experience.
Desired
Qualifications
- Creative
design experience- specifically video production and editing - Experience
using technology for social impact-tablets, videos, smartphones - Familiarity
with CommCare survey software.
To Apply
Please click on this
link: http://form.jotformpro.com/form/41264122616951
.You will be prompted to a form that must be completed. At the end of the
form you will have the opportunity to write a motivational letter and upload
your CV.
We are offering a
world class professional and international environment that focuses on your
career development and are looking forward to receiving your application.
Please Note: One Acre Fund will never ask
you for money in return for advancement in the recruitment process or for being
offered a position. If you are being approached by someone demanding
money, please do not hesitate to report this to the Tubura Fraud Hotline:
0785443136 (Do not use this number for any purpose other than reporting fraud
attempts. If you misuse his number and use it for general information about the
position and not to report Fraud, we will not consider you for this position).
One Acre
Fund is an equal opportunity employer; all candidates with legal working age
will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour,
region, sex, disability status or any other characteristic protected by the
law.