Field Leader

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Responsibilities

• Farmer Enrollment
  • Develop and implement strategies to ensure the enrollment of 500+ farmers per Field Officer in each site or parish across all of the FMs in your scope of supervision.
  • Drive marketing and ordering of One Acre Fund products and services to all potential farmers as part of enrollment across all of the FMs in your scope of supervision
  • Ensure less than 5 Fake/Ghost farmers in each site across all of the FMs
• Field Staff and Farmer Training
  • Review field and farmer agronomy trainings for FMs and FOs in coordination with your manager to ensure fit for purpose.
  • Run and conduct quality trainings for FMs and FOs across field and agronomy activities throughout the season.
  • Lead field team and staff meetings. Manage Monday and Wednesday Meetings to ensure timeliness, quality of sessions, and strong KPI discussions, field strategies, and knowledge transfer.
• Field Visits
  • Conduct regular field visits to verify and monitor field operations and impact activities across your field managers’ scopes of work.
  • Ensure integrity of results reported, troubleshoot field challenges, and ensure team integrity in field reports.
  • Ensure field presence for all our FMs and FOs from Monday to Friday.
  • Provide timely reporting and updates of all program field activities to relevant stakeholders, both internally and externally as required.
• Planning and Strategy setting
  • Lead the season planning and management of pods/sectors and sites under supervision including field operations, staff development, field logistics, field challenges and problem-solving, etc.
  • Develop and implement strategies to attain our field operational KPIs across the season through our FMs, and FOs.
  • Supervise and support FMs in driving results and customer service through their FOs.
  • Report Daily KPIs across all FMs and FOs.
• Local Leader Engagement
  • Coordinate and conduct regular touchpoints with Local Leaders and District / Sub County Agricultural Officers across our operational area to ensure they’re continuously aware of our key activities and updates through the season, and that we have their support for our work on the ground

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

Across all roles, these are the general qualifications we look for. For this role specifically, you will have:

• Knowledge: Program knowledge, Coffee Agronomy
• Skills:
  • Technical: Typing Skills, Basic Google Sheets/Microsoft Excel/Google Docs/Microsoft Word
  • Soft skills: Communication, interpersonal, organizational, problem solving, team building
• At least 3 years of experience working with smallholder farmers in Uganda
• At least 1 years of experience of any level of Field Team management.
• Ability to cover large distances by road daily
• Ability to lead Field team strategies. You constantly look for alternative solutions to problems.
• Diploma in Agriculture or Bachelor’s degree in any related field.
• Fluent in English and Luganda

Fluent in English and Luganda

Preferred Start Date

As soon as possible

Job Location

Kisonga, Uganda

Benefits

Health insurance, paid time off

Contract Duration

1 year

Eligibility

This role is only open to citizens or permanent residents of Uganda

Application Deadline

26 October 2024

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