Research Station Officer at One Acre Fund

JOB LOCATION: Sagana REPORTS TO: Crop Research Station Supervisor

Job Description

The mandate of the Product Innovations Team is to develop and test new products and product delivery systems. As a member of the Product Innovations team, you contribute to the research needed to move products from early stage trials to scale.

Roles

• Know Your Trials: Develop a thorough knowledge of the requirements for crop station trials including planting, top dressing, and harvesting
• Trial Supervision: Supervise anywhere from 5 – 10 crop station trials each season, including all trial replications
• Ensure Quality Execution: Fully understand the quality policy and meet quality standards by conducting regular follow ups to the trial plots to ensure quality standards are met
• Perform Hard Labor Duties: Carry out all labor related activities as required by your manager, including land preparation, planting, top dressing, harvesting and all intermediate tasks.
• In summary, your role will require you to physically maintain the trial plots assigned to you using the farm equipment provided to you.
• Carry out Technical Tasks: Carry out all technical activities as required by your manager, including spraying, creating planting tools (such as planting strings, planting sticks and row sticks), creating harvest boxes, etc.

We are an international non-profit that works in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi and Zambia. In these countries, our 5,000+ strong staff serves over 500,000 smallholder farmers and enables them to grow their way out of hunger and poverty.

Farmers First

• Quantitative Data Collection: Conduct quantitative data collection according to trial requirements, including at planting, top dressing and harvesting, and ensure data quality and accuracy
• Meet KPI Targets: Follow work plan set in the weekly meeting and track daily activities and KPI’s to report to your supervisor
• Participate in Trainings & Staff Activities: Attend and participate in weekly staff meetings and trainings

Job Requirements

• A minimum of 2 years work experience in a related field
• National Identification Card (ID)
• Minimum Education; KSCE D+
• Strong numeric and data collections skills
• Knowledge of agricultural practices for smallholder farmers
• Excellent communication skills
• Exceptional personal organizational skills and attention to detail
• Time management skills and ability to work independently
• Positive attitude with a strong work ethic
• Demonstrated commitment to teamwork and collaboration
• Eager to learn, teach, enhance current processes and develop new operations
• Be willing to participate in hard physical labor, using the farm equipment provided
• Humility, we are looking for passionate professionals who combine strong leadership skills with patience and a humble approach to service to join our growing family of leaders
• Passionate about serving smallholder farmers
• Language: English, Kiswahili required