Agriculture Subject Matter Expert at Digital Divide Data (DDD Kenya)

Purpose of the role

The Agriculture Subject Matter Expert (SME) will be responsible for advising the project delivery team on the technical aspects of the Agtech projects. The SME acts as a repository of authoritative information. Functionally, the SME will be responsible for looking at images and videos of plants and crops and identifying the health and productivity of those plants. We use a number of software tools to do this work, and we use these efforts to help improve agricultural technology for our clients.

Job Description

• Provide technical leadership on agriculture-related projects;
• Develop training materials for labelers working on the agriculture project;
• Review and update customer instructions and make recommendations for revisions/clarifications;
• Assist with training the labelers;
• Work closely with the senior SME, QA, and PM to provide technical guidance as needed;
• Review of output before submission to the customer and flag any issues to the DDD team ahead of deliveries;
• Documentation of project-related material and knowledge transfer to the project teams

Qualifications

• A degree in agriculture, agribusiness, plant science, horticulture, biology, environmental sciences, or a related field is required;
• A minimum of 3 years of experience in agriculture;
• Work experience - Potentially at the management level and has worked with a diversity of crops;
• Strong communication, analytical, writing, and interpersonal skills;
• Excellent time management skills;
• Professional proficiency in written and spoken English required

Attributes:

• Observant and Inquisitive;
• Tech Savvy;
• Free thinking and Innovative and Articulate;
• Team player.