Rwanda Senior Site supervisor (Fixed-Term)

About One Acre Fund

Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund equips more than 4 million smallholder farmers to make their farms more productive. Across nine countries that together are home to two-thirds of Africa's farmers, we provide high-quality farm supplies, tree seedlings, accessible credit, modern agronomic training, and a wide range of other agricultural services. On average, this model enables any farmer to increase her income and assets on supported land by more than 40 percent, while permanently improving her climate resilience. This is all made possible by our team of 8,000+ full-time staff, drawn from diverse backgrounds and professions. To learn more, please see our Why Work Here blog post.

Our Rwanda program, founded in 2007, operates under the local brand Tubura. We have more than 3,200 staff located in all four Rwanda provinces and Kigali. Together, we directly serve more than 790,000 farmers. To learn more about our work, look at our Rwanda program blog for more information.

About the Role

MKT Site Senior Supervisor  is expected to perform the field work in the assigned districts of operation. This field work includes the MEs supervising the farmers training, enrollments and maize pick up. Also, supervise sales and distribution performance in the assigned districts.

Responsibilities

• Ensure preparation and execution of  grain aggregation projects in your site. 
• Recruit, train and manage a field team of micro entrepreneurs (MEs) and micro cell officers (MCOs) to support grain aggregation, mobilization and training of farmers. And manage the grain pick up.
• Coordinate Sales MKT product and delivery follow up
• MKT product Data reconciliation
• Build good relationship with partners.

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:

• 1+ years experience in servicing small holder farmers or working on in the field-based roles
• Manage 2+ direct reports and multi-layer teams.
• Technical skills include: Excel (can maintain complex spreadsheets) , data analysis, and email writting.
• Fluency in Kinyarwanda and Basic in English is required.
• Experience in marketing
• Mobilization in rural area
• Coordinate all field operations of the project
• Accept to live in the district of operations( Kayonza, Nyamasheke,Musanze)

Preferred Start Date

As soon as possible

Job Location

Kayonza, Musanze, Nyamasheke, Rwanda

Benefits

Health insurance, paid time off 

Contract Duration

2 years

Eligibility

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

Application Deadline

01 December 2024. Please note that we hire on a rolling basis which means that applications are reviewed and processed on a continuous basis until a hire is made.

One Acre Fund never asks candidates to pay any money or pay for tests at any stage of the interview process. Official One Acre Fund emails will always arrive from an @oneacrefund.org address. Please report any suspicious communication here (globalhotline@oneacrefund.org), but do not send applications or application materials to this email address.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI), and anti-racism are deeply connected to our organization’s mission and purpose. One Acre Fund aspires to build a culture where all staff feel consistently valued, represented, and connected – so that our team can thrive as professionals, and achieve exceptional impact for the farmers we serve.

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.