Job: Rwanda Market Access Supervisor at One Acre Fund. Deadline

About One Acre Fund

Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund supplies 1 million smallholder farmers with the agricultural services they need to make their farms vastly more productive. Our 8,000+ team is drawn from diverse backgrounds and professions. With operations across six core countries in Africa, we make farmers more prosperous by providing quality farm supplies on credit, delivered within walking distance of farmers’ homes, and agricultural training to improve harvests. On average, the farmers we serve harvest 50 percent more food after working with One Acre Fund. 

To learn more about our work, take a look at our Why Work Here blog for more information.

About the Role

The Market Access Supervisor will be a crucial member in supporting the execution of regular harvest aggregations of a given region of the country. Have a background in agriculture as gathers the farmer information and managing aggregations including the management of harvest casual staff. The supervisor will manage a team of up to ten Market Access Representatives across different districts in a given region. The Supervisor is the link between the field staff and management across two distinct areas: Firstly, the oversight of our farmer database management activities, which will often require much time working with farmers and supporting farmer engagements to establish crop volumes, locations, and quality. Secondly, It requires precise planning and logistical management through the management and organization of harvesting staff and activities in your region such as moving products, processing at local hubs, and last-mile delivery. and will report to the Market Access Coordinator.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of our clients located in your region
• Help in plan and execution of market access aggregations
• Manage a team of up to Ten Market Access Representatives in your Region
• The supervisors have tasks to manage our customers' satisfaction as they will spend much time with farmers which is easy for them to have more information about farmers needs and remember One Acre Fund always puts farmers first.
• Provide feedback to management on anticipated harvest timings and yields.
• Manage our team of representatives in their client engagement activities.
• We prefer that you will do up to 5 field visits in any given week, depending on the meeting or office work required that week
• Provide detailed feedback in field operations to improve efficiency
• Ensure excellent knowledge and execution of all activities by your Representatives and promote a strong team culture, linked to TUBURA values
• Oversee calendar for all representatives in your region; keep it updated and make sure each representative is doing a good job with efficient, strategic planning to meet aggregation goals and reduce costs
• Plan agenda for and run weekly team meetings and provide feedback to improve upon them
• Determine the development needs of representatives and work with management to support them where needed.
• Do regular back-check phone calls and field visits with farmers when aggregation is on the verge of commencing or if potential problems are reported.
• Train Representatives on general agronomic knowledge specifically on horticultural crops to implement in client engagement activities.
• Support in visiting farmers in your region/other regions whenever there is a temporary shortage of Representative or urgency issue.
• Work with your line manager for Representative selections.

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:

• Agricultural education background, with a bachelor's degree in Horticulture, crop production and agribusiness or a related field.
• 1+ years of work experience working with farmers who grow horticultural crops
• Strong analytical skills, with outstanding MS Office (MS excel, MS word and PPT) knowledge.
• Leadership experience at work, or outside of work, keen for learning, and receptive to feedback.
• Strong interpersonal skills are recommended for this position.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks with attention to details.
• Ability to build teams and work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds.
• Experience in export information is an added value
• Language: Kinyarwanda and English (French will be an added value)

Preferred Start Date

As soon as possible

Job Location

Gakenke, North and Huye, South, Rwanda

Benefits

Health insurance, paid time off 

Eligibility

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

Application Deadline:27 August 2021

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.

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