CHARITY JOBS IN AFRICA

Country: Kenya
Closing date: 26 Feb 2015

Founded in 1993, Agribusiness Systems International (ASI) provides tailored services to firms, investors, and entities that support the agribusiness sector to create increasingly competitive and dynamic industries. An affiliate of ACDI/VOCA, ASI draws from that organization’s 50 years of experience expanding economic opportunities in 146 developing and transitional nations. ASI supports ACDI/VOCA’s mission by helping farmers and agribusinesses develop the skills necessary to operate competitively in a market-driven global economy.

Technical Operations Officer, Kenya

We are currently seeking a Technical Operations Officer for the AgResults Kenya On-Farm Storage Pilot is a multi-year project, anticipated to run until approximately December 2018, that aims to address post-harvest losses by facilitating the development, marketing and distribution of on-farm storage solutions to smallholder farmers. The pilot aims to increase the economic welfare of smallholders through improved access to enhanced storage solutions that minimize crop losses and enable smallholders to store maize longer, help catalyze a sustainable long-term market for grain storage solutions in Kenya, and test an innovative approach to engaging the private sector to serve smallholder needs, with potential future applicability to the delivery of other goods and services to smallholders.

The role of the Technical Operations Officer is to oversee the work of an independently contracted firm(s) to verify the sales that Implementers make, ensure quality of data collection of verifier firm, support preparation of all project reports, and conduct administrative tasks as requested by the Team Leader.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as Acting Team Leader when the Team Leader is absent.

• Liaise closely and oversee the work done by the organization(s) hired for Pilot Verification services, which are anticipated to include a randomized rural household survey, two market share surveys, and two rounds of sales audits over a period of approximately three and a half years.

• Provide input, conduct spot checks and oversee the following: sales audits and development of indicators to identify potential misreporting; fieldwork and data collection for the surveys; data cleaning, data analysis and reporting.

• Develop, in collaboration with the Verifier, any necessary templates for data collected from the Implementers.

• Liaise with the Pilot Verifier organization(s) to ensure consistency in work plans and reporting.

• Support analysis of LGB testing being conducted on the storage products in the Pilot, as needed

• Support operations, particularly weekly, monthly and quarterly management reporting to the Secretariat and/or Steering Committee.

• Provide operational support including: administrative tasks, communications & reporting, outreach and research as may be required.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of five years of experience overseeing surveys and data collection, preferably in the field of agriculture or agribusiness.
• Bachelor’s degree required in research methods, statistics, economics or other related field; master’s degree preferred.
• Demonstrated experience and effectiveness developing and overseeing surveys, data collection, survey protocols, data cleaning, and data analysis and reporting.
• Excellent communicating and problem solving abilities.
• Demonstrated excellence in oral, written and reading comprehension abilities.
• Training and/or experience with SPSS, Stata, SAS, LIMDEP or other appropriate statistics software packages.
• Fluency in English is required.

How to apply:

Please apply by sending a detailed CV to ASIKenya@joinav.org. Please indicate the job in which you are applying for in the subject line of your email.