Responsibilities

• Senior Leadership: Identify opportunities to improve operations and program performance across the whole Nigeria portfolio, through tracking of measurements, and identifying / working on process improvements. Manage budgets for each of the role’s areas of responsibility, and create forecasts for expansion and other programme innovations.
• Innovation & Impact: Lead overall performance of the Innovations & Research teams, focusing on accelerating our impact with youth and female farmer segments. Improve how we design, trial, analyze and report upon our innovation & research programmes. Diversify country-wide impact approach, from farm-season impact measurement to long-term triple bottom line metrics. Directly design our most important trials and impact projects.
• Business Relations & Partnerships: Lead scoping and development of commercial and government partnerships. Assess and manage ongoing partnership health. Support the global business development (fundraising) team in donor engagement.

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:

Full alignment to OAF’s values, by putting farmers first

You have 7+ years of highly successful professional experience. Relevant experience may include:

Entrepreneurship including founding or running a small business;

Private sector business, NGO, or international development

Consulting-based experience, including developing and iterating on new business models quickly

Agricultural, agroforestry, or rural development work experience.

You have 2+ years senior management experience with examples of people development and performance management. You have a passion for developing and growing teams, and balancing multiple thematic topics simultaneously.

You are comfortable with setting and communicating strategy

You have a Bachelor’s degree or higher

Fluent written and spoken English required.