Lead, Content & Services (Agronomist)

About the role

Grameen Foundation's Ghana office is developing mobile-phone-based solutions to strengthen health care delivery and improve health behaviors among the rural poor, and is launching a new program using mobile phones to help smallholder farmers improve efficiency and productivity. The Lead, Content & Services (Agronomist) leads the design and delivery of agriculture content and assists in the overall project management of the ICT Challenge project, a USAID initiative supporting ICT adoption for food security and nutrition crops. The role works closely with the Program Director and covers client account management and day-to-day project management.

Key responsibilities

• Assist the Program Director with work planning, daily operations, budget management, reporting and logistics.
• Ensure field program execution follows the work plan and quality standards.
• Design and package agricultural curriculum for maize, rice, sorghum, cassava, yam and cowpea, and develop SMS and IVR campaigns based on it.
• Develop training modules and oversee initial training for extension agents and input suppliers.
• Support the monitoring and evaluation analyst in designing a baseline survey, and develop an escalation path for content queries.
• Supervise the Specialist, Field Operations, act as partner liaison, liaise with public and private agriculture institutions, and collaborate with the technology team on solution design.
• Serve as subject matter expert on agronomy and provide technical expertise to team members.

Required profile

• 5-8 years of overall experience managing substantive projects and teams.
• Minimum 5 years in agronomy, agricultural extension or agriculture economics, including at least 2 years in Ghana.
• Masters' degree in Agronomy, Agriculture Economics or a related field.
• Fluency in at least one Ghanaian language strongly preferred; experience in global, multicultural organizations is a strong plus.

Required skills

• Deep agronomy knowledge and ability to package technical advice for low-literate farmers.
• Project management, prioritization and execution skills.
• Communication and relationship management, influencing without authority.
• Data analysis and familiarity with Human-Centered Design and Monitoring & Evaluation frameworks.

To apply, send a cover letter, detailed CV with dates, copies of academic certificates and three work referees by 15 December 2015, indicating the position in the subject line.