Job Details

Job Description

About the Role

As the Zambia Research and Data Lead, you will oversee strategic Data, Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning projects. You will use our central data warehouse to make data-driven recommendations that increase farmer impact and improve our daily operations such as client adoption and repayment collection. You will support internal agronomic and agroforestry research efforts, including providing oversight on One Acre Fund research stations.

You will report to the Senior MEL Regional Manager.

Responsibilities

• You’ll work with internal and external agricultural and forestry scientists to conduct crop and agroforestry impact assessments and research trials.
• You’ll indirectly supervise a team of enumerators (50+), MEL field managers (4) while working with the Impact and Field department.
• You’ll develop qualitative and quantitative surveys, conduct field testing, and refine data collection.
• You’ll perform data analysis of operational data (enrollment, repayment, spatial) and generate reports to draw meaningful conclusions and actionable insights.
• You’ll will work directly with country leadership, global data science, and global MEL to ensure recommendations are understood and acted upon.
• You’ll help build a data-driven culture within One Acre Fund Zambia.

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:

• 3+ years of experience, a demonstrated passion for data and research, and strong knowledge of statistics.
• A Bachelor’s degree or higher in a quantitative field such as statistics, mathematics, data science, business analytics, economics, finance, engineering, computer science or a relevant science degree.
• Essential Skills: Predictive modeling and analytics, documentation skills, with the ability to translate business needs into technical solutions
• Important Skills: Data modeling, Intermediate understanding of SQL to write queries with large relational datasets, Programming Languages- basic programming knowledge, such as Python, Stata, R or similar
• Nice-to-have Skills: Experience using Dataiku, experience and comfort with geospatial analysis, experience in agriculture/ agroforestry/ forestry/ or remote sensing.
• The experience and willingness to teach others and advise on organizational data decisions

Preferred Start Date

As soon as possible

Job Location

70% rural work (Central Province – Kabwe) for the first 6 months followed by 30% rural / 70% capital (Lusaka) going forward

Benefits

Health insurance, housing, and comprehensive benefits

Contract Duration

5 years (Renewable)

Eligibility

One Acre Fund can support a work permit for this role. However, nationals of (or those with an extensive professional background and work history in) our countries of operation are preferred.

Application Deadline

17 December 2024