One Acre Fund is an agricultural NGO with a strong footprint in
Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping
farm families to achieve their full potential. One Acre invests in farmers to
generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a “market
bundle” that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market
access.
Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure more than 100% average gain in farm income per acre. We are growing quickly. In our Kenya program, we have grown to serve over 200,000 farm families with more than 1,200 full-time field staff, expecting to grow to 500,000 by 2020.
By 2020, One Acre Fund (OAF) expects to have 1M+ households in our
product distribution and training network, including roughly 5M children. With
this growth, we are seeing the ability to influence the adoption of
lifeimproving products at a meaningful scale. Using this network to affect
nutrition and health outcomes is emerging as an increasingly large impact
priority.
Roles
Requirements
Role
Requirements
Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure more than 100% average gain in farm income per acre. We are growing quickly. In our Kenya program, we have grown to serve over 200,000 farm families with more than 1,200 full-time field staff, expecting to grow to 500,000 by 2020.
Our program has already demonstrated statistically significant
reductions in reported hunger among our clients’ households; but we want to take
this work to the next level through a comprehensive nutrition program that
improves key nutrition outcomes in our farmer population.
As part of the “1000 days study”, 600 pregnant women in Bungoma
County will receive a bundle of appropriate products and trainings from the
mother’s 15-20th week of pregnancy until the child is 2 years old. Health Field
Officers (HFOs) will play a major role in the study implementation. The HFOs
will be responsible for mobilizing, training and conducting home visits to ‘1000
days study’ participants on Nutrition and WASH.
Health
Field Officer
JOB LOCATION: Bungoma County (Kimilili, Webuye east & Webuye
west Sub Counties)
Roles
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Coordinate for home visits, group trainings and personal calendar
and tasks on a weekly, monthly and quarterly basis.
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Build and maintain a positive relationship with the participants
to ensure training attendance, product intake, and behavior change for a
healthy pregnancy.
·
Work under supervision from Community Health Extension Workers and
OAF Health Field Managers.
·
Identify areas for self-development and create professional
development plans.
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Mobilization of study participants to ensure 100% attendance in
meetings, group trainings, individual home visits and product deliveries.
·
Facilitate monthly group trainings to pregnant women with strict
adherence to the training
We are an international non-profit that works in Kenya, Rwanda,
Burundi, Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi and Zambia. In these countries, our 5,000+
strong staff serves over 500,000 smallholder farmers and enables them to grow
their way out of hunger and poverty.
Farmers First
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Distribute products and provide demonstrations to study
participants.
·
Conduct biweekly personalized home visits to pregnant women, with
strict adherence to schedule and use of dialogue counseling process.
·
Identify barriers and enablers to product uptake and behavior
change among participants.
·
Efficiently use mobile platform on smartphones/tablets to organize
schedules, follow checklists and collect specific data from participants.
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Collect basic data on product consumption and acceptability.
Requirements
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Certificate or Diploma in Nutrition, Dietetics, Home economics,
Community development or Social work with at least 1 year working experience in
these fields.
·
Basic work organization skills:
1. deadline
focus/time management, prioritization of tasks.
2. ability
to follow complex instructions and make independent decisions.
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Excellent communication skills, empathy and cultural specific
social awareness. HFOs should be comfortable enough discussing topics like
breastfeeding or family planning with pregnant women.
·
Smartphone/tablets intuitive skills to record data and send messages
to the team.
·
Fluency in English, Swahili and Luhya.
·
Determination and commitment in improving health and nutrition
outcomes of OAF households.
·
Excellent attitude, team spirit, humility, willingness to learn
and work hard.
How to Apply
If you feel motivated to work for One Acre Fund as the Health
Field Officer and if you fulfill our requirements for this role, we look
forward to receiving your application by 7th May, 2018.
To apply, please click on this link
You will be prompted to a form that must be completed. At the end
of the form you will have the opportunity to write a motivational letter and
upload your CV.
Health Field Manager
Role
·
Co-supervise field visits, trainings and HFOs’ personal calendar
and tasks with the Community Health Extension Workers (CHEWs).
·
Build and oversee positive relationships with other stakeholders
and secure their buy-in for the OAF Nutrition program.
·
Work under supervision from OAF study coordinator. Identify areas
for self-development and create professional development plans.
·
Identify areas of development for HFOs and give actionable
feedback for their career development.
·
Supervise and assess of HFOs on their execution roles in the
Nutrition program (e.g mobilization, meetings, group trainings, individual home
visits and product deliveries). HFMs will be accountable for performance
outcomes of HFOs.
We are an international non-profit that works in Kenya, Rwanda,
Burundi, Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi and Zambia. In these countries, our 5,000+
strong staff serves over 500,000 smallholder farmers and enables them to grow
their way out of hunger and poverty.
Farmers
First
·
Shadow and support HFOs while facilitating monthly group trainings
to pregnant women with strict adherence to the training schedule and use of
adult learning methods.
·
Shadow and support HFOs while conducting biweekly personalized
home visits to pregnant women, with strict adherence to schedule and use of
dialogue counselling process.
·
Support HFOs to facilitate dialogue counselling process with the
participants to identify barriers and enablers to product uptake and behaviour
change.
·
Control quality of all data collected and provides support for
efficient use of the mobile platform.
·
Replace spontaneously any HFO in the field to complete group
trainings and home visits if required.
·
Collect key delivery and attendance documents signed by
participants during monthly trainings for supervision and reconciliation at the
warehouse.
·
Ensure prompt and timely reporting of serious and adverse events
by HFOs. Make follow-up with Government Relations (GR) on progress and final
recommendations from the study doctor.
·
Attend monthly staff meetings with CHEWs and supervisors, collect
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), testimonials and reports. · Any
other assignments assigned by your Supervisor.
Requirements
·
Diploma or Degree in Nutrition, Dietetics, Home economics,
Community development or Social work with at least 2 years working experience.
Experience in management highly valued.
·
Work organization skills:
1.
Monthly target setting, work planning and tracking, prioritization
of tasks.
2.
Ability to identify, solve problems, and make independent
decisions.
·
Management skills:
1.
Ability to give instructions, assess performance, provide
constructive feedback and followup.
2.
Mentorship skills and team spirit.
·
Excellent communication skills, and cultural specific social
awareness.
·
Smartphone/tablets intuitive skills.
·
Fluency in English, Swahili and Luhya.
·
Determination and commitment in improving health and nutrition
outcomes of OAF households.
·
Excellent attitude, humility, willingness to learn and work hard.
How
to Apply
If you feel motivated to work for One Acre Fund as the Health
Field Manager and if you fulfill our requirements for this role, we look
forward to receiving your application by 7th May, 2018.
To apply, please click on this link
You will be prompted to a form that must be completed. At the end
of the form you will have the opportunity to write a motivational letter and
upload your CV.
PLEASE
NOTE
You must be 18 years or older to qualify for any position at One
Acre Fund. One Acre Fund will never ask you for money in return for advancement
in the recruitment process or for being offered a position. Only shortlisted
candidates will be contacted.