Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, September 07, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Field Manager

About The Role
The Field Manager role is appropriate for hard-working professionals who are good at managing teams to implement projects in the field, and who have a sincere commitment to serving farmers with integrity and positivity. Field Managers are based in the field to manage small rural field offices, and spend most of their time collaborating with the local administration officials, managing Field Officers & Field Facilitators in their field activities by providing training, coaching and mentoring teammates, leading brainstorming of challenges and solutions, answering questions, reporting on progress, and ensuring work is being carried out to a high quality.

Location: The role will be based in either of our coastal locations of Kilifi or Kwale, Kenya.

What you will Do
• Regularly visit the FEN staff when working in the field in order to check on the quality of their work and confirm proper execution of work tasks
• Interact with sub-chiefs, village elders, and other community leaders and groups to secure support of and assistance with the project
• Monitor & submit weekly reports to the immediate supervisor on the FEN progress and deliverables
• Organize & train Field Officers & Facilitators in all required technical and behavioral job elements in order to successfully enroll & serve farmers, plant & maintain trees
• Lead social marketing efforts in your locations (attend barazas, parent-school days, churches, etc.) to enhance farmer mobilization, recruitment & enrollment
• Provide both onboarding training for new staff, annual refreshers for all staff, and just-in-time training throughout planting season.

What You Have
• Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree in related fields required
• Minimum of two years’ experience in field operations & management level
• Experience in community mobilization, and experience in forming self-help groups for various projects is very advantageous
• Good leadership, teamwork and communication skills
• Willing to relocate and live within your designated project area
• Experience in training of trainers

You're Also
• Motivated, detailed oriented & organized
• Flexible and self-motivated with the drive to do whatever necessary to get the job done
• Comfortable working in a field environment
• Self-directed and intellectually curious; you know how and when to seek feedback in the pursuit of continuous improvement
• Growth-obsessed with a strong desire for personal development
• A collaborative problem solver who seeks the opinions of other teammates and departments in the development of creative and sustainable systems


Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 24

Level of Education: Postgraduate Degree

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