🌱 #JobHuntMondays | One Acre Fund is hiring an Agricultural Trials Lead to lead early-stage trials of promising farm technologies across Kenya.

🌍 What One Acre Fund is doing: One Acre Fund equips 5.5 million smallholder farmers with quality farm supplies, tree seedlings, credit and agronomic training, across countries home to two-thirds of Africa’s farmers. On average, supported farmers increase their income and assets on supported land by more than 35 percent.

💼 In this role, you’d:
🧪 Lead the phase 1 agricultural research portfolio in Kenya, from fertiliser alternatives and soil-health innovations to biological inputs and integrated pest management
🗺️ Manage a network of research hubs across five agro-ecological zones
🔬 Provide technical leadership on trial design, and set quality standards for data collection, analysis
📊 Analyse results and recommend which technologies should move to further testing, scaling or commercialisation
💰 Manage budgets, inputs, equipment and research operations across the hubs
👥 Recruit, manage and develop a multidisciplinary trials team

📋 Strong fit if you have:
✅ An MSc with 2–3 years of experience in applied agricultural sciences
✅ Strong technical knowledge of fertiliser alternatives, soil-health products and integrated pest management
✅ Experience designing and managing multi-location trials and research stations
✅ Experience managing research budgets, work plans, KPIs and technical teams

💚 IMVELO Impact: Healthier soils and smarter inputs start with rigorous testing. Trials that prove which innovations work help farmers cut costs, restore their land and adapt to a changing climate.

📍 Location: Nairobi, Kenya (with research hubs across the country)
⏳ Duration: 3 years
⏰ Deadline: 8 January 2027

🔗https://oneacrefund.org/vacancies/agricultural-trials-lead-fixed-term

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