Summary
Date Posted: 11th April 2019 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed , Employment Type: Full_Time , Currency: TZS , Value: 1250000 , Minimum: 875000 , Maximum: 3750000 , Period: MONTH

JOB DETAILS:
About myAgro
myAgro is an award-winning non-profit social enterprise based in West Africa. myAgro has pioneered a mobile savings model that allows farmers to invest their own funds in high-quality seed, fertilizer, and training and increase their harvest and income by 50-100%. myAgro’s North Star is to help 1 million farmers increase their incomes by $1.50 per day by 2025 and lift themselves out of poverty. Learn more from myAgro’s founder here.
About the System and Operations Manager Role
The Systems and Operations Manager, based in Masasi, will manage many of myAgro’s support functions, including Logistics, IT, Finance and Admin, to support the Tanzania program’s success. This position will set strategy, build processes and systems, and develop a team to help drive myAgro’s growth and impact. The Systems and Operations Manager will need to be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment while also carefully assessing and setting priorities and leading a team of talented local and international staff. The position requires the ability to analyze complex organizational challenges, work within a budget, and build for scale. The Systems and Operations Manager will report to the Country Director of Tanzania..

Responsibilities
Leadership and Management
• Hire, train, guide and direct managers of the Operations departments, 4 to 5 people directly and 20 to 25 indirectly.
• Set clear performance criteria and KPIs for managers and their departments
• Model a service mentality to support the rest of the organization; cultivate that approach in the Operations team
• Set strategic direction of the Operations team to help drive toward myAgro’s goals; communicate goals and the role of the team in achieving these
• Support the professional development and retention of the team
• Work with Finance to set the budget for Operations and assess performance against it; manage department within budget

Required Experience
• 5+ years of relevant work experience
• At least 2 years of international, developing country experience in a similar social enterprise or project management role with significant responsibility
• Demonstrated ability to be a key driver of organizational effectiveness
• Proven ability to work effectively at all levels of an organization and with a highly diverse, distributed workforce
• Great communication -written and verbal- and presentation skills in Swahili and English
• Strong skills in Excel and comfortable working with big datasets
• Comfort in a fast-paced, startup environment with operations in a developing country
• Flexibility, a sense of humor, an open mind, and a diligent work ethic
• Strong leadership and management skills combined with humility
• Creative and versatile approach to problem-solving; solution-oriented
• Proven, strong communication skills and ability to work cross culturally

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