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Are you a web-developer looking into joining an award-winning NGO working with smallholder farmers in Kenya, East Africa and Latin America to access, understand and interpret data to make life changing decisions on their farms.
Well, our member Producer Direct is looking for an enthusiastic User Centered Developer will work with our small, but dedicated, team across UK, Kenya and Peru, and be based in either our London or Nairobi office.
You will be tasked with delivering user centered design approach to develop a platform (incl. analogue and digital components – such as paper logbook, apps and dashboards) that integrates analogue and digital data collection and provides usable and actionable data insights for smallholder farmers.
This is a great opportunity to use your UX and software development skills to support farmers to access, understand and interpret data to make life changing decisions on their farms; making a real impact on farmers’ lives.
The job application deadline is on 28th September 2018
Do you think you have what it takes? Get more details about the job in terms of qualification and how to apply, click here
About Producers Direct:
Producers Direct works with 600,000 farmers in East Africa and Latin America and is led by farmers, for farmers. By co-investing with this network, Producers Direct is creating lasting and vital impact with the farmers who grow 70% of the world’s food.
The company’s model and approach focuses on creating opportunities for smallholders to share, build upon and strengthen this knowledge and expertise. Farmer ownership and leadership is central to activities on the ground, governance and strategy.
With 50% of the board members being smallholder farmers themselves and the company working with smallholder farmers in Kenya, the company trusts its board to lead the strategy and vision. The company also has an international network of Promoter Farmers, operating through farmer-led Centers of Excellence which helps farmers deliver a successful adoption and implementation of farming techniques, capable of transforming lives. This success is directly linked to training designed and delivered by peers.
Thinking about what joining a work space designed for business, could do for you and your team? Talk to our team – we’d love to hear from you. Get in touch.
