Malawi Farmer Behavior & Extension Design Lead

excerpts from the official posting

The Agronomy & Extension Lead will own the implementation of Malawi’s extension strategy, using HCD and SBC approaches to translate agronomic recommendations into simple, practical and adoptable support for farmers. The role will strengthen extension delivery, training and communication content, and use farmer…

Main responsibilities

• The role combines technical agronomy leadership with the design and management of a practical, farmer-centered extension system.
• Own Malawi's agronomy and extension strategy
• Co-design and maintain a multi-year strategy aligned with Malawi’s impact priorities and farmers’ needs.
• Turn the strategy into annual OKRs, budgets, seasonal plans and clear ownership across teams.

Profile

• Across all roles, these are the general qualifications we look for . For this role specifically, you will have:
• A bachelor's degree in Agronomy, Crop Science, Agricultural Systems, Agricultural Extension, Sociology, Anthropology, Design or a related field;
• Experience working in the agricultural sector, ideally with smallholder farmers, is strongly preferred.