Sprout Junior Product Development Engineering Consultant

The Junior Product Developer will work on the following activities:

Support Sprout Platform

• Provide technical support to the Sprout team and partners, addressing inquiries, troubleshooting issues, and implementing effective solutions to enhance platform performance.
• Assist in the overall management of the Sprout Platform, ensuring its stability, reliability, and scalability.
• Provide customer support for internal and external users.
• Support the updating and evolution Digital Weather Advisory Services (DWAS)
• Contributing to the ongoing improvement of DWAS generally and specifically for Kenya and Senegal including supporting implementation of the core platform update and features in line b below.
• Work with identified partners such as weather service providers, to define and implement new features on DWAS
• Add features to the service based on project priorities, internal team, partner and customer requests.
• Working with partners to implement the above services.

Reporting

• Collaborating with various partners to collect reporting data, ensuring accuracy and consistency in the information gathered.
• Analyze and present reporting numbers for donors.
• Analyzing the reports to derive meaningful insights that inform decision-making, platform enhancements, and growth opportunities.

Business development

• Onboarding FFOs (partners) to use the Sprout platform's data driven and open content
• Support Business Development events and meetings.

Consultant Deliverables

• The consultant will work to produce regular progress reports and activity time logs and any supporting documents /screenshots to proof the achievement of the deliverables below:
• Support Sprout Platform
• Provide technical support to the Sprout team and partners, addressing inquiries, troubleshooting issues, and implementing effective solutions to enhance platform performance.
• Assist in the overall management of the Sprout Platform, ensuring its stability, reliability, and scalability.
• Provide customer support for internal and external users.
• Support the updating and evolution Digital Weather Advisory Services (DWAS)
• Contributing to the ongoing improvement of DWAS generally and specifically for Kenya and Senegal including supporting implementation of the core platform update and features in line b below.
• Work with identified partners such as weather service providers, to define and implement new features on DWAS
• Add features to the service based on project priorities, internal team, partner and customer requests.
• Working with partners to implement the above services.

Reporting

• Collaborating with various partners to collect reporting data, ensuring accuracy and consistency in the information gathered.
• Analyze and present reporting numbers for donors.
• Analyzing the reports to derive meaningful insights that inform decision-making, platform enhancements, and growth opportunities.
• Business development
• Onboarding FFOs (partners) to use the Sprout platform's data driven and open content
• Support Business Development events and meetings.

Required Experience and Skills

• 2 - 4 years of experience in the field of Agriculture in a governmental, or non-governmental organization or a reputable international or national organization preferred
• Experience in backend programming, software development, web development, and database management.
• Experience in using git and github.
• Experience designing and implementing SMS, telegram and WhatsApp for Business platforms, Chatbots.
• Understanding of and work experience of Kenya, Ethiopia, and/or Nigeria's agricultural sector
• Excellent Computer, verbal and written communication skills, including report development, writing and editing.
• Possession of excellent interpersonal skills, high level of proactiveness and self-discipline
• Experience and ability to work in a multicultural, multinational team
• Experience with monitoring and evaluation of projects
• Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated experience in project management skills.
• Demonstrated attention to detail, ability to follow procedures, meet deadlines and work independently and cooperatively with team members.