Sunday 29 June 2014
SENIOR ADVISOR, POLICY AND STRATEGIC PLANNING( NATIONALS OF TANZANIA ONLY)
Advertised on behalf of :
Location : Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA
Application Deadline :08-Jul-14
Type of Contract :Service Contract
Post Level :SB-5
Languages Required :
English
Starting Date :
(date when the selected candidate is expected to start)01-Aug-2014
Duration of Initial Contract : One year
Expected Duration of Assignment :One year
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Background
UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security. Placing women’s rights at the centre of all its efforts, UN Women leads and coordinates United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. It provides strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States’ priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.
The UN Women Tanzania Country Programme is part of United Nations Delivering as One and included as part of the UN Development Assistance Programme 2014-2016.
In the UNDAP, UN Women is appointed the Lead agency on Gender. UN Women also leads and holds the Secretariat for the Development Partner Group on Gender and co-chairs the high level Macro Policy Working Group on Gender together with the Ministry of Community Development Gender and Children.
The Senior Advisor, Policy and Strategic Planning supports the organization’s efforts to advance gender-responsive national governance and accountability frameworks that focus on public sector functions related to priority setting in service delivery and investment (planning and budgeting), focuses on national policy as articulated in national development strategies, and sector and local plans; institutions and systems of public administration and transparent and adequate financing. The work also supports the coordination and generation of the necessary evidence base for this planning and budgeting including gender profiles and gender statistics. Furthermore, the senior advisor supports coordination and strategic planning of country office engagement in global and regional initiatives and campaigns.
Under the overall guidance of the Representative, he/she provides technical and policy advice at country level, through strategy development, thematic reviews, tools for capacity building and channels for knowledge sharing and prepares documentation for effective participation of UN Women CO as well as the government of Tanzania and CSOs in UN normative intergovernmental processes on gender and women’s rights; prepares studies, reports and content for policy advocacy, feeding into both the national processes and the regional and global processes, including for example the national Post MDG Dialogue, the Beijing plus 20 campaign coordination, AU, SADC and ICGLR processes.
She/he works in close collaboration with the Deputy Representative and the Team Leader on Democratic Governance as well as communications and programme staff in the UN Women Tanzania country office. She/he liaises effectively with UN Women Regional and HQ advisors as well as other UN colleagues and senior government officials and with NGOs in Tanzania
Duties and Responsibilities
Summary of key functions:
Substantive input and coordination of support to national policy development and financing for GEWE, including to intergovernmental processes and global/regional initiatives and campaigns;
Support UN system and DP partnerships and alliances at country level and lead the Country Office Coordination and Programme Support Unit;
Strategic planning, knowledge generation and capacity building.
Substantive input and coordination on support to national policy development and financing for gender equality and the empowerment of women, including to intergovernmental processes and global/regional initiatives and campaigns on GEWE:
Provide strategic guidance regarding UN Women support to national policy development on GEWE and gender responsive budgeting;
Conduct and lead the analysis of data and provide evidence to build the case for policies and interventions on gender equality and the empowerment of women;
Support and or commission research and country profiles and develop policy papers, practice notes/concepts and other knowledge based-tools for discussion in global, regional or national fora to influence/advance policy dialogue;
Prepare briefing materials for the CR on issues to be discussed in the UN and broader DP group and other related events and meetings. Alert CR on critical issues for action to be addressed;
Substantive support to Country Office, Government and NGO involvement in intergovernmental processes and global/regional initiatives on GEWE.
Support UN system and DP partnership and alliances at country level and lead the Country Office Coordination and Programme Support Unit:
Contribute substantively to the development of strategic approaches to policy dialogue, resource mobilization, partnerships, advocacy and outreach;
Provide technical and policy leadership when UN Women participates in, convenes, or leads UN interagency groups and DP groups on policy related areas, including technical support on gender responsive budgeting to the DPG Gender and the Budget Support Group/Development Partners;
Strategic advisory support to the IAGG and the Development Partner Group on Gender as well as UN engagement in the Gender Mainstreaming Working Group on Macro Policy;
Team leader of the UN Women Country Office Unit on UN Coordination and Programme Support and ensure substantive and technical quality according to standards and goals for each thematic area of the UN Women Country Programme;
Provide guidance to UN Women Tanzania Country Office on UNDAP programming modalities and strategies in support of GEWE to devise improved strategies for ensuring that UN Women‘s investment in coordination processes is yielding results in support of gender equality and women’s human rights;
Oversee, develop proposals and manage projects/studies with respect to thematic gender equality policies and programmes or other relevant interventions at national or regional/international level.
Strategic planning, knowledge generation and capacity building:
Establish and nurture relationship with academia, research institutes, civil society and experts to expand and share knowledge, exchange views on latest findings, incorporate cutting-edge thinking in UN work;
Collect and share lessons learned on coordination and UN system programming and contribute to development of knowledge management products and tools in UN Women and IAGG;
Provide strategic guidance and technical support to the development, monitoring and reporting on the UN Women Stratgic Note/UNDAP and Annual Work Plans;
Contribute substantive content to the preparation of UN Women country office/joint UN reports and advocacy material;
Participate in global practice network on coordination, sharing and learning best practices to keep abreast of and/or to contribute to ongoing debates and strategic thinking and to exchange experience and/or seek support on coordination issues affecting UN Women and UN system programmes and operations;
Ensure the use of evaluation findings to feed into knowledge management and decision making at the country level;
Design and implement capacity development activities to enhance skills and knowledge on request;
Any other tasks within the mandate of UN Women, as requested by the Country Representative.
Impact of Results
The successful management of coordination activities will facilitate and enhance the ability of the Country Representative to work effectively within the context of UN system priorities in the country and support coherent UN response and implementation in line with national strategies and priorities.
The key results also impact on the success of the UN Country Team activities, strengthening of overall coordination capacity, design, implementation and operations of UN activities, and creation of strategic partnerships in support of national priorities and financing for gender equality. Support to strategic planning and management will improve focus of UN Women programming, its alignment with clear national and corporate objectives, and better results reporting.
Competencies
Integrity:
Demonstrate consistency in upholding and promoting the values of UN Women in actions and decisions, in line with the UN Code of Conduct.
Professionalism:
Demonstrate professional competence and expert knowledge of the pertinent substantive areas of work.
Cultural sensitivity and valuing diversity:
Demonstrate an appreciation of the multicultural nature of the organization and the diversity of its staff. Demonstrate an international outlook, appreciating difference in values and learning from cultural diversity.
Core Competencies:
Ethics and Values:
Demonstrate and safeguard ethics and integrity.
Organizational Awareness:
Demonstrate corporate knowledge and sound judgment.
Development and Innovation:
Take charge of self-development and take initiative.
Work in teams:
Demonstrate ability to work in a multicultural, multi ethnic environment and to maintain effective working relations with people of different national and cultural backgrounds.
Communicating and Information Sharing:
Facilitate and encourage open communication and strive for effective communication.
Self-management and Emotional Intelligence:
Stay composed and positive even in difficult moments, handle tense situations with diplomacy and tact, and have a consistent behavior towards others.
Conflict Management:
Surface conflicts and address them proactively acknowledging different feelings and views and directing energy towards a mutually acceptable solution.
Continuous Learning and Knowledge Sharing:
Encourage learning and sharing of knowledge.
Appropriate and Transparent Decision Making:
Demonstrate informed and transparent decision making.
Functional Competencies:
Substantive knowledge and experience related to current policies and practices on GEWE including regional and global frameworks and processes;
Ability to conceptualize and convey strategic vision from the spectrum of development to experience;
Strong communications and presentation skills, with proven expertise in writing cogent and convincing policy and programme documents for development practitioners;
Effectiveness in establishing and fostering good relations with government counterparts, UN agencies, donors, and NGO partners;
Knowledge of the Tanzanian Development Cooperation Framework and Dialogue mechanisms and national coordination processes;
Effectiveness and pro-activity;
Ability to lead in formulating, implementing, monitoring and evaluation of development programmes and projects and research and familiarity with results-based programme planning and management;
Well-developed coordination and people management skills.
Required Skills and Experience
Education:
Master degree (or equivalent) in development related disciplines, gender issues, economics, public policy, law or other social science fields.
Experience:
At least 5 years of extensive development experience that combines intellectual, strategic and managerial leadership in development, policy analysis, gender equality in national or international contexts, of which at least seven years are in the area of Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment;
Familiarity with and experience of National, Regional and International Policy processes on GEWE;
Coordination and networking experience in the area of GEWE;
Proven leadership and management experience.
Language:
High level of proficiency in written and spoken English;
Knowledge of another UN language is an added advantage
UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence.
Part time Pharmacist needed
?MUNA PHARMACY is located in Magomeni Mapipa street, along Morogoro road opposite daladala bus stand on your right when coming from Jangwani.
We are presently seeking an enthusiastic, experienced, self - motivated Pharmacist who can work on part time basis.
Working hours from 16hrs - 23hrs. An attractive remuneration will be offered.
Contacts: munapharmacy2012@gmail.com
Mobile: 0753 24 20 25
We are presently seeking an enthusiastic, experienced, self - motivated Pharmacist who can work on part time basis.
Working hours from 16hrs - 23hrs. An attractive remuneration will be offered.
Contacts: munapharmacy2012@gmail.com
Mobile: 0753 24 20 25
Thursday 26 June 2014
UFADHILI WA KUSOMESHWA A-LEVEL KWA WALIOKOSA KUCHAGULIWA
MOTHER THERESEA FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP
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Wednesday 25 June 2014
SECOND CHANCE KWA WALIOKOSA KUCHAGULIWA KWENDA A-LEVEL
TANGAZO LA NAFASI ZA MASOMO
KIDATO CHA TANO KWA TAHASUSI ZA MASOMO YA SAYANSI, HISABATI, ENGLISH NA UALIMU KWA MUDA WA MIAKA 3
UTANGULIZI
Wizara ya Elimu na Mafunzo ya Ufundi inakaribisha maombi ya kujiunga na Masomo ya Kidato cha Tano kwa tahasusi za masomo ya Sayansi, Hisabati English, na Ualimu kwa muda miaka 3 kwa wahitimu wa Kidato cha IV wenye ufaulu wa Daraja la I hadi III kati ya mwaka 2004 na 2013. Katika masomo haya mwanafunzi atasoma masomo ya Sekondari ya Kidato cha V na VI na kufanya mtihani wa taifa wa Kidato cha VI na kuendelea na Mafunzo ya Ualimu kwa mwaka mwingine mmoja ambapo atatunukiwa Stashahada ya Ualimu. Awali, mfumo huu ulikuwa unajulikana kama half combination.
Nafasi hizi zinatolewa kutokana na upungufu mkubwa wa walimu wa masomo ya Sayansi, Hisabati na English katika shule za sekondari nchini.
Masomo tajwa yataendeshwa katika vyuo vifuatavyo: Butimba, Morogoro, Monduli, Korogwe, Songea na Mpwapwa.
Tahasusi zitakazofundishwa ni kama ifuatavyo:
i. Chemistry, Biology & Education (CBE)
ii. Biology, English & Education (BEE)
iii. Physics, English & Education (PEE)
iv. Mathematics, English & Education (MEE)
v. Chemistry, English & Education (CEE)
vi. Chemistry, Mathematics, & Education (CME)
vii. Nutrition, English & Education (NEE)
viii. Agriculture, English & Education (AEE)
ix. Biology, Nutrition & Education (BNE)
x. Chemistry, Nutrition & Education (CNE)
xi. Chemistry, Agriculture & Education (CAE)
xii. Physics, Chemistry & Education (PCE)
xiii. Geography, Mathematics, & Education (GME)
xiv. Chemistry, Geography & Education (CGE)
xv. Physics, Biology & Education (PBE)
xvi. Physics, Mathematics & Education (PME)
MAELEZO MUHIMU(i) Wale ambao tayari wameshatuma maombi yao kwa masomo haya hawahitaji kuomba tena kwani maombi yao yanashugulikiwa
(ii) Majibu kwa watakaochaguliwa kujiunga na mafunzo ya Ualimu yatatolewa kwenye Tovuti za Wizara ya Elimu na Mafunzo ya Ufundi (www.moe.go.tz), OWM-TAMISEMI (www.pmoralg.go.tz) na NACTE (www.nacte.go.tz)
(iii) Waombaji watakaochaguliwa watatumiwa barua za kujiunga na mafunzo na Wakuu wa vyuo vya Ualimu watakakokuwa wamepangwa kupitia anuani zao;
(iv) Tangazo hili lipo pia katika tovuti ya Wizara: www.moe.go.tz, OWM TAMISEMI: www.pmoralg.go.tz na NACTE: www.nacte.go.tz na kwenye ofisi za Makatibu Tawala (M) na vyuo vya Ualimu.
VIAMBATISHO
Waombaji wa mafunzo ya Ualimu watume maombi yao kwa njia ya Barua ikionyesha anuani kamili ya mwombaji, namba ya simu, pamoja na Nakala ya Cheti cha ufaulu wa Kidato cha IV.
MWISHO WA KUPOKEA MAOMBI NI TAREHE 10 JULY 2014.
Maombi yatumwe kwa:
KATIBU MKUU
WIZARA YA ELIMU NA MAFUNZO YA UFUNDI
7 MTAA WA MAGOGONI ( Zamani S.L.P. 9121)11479 DAR ES SALAAM (Aione: Mkurugenzi, Elimu ya Ualimu)
Kwa wale walioko mikoani, maombi yanaweza kupelekwa kwa Afisa Elimu wa Wilaya ambaye atayawasilisha kwa Katibu Mkuu, Wizara ya Elimu na Mafunzo ya Ufundi.
Source: www.moe.go.tz
KIDATO CHA TANO KWA TAHASUSI ZA MASOMO YA SAYANSI, HISABATI, ENGLISH NA UALIMU KWA MUDA WA MIAKA 3
UTANGULIZI
Wizara ya Elimu na Mafunzo ya Ufundi inakaribisha maombi ya kujiunga na Masomo ya Kidato cha Tano kwa tahasusi za masomo ya Sayansi, Hisabati English, na Ualimu kwa muda miaka 3 kwa wahitimu wa Kidato cha IV wenye ufaulu wa Daraja la I hadi III kati ya mwaka 2004 na 2013. Katika masomo haya mwanafunzi atasoma masomo ya Sekondari ya Kidato cha V na VI na kufanya mtihani wa taifa wa Kidato cha VI na kuendelea na Mafunzo ya Ualimu kwa mwaka mwingine mmoja ambapo atatunukiwa Stashahada ya Ualimu. Awali, mfumo huu ulikuwa unajulikana kama half combination.
Nafasi hizi zinatolewa kutokana na upungufu mkubwa wa walimu wa masomo ya Sayansi, Hisabati na English katika shule za sekondari nchini.
Masomo tajwa yataendeshwa katika vyuo vifuatavyo: Butimba, Morogoro, Monduli, Korogwe, Songea na Mpwapwa.
Tahasusi zitakazofundishwa ni kama ifuatavyo:
i. Chemistry, Biology & Education (CBE)
ii. Biology, English & Education (BEE)
iii. Physics, English & Education (PEE)
iv. Mathematics, English & Education (MEE)
v. Chemistry, English & Education (CEE)
vi. Chemistry, Mathematics, & Education (CME)
vii. Nutrition, English & Education (NEE)
viii. Agriculture, English & Education (AEE)
ix. Biology, Nutrition & Education (BNE)
x. Chemistry, Nutrition & Education (CNE)
xi. Chemistry, Agriculture & Education (CAE)
xii. Physics, Chemistry & Education (PCE)
xiii. Geography, Mathematics, & Education (GME)
xiv. Chemistry, Geography & Education (CGE)
xv. Physics, Biology & Education (PBE)
xvi. Physics, Mathematics & Education (PME)
MAELEZO MUHIMU(i) Wale ambao tayari wameshatuma maombi yao kwa masomo haya hawahitaji kuomba tena kwani maombi yao yanashugulikiwa
(ii) Majibu kwa watakaochaguliwa kujiunga na mafunzo ya Ualimu yatatolewa kwenye Tovuti za Wizara ya Elimu na Mafunzo ya Ufundi (www.moe.go.tz), OWM-TAMISEMI (www.pmoralg.go.tz) na NACTE (www.nacte.go.tz)
(iii) Waombaji watakaochaguliwa watatumiwa barua za kujiunga na mafunzo na Wakuu wa vyuo vya Ualimu watakakokuwa wamepangwa kupitia anuani zao;
(iv) Tangazo hili lipo pia katika tovuti ya Wizara: www.moe.go.tz, OWM TAMISEMI: www.pmoralg.go.tz na NACTE: www.nacte.go.tz na kwenye ofisi za Makatibu Tawala (M) na vyuo vya Ualimu.
VIAMBATISHO
Waombaji wa mafunzo ya Ualimu watume maombi yao kwa njia ya Barua ikionyesha anuani kamili ya mwombaji, namba ya simu, pamoja na Nakala ya Cheti cha ufaulu wa Kidato cha IV.
MWISHO WA KUPOKEA MAOMBI NI TAREHE 10 JULY 2014.
Maombi yatumwe kwa:
KATIBU MKUU
WIZARA YA ELIMU NA MAFUNZO YA UFUNDI
7 MTAA WA MAGOGONI ( Zamani S.L.P. 9121)11479 DAR ES SALAAM (Aione: Mkurugenzi, Elimu ya Ualimu)
Kwa wale walioko mikoani, maombi yanaweza kupelekwa kwa Afisa Elimu wa Wilaya ambaye atayawasilisha kwa Katibu Mkuu, Wizara ya Elimu na Mafunzo ya Ufundi.
Source: www.moe.go.tz
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or just dial 0754876688
Tuesday 24 June 2014
Systems Associate
Wanted
Exceptional professionals with 2 to 5+ years of work experience to serve in a career-track position that combines both field and management experience.
Job Location
Rural Kenya (English required).
Duration
Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job.
Organization Description
Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve.
Job Description
Rapid organization growth translates into great career opportunities for our staff. We invest heavily in careers – we want to develop our next group of country directors, R&D directors, and partnership leaders.
The Systems team plays an integral role in the day-to-day operations of One Acre Fund, including but not limited to inventory management, input delivery to our clients, procurement, customer service, field support, and HQ support.
The Systems team is looking for associates who will play a crucial role in creating, streamlining and facilitating processes among all teams at One Acre Fund including Field, Finance, IT, Logistics, Procurement, and more. We are looking for people who can forge a bridge between our ever-evolving field operations and the technical, data-heavy moving pieces working behind the scenes to support those field operations. The ideal candidate will have a background in systems design, supply chain management, industrial engineering, financial analysis or management consulting and will also have the flexibility to work in a fast-paced and non-traditional environment.
Some questions tackled by the Systems team this year include:
Career Growth and Development
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff.
Qualifications
We are seeking exceptional professionals with 2 to 5+ years of work experience, and a demonstrated long-term passion for international development. They will serve in a career-track position that combines both field and management experience.
We are looking for truly extraordinary candidates that will help take our organization to the next levels of impact and scale. This is a competitive posting for a career-track role with minimum initial commitment of two years. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
Flexible
Compensation
Starts modest. However, this is a career-track role with fast raises for performance, paying a meaningful salary for long-term placement in developing nations.
Benefits
Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board.
Sponsor International Candidates
Yes
To Apply
Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section.
Source: www.oneacrefund.org
Exceptional professionals with 2 to 5+ years of work experience to serve in a career-track position that combines both field and management experience.
Job Location
Rural Kenya (English required).
Duration
Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job.
Organization Description
Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve.
Job Description
Rapid organization growth translates into great career opportunities for our staff. We invest heavily in careers – we want to develop our next group of country directors, R&D directors, and partnership leaders.
The Systems team plays an integral role in the day-to-day operations of One Acre Fund, including but not limited to inventory management, input delivery to our clients, procurement, customer service, field support, and HQ support.
The Systems team is looking for associates who will play a crucial role in creating, streamlining and facilitating processes among all teams at One Acre Fund including Field, Finance, IT, Logistics, Procurement, and more. We are looking for people who can forge a bridge between our ever-evolving field operations and the technical, data-heavy moving pieces working behind the scenes to support those field operations. The ideal candidate will have a background in systems design, supply chain management, industrial engineering, financial analysis or management consulting and will also have the flexibility to work in a fast-paced and non-traditional environment.
Some questions tackled by the Systems team this year include:
- How can we coordinate a complex set of deliveries, balancing factors such as:
- Varied individual client orders
- Maintaining sufficient inventory and tracking inventory flows
- Securing and operating a fleet of trucks
- Loading and delivering on a tight schedule
- Field complexity – scheduling considerations, specialized needs, unexpected challenges
- How can we deliver a bag of live sweet potato vines to every single One Acre Fund farmer in Kenya within 24 hours of being cut at the farm?
- How can we quickly determine which farmers have met our payment targets and send out incentives in a timely fashion, making sure that the incentives go to the right people and are actually received by our clients?
- How can we handle customer service issues at scale, when an individual complaint involves mining through several datasets?
Career Growth and Development
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff.
Qualifications
We are seeking exceptional professionals with 2 to 5+ years of work experience, and a demonstrated long-term passion for international development. They will serve in a career-track position that combines both field and management experience.
We are looking for truly extraordinary candidates that will help take our organization to the next levels of impact and scale. This is a competitive posting for a career-track role with minimum initial commitment of two years. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
- Strong work experiences. Examples include a demanding professional work experience, or successful entrepreneurial experience (e.g. starting a field program in a developing country, leading a conference, starting a business, solid Peace Corps accomplishments).
- Experience in industrial engineering, systems design, supply chain management, finance, or other technical roles is a plus. Please highlight any such relevant experience in your application.
- Leadership experience at work, or outside of work.
- Proficiency in Excel required. Experience with MS Access, other database management or data analysis software a plus!
- Top-performing undergraduate background (please include GPA and test scores on your resume).
- Humility and personal stability. We have a fantastic and likeable team. We are looking for passionate professionals that combine strong leadership skills with good humor, patience, and a humble approach to service.
- A willingness to commit to living in rural areas of East Africa for at least two years – this is a long-term, career-track role. The ideal candidate will have at least one year demonstrated experience working in the developing world, although this is not a strict requirement.
- Ability to cook/ laugh – desirable.
- Language: English required in Kenya.
Flexible
Compensation
Starts modest. However, this is a career-track role with fast raises for performance, paying a meaningful salary for long-term placement in developing nations.
Benefits
Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board.
Sponsor International Candidates
Yes
To Apply
Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section.
Source: www.oneacrefund.org
Program Director
Wanted
An exceptional professional with 4 – 8+ years of work experience, and a demonstrated long-term passion for international development to serve in a career-track position that combines both field and management experience in Africa.
Job Location
Rural Rwanda or Burundi (French required), or Rural Kenya (English required).
Duration
Minimum 3 years commitment, full-time job.
Organization Description
Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve.
Job Description
As we grow, One Acre Fund is seeking to add one new country per year to our operations. We are seeking the kind of person that can be dropped into a country with significant support financially and logistically, and can create from scratch a high-quality company in a very short time.
We are seeking someone who can do the following things:
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff.
This position would involve an initial 6-12 month training period in one of our existing countries of operation. Then the candidate would be posted to a new country, where we have roughly five existing staff. The mandate would be to grow that into a decent-sized company in a few years.
Qualifications
We are seeking exceptional professionals with 4 to 8+ years of work experience, and a demonstrated long-term passion for international development. They will serve in a career-track position that combines both field and management experience.
We are looking for truly extraordinary candidates that will help take our organization to the next levels of impact and scale. This is a competitive posting for a career-track role with minimum initial commitment of two years. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
Flexible
Compensation
Starts modest. However, this is a career-track role with fast raises for performance, paying a meaningful salary for long-term placement in developing nations.
Benefits
Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board.
Sponsor International Candidates
Yes
To Apply
Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section.
Source: www.oneacre.org
An exceptional professional with 4 – 8+ years of work experience, and a demonstrated long-term passion for international development to serve in a career-track position that combines both field and management experience in Africa.
Job Location
Rural Rwanda or Burundi (French required), or Rural Kenya (English required).
Duration
Minimum 3 years commitment, full-time job.
Organization Description
Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve.
Job Description
As we grow, One Acre Fund is seeking to add one new country per year to our operations. We are seeking the kind of person that can be dropped into a country with significant support financially and logistically, and can create from scratch a high-quality company in a very short time.
We are seeking someone who can do the following things:
- Create a strategic vision: This position does not involve managing an existing operation – we are seeking a entrepreneur who can create an operation, growing it from roughly 5 existing staff to hundreds. This involves a lot of strategic flexibility and independence. We are also seeking someone who is based in the field (in rural areas) at first, in order to craft a vision that results in the best possible customer service to farmers.
- Hire and develop staff: Our program directors will have to hire a lot of people, and more importantly, invest the majority of their energy in developing managers and leaders underneath them.
- Engage staff and lead: Our program model requires high tailoring to specific contexts. The program director will have to make decisions together with their leadership team by engaging them, and then lead them to execute a common vision.
- External and internal relations: We are seeking someone who will be a strong communicator both externally and also internally, together with fellow leaders in the organization.
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff.
This position would involve an initial 6-12 month training period in one of our existing countries of operation. Then the candidate would be posted to a new country, where we have roughly five existing staff. The mandate would be to grow that into a decent-sized company in a few years.
Qualifications
We are seeking exceptional professionals with 4 to 8+ years of work experience, and a demonstrated long-term passion for international development. They will serve in a career-track position that combines both field and management experience.
We are looking for truly extraordinary candidates that will help take our organization to the next levels of impact and scale. This is a competitive posting for a career-track role with minimum initial commitment of two years. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
- Strong work experiences. We are seeking an entrepreneur who has previously grown an operation from scratch to hundreds of staff, or tens of thousands of customers, etc, in a developing nation. And we want someone who wants to go back to scratch, and do it again, instead of managing a large existing operation.
- Likeability and humility. All of our country directors to date have grown up within our operation, learning directly from farmers in a start-up environment. We value humility and likeability, and wish to be joined by leaders that value the same.
- Top-performing undergraduate background (please include GPA and test scores on your resume).
- A willingness to commit to living in rural areas of East Africa for at least three years – this is a long-term, career-track role. The candidate should have at least one year demonstrated experience working in the developing world.
- Ability to cook/laugh – desirable.
- Language: English required in Kenya, and French required in Rwanda and Burundi. French-speakers are particularly encouraged to apply.
Flexible
Compensation
Starts modest. However, this is a career-track role with fast raises for performance, paying a meaningful salary for long-term placement in developing nations.
Benefits
Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board.
Sponsor International Candidates
Yes
To Apply
Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section.
Source: www.oneacre.org
Program Manager
Wanted
Mid-career professionals with 4 – 6 years work experience for a role that combines both field and management experience in Africa.
Job Location
Rural Rwanda (French required), or Rural Kenya (English required).
Duration
Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job.
Organization Description
Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve.
Job Description
Rapid organization growth translates into great career opportunities for our staff. We invest heavily in careers – we want to develop our next group of country directors, R&D directors, and partnership leaders. Example projects include:
Career Growth and Development
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff.
Qualifications
We are seeking exceptional professionals with 4-6 years of work experience with increasing responsibility, 2-3 years of direct management experience, and ideally a demonstrated passion for international development. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
Flexible
Compensation
Starts modest. However, this is a career-track role with fast raises for performance, paying a meaningful salary for long-term placement in developing nations.
Benefits
Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board.
Sponsor International Candidates
Yes
To Apply
Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section.
Source: www.oneacrefund.org
Mid-career professionals with 4 – 6 years work experience for a role that combines both field and management experience in Africa.
Job Location
Rural Rwanda (French required), or Rural Kenya (English required).
Duration
Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job.
Organization Description
Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve.
Job Description
Rapid organization growth translates into great career opportunities for our staff. We invest heavily in careers – we want to develop our next group of country directors, R&D directors, and partnership leaders. Example projects include:
- Government partnerships development: One Acre Fund receives frequent requests from African governments to jointly implement nationwide agricultural training, fertilizer distribution programs, and credit programs. A program manager took the lead in setting up our newest government partnership operation, initially to pilot one project. Within a year, this operation had fifty staff and is likely to at least quadruple in the coming two years, to hopefully 2-3 nationwide partnerships.
- Sweet potato vine production: One Acre Fund farmers needed high-quality sweet potato vines in the 2013 season to avoid crop loss due to a maize disease. When these vines were unavailable in the quantity necessary, a program manager started a sweet potato multiplication farm to ensure all farmers received quality inputs on time. This included designing farm operations, hiring staff, negotiating contracts, coordinating logistics and managing more than 600 seasonal employees.
- Department leadership opportunities: In their second year of service, top performing program staffers are often given the responsibility of running an internal One Acre Fund department like “Scale Innovations.” This department runs dozens of test-and-control trials with 10,000+ farmers that radically tweak our program model, with the goal of significantly increasing our scalability.
- New markets: One Acre Fund has ambitious plans to launch one new country per year. In 2011, a program manager moved to Burundi to direct field operations for an initial 400-farmer pilot. Three years later, One Acre Fund’s Burundi operation serves 21,000 farmers with 110 staff.
- Program associate management: Program managers directly manage 1-3 program associates and 10-100 local staff. Managers invest in the growth of their direct reports through frequent project feedback, skills-building and mentorship.
Career Growth and Development
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff.
Qualifications
We are seeking exceptional professionals with 4-6 years of work experience with increasing responsibility, 2-3 years of direct management experience, and ideally a demonstrated passion for international development. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
- Demonstrated interest and experience in international development, requiring at least one year of living in a developing nation.
- A willingness to commit to living in rural areas of East Africa for at least two years, minimum.
- Top-performing undergraduate background (include GPA and test scores on your resume).
- Strong work experiences. Examples include professional work experience, or some kind of successful entrepreneurial experience (e.g. starting a field program in a developing country, leading a conference, starting a business, Peace Corps).
- Leadership experience at work, or outside of work.
- Humility. We are looking for passionate professionals who combine strong leadership skills with good humor, patience, and a humble approach to service to join our growing family of leaders.
- Ability to cook/ laugh/ extraordinary patience - all desirable.
- Language: English required in Kenya, and French required in Rwanda. French-speakers are particularly encouraged to apply.
Flexible
Compensation
Starts modest. However, this is a career-track role with fast raises for performance, paying a meaningful salary for long-term placement in developing nations.
Benefits
Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board.
Sponsor International Candidates
Yes
To Apply
Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section.
Source: www.oneacrefund.org
Program Associate
Wanted
Early-career professionals with 2 – 5+ years work experience to serve in a position that combines both field and management experience in Africa.
Job Location
Rural Rwanda or Burundi (French required); Rural Kenya, Ethiopia, or Malawi (English required); Tanzania Regional Capital (English Required).
Duration
Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job.
Organization Description
Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve.
Job Description
Rapid organization growth translates into great career opportunities for our staff. We invest heavily in careers – we want to develop our next group of country directors, R&D directors, and partnership leaders. In their first year, our program associates lead 3-5 internal consulting projects, such as:
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff.
Qualifications
We are seeking exceptional professionals with 2 to 5+ years of work experience, and a demonstrated long-term passion for international development. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
Flexible
Compensation
Starts modest. However, this is a career-track role with fast raises for performance, paying a meaningful salary for long-term placement in developing nations.
Benefits
Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board.
Sponsor International Candidates
Yes
To Apply
Complete this form You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section.
Wanted
Mid-career professionals with 4 – 6 years work experience for a role that combines both field and management experience in Africa.
Job Location
Rural Rwanda (French required), or Rural Kenya (English required).
Duration
Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job.
Organization Description
Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve.
Job Description
Rapid organization growth translates into great career opportunities for our staff. We invest heavily in careers – we want to develop our next group of country directors, R&D directors, and partnership leaders. Example projects include:
Career Growth and Development
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff.
Qualifications
We are seeking exceptional professionals with 4-6 years of work experience with increasing responsibility, 2-3 years of direct management experience, and ideally a demonstrated passion for international development. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
Flexible
Compensation
Starts modest. However, this is a career-track role with fast raises for performance, paying a meaningful salary for long-term placement in developing nations.
Benefits
Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board.
Sponsor International Candidates
Yes
To Apply
Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section.
Wanted
An exceptional professional with 4 – 8+ years of work experience, and a demonstrated long-term passion for international development to serve in a career-track position that combines both field and management experience in Africa.
Job Location
Rural Rwanda or Burundi (French required), or Rural Kenya (English required).
Duration
Minimum 3 years commitment, full-time job.
Organization Description
Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve.
Job Description
As we grow, One Acre Fund is seeking to add one new country per year to our operations. We are seeking the kind of person that can be dropped into a country with significant support financially and logistically, and can create from scratch a high-quality company in a very short time.
We are seeking someone who can do the following things:
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff.
This position would involve an initial 6-12 month training period in one of our existing countries of operation. Then the candidate would be posted to a new country, where we have roughly five existing staff. The mandate would be to grow that into a decent-sized company in a few years.
Qualifications
We are seeking exceptional professionals with 4 to 8+ years of work experience, and a demonstrated long-term passion for international development. They will serve in a career-track position that combines both field and management experience.
We are looking for truly extraordinary candidates that will help take our organization to the next levels of impact and scale. This is a competitive posting for a career-track role with minimum initial commitment of two years. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
Flexible
Compensation
Starts modest. However, this is a career-track role with fast raises for performance, paying a meaningful salary for long-term placement in developing nations.
Benefits
Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board.
Sponsor International Candidates
Yes
To Apply
Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section.
Wanted
Exceptional professionals with 2 to 5+ years of work experience to serve in a career-track position that combines both field and management experience.
Job Location
Rural Kenya (English required).
Duration
Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job.
Organization Description
Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve.
Job Description
Rapid organization growth translates into great career opportunities for our staff. We invest heavily in careers – we want to develop our next group of country directors, R&D directors, and partnership leaders.
The Systems team plays an integral role in the day-to-day operations of One Acre Fund, including but not limited to inventory management, input delivery to our clients, procurement, customer service, field support, and HQ support.
The Systems team is looking for associates who will play a crucial role in creating, streamlining and facilitating processes among all teams at One Acre Fund including Field, Finance, IT, Logistics, Procurement, and more. We are looking for people who can forge a bridge between our ever-evolving field operations and the technical, data-heavy moving pieces working behind the scenes to support those field operations. The ideal candidate will have a background in systems design, supply chain management, industrial engineering, financial analysis or management consulting and will also have the flexibility to work in a fast-paced and non-traditional environment.
Some questions tackled by the Systems team this year include:
Career Growth and Development
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff.
Qualifications
We are seeking exceptional professionals with 2 to 5+ years of work experience, and a demonstrated long-term passion for international development. They will serve in a career-track position that combines both field and management experience.
We are looking for truly extraordinary candidates that will help take our organization to the next levels of impact and scale. This is a competitive posting for a career-track role with minimum initial commitment of two years. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
Flexible
Compensation
Starts modest. However, this is a career-track role with fast raises for performance, paying a meaningful salary for long-term placement in developing nations.
Benefits
Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board.
Sponsor International Candidates
Yes
To Apply
Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section.
Wanted
Early-career high-performing professional with at least 2 years of work experience.
Job Location
Anticipate extensive international travel.
Duration
Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job.
Organization Description
Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve.
Job Description
As One Acre Fund expands, a key part of our long-term goal to reach at least 1.1M farm families this decade is to launch one new country per year. It is also important that we understand the landscape of potential countries as soon as possible – so that we know how we may need to change our program model to fit new areas.
We are seeking an exceptionally talented professional with very strong independent problem-solving skills, an ability to self-manage, and strong overall judgment. This person should also have strong networking ability, and general stability / ability to deal with traveling alone for a long stretch of time. The minimum commitment to this job is 2 years.
The New Country Scout will:
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff.
Qualifications
We are seeking exceptional professionals with 2 to 5+ years of work experience, and a demonstrated long-term passion for international development. They will serve in a career-track position that combines both field and management experience.
We are looking for truly extraordinary candidates that will help take our organization to the next levels of impact and scale. This is a competitive posting for a career-track role with minimum initial commitment of two years. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
Flexible
Compensation
Starts modest. However, this is a career-track role with fast raises for performance, paying a meaningful salary for long-term placement in developing nations.
Benefits
Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board.
Sponsor International Candidates
Yes
To Apply
Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section.
Note: Multiple openings are available for the Operations and Finance Associate position.
Wanted
Exceptional professional with 3+ years work experience to serve in a career–track position that combines financial and operational analysis with management experience in Africa.
Job Location
Rural Rwanda (English and French required), or Rural Kenya (English required).
Duration
Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job.
Organization Description
Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve.
Job Description
We are looking for someone to manage the growth of the finance teams in either Rwanda or Kenya– you will help manage and build a team of 50+ staff members working in an efficiently designed and well-structured operation with clear roles and responsibilities, policies and procedures, and key performance indicators producing a results-driven finance operation.
As a young organization, we are ready to hand over significant responsibility for specific, well-defined strategic initiatives as well as day-to-day management of our financial systems and team-members. Your primary task will be to manage the operations of the finance team in the country you work, through systems design, staff hiring, and leadership development. You will increase the quality of service provided by the finance team to other departments and ultimately to the farmer.
We are seeking an exceptional professional with 3+ years work experience, and a long-term career interest in international development. They will serve in a career-track position that combines financial and operational analysis with management experience in Africa.
Typical tasks will include:
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff.
Qualifications
We are looking for truly extraordinary candidates that will help take our organization to the next levels of impact and scale. This is a competitive posting for a career-track role with minimum initial commitment of two years. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
Flexible
Compensation
Starts modest. However, this is a career-track role with fast raises for performance, paying a meaningful salary for long-term placement in developing nations.
Benefits
Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board.
Sponsor International Candidates
Yes
To Apply
Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section.
Wanted
Exceptional professional with 2-5+ years of work experience to help assure accurate reporting of both financial and program data.
Job Location
Rural Rwanda; relocation to Kigali possible after 12 months.
Duration
Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job.
Organization Description
Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve.
Job Description
Your primary objective will be to help assure accurate reporting of both financial and program data in order to help us shape our strategy and achieve financial sustainability, focusing on Rwanda and Burundi operations. You will serve in a career-track position that combines financial analysis with non-profit accounting. As part of a rapidly growing organization, you will be a key member of a small team responsible for managing our whole accounting system and the controllers who work with it in each country, and providing critical input on One Acre Fund's finance strategies and budgeting. This role will report to the Controller.
Typical tasks will include:
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff.
Qualifications
We are seeking an exceptional professional with 2-5+ years of work experience and ideally a demonstrated passion for international development. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
ASAP
Compensation
Starts modest. However, this is a career-track role with fast raises for performance, paying a meaningful salary for long-term placement in developing nations.
Benefits
Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board.
Sponsor International Candidates
Yes
To Apply
Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section.
Wanted
Professionals with 2 to 5+ years of work experience to serve in a career–track position that combines both field and management experience.
Job Location
Rural Rwanda (French required) or Rural Ethiopia (English required).
Duration
Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job.
Organization Description
Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve.
Job Description
One Acre Fund is a rapidly–growing organization, and is increasingly building up operational support for that growth. We are looking for someone to provide operations support to a single country program initially, and eventually across all One Acre Fund Africa programs.
This is a wonderful opportunity to take on a challenging management role. You will be responsible for operational management (including areas such as expansion, security, donor relations, support staff management), operational systems innovation, and staff development and capacity building:
One Acre Fund will grow to 10–15 times its current size in the next eight years. Every large organization eventually relies on a strong Operations Director, managing dozens of staff worldwide. This is one of the most important positions within the entire organization and there is literally unlimited scope for this role. We are looking for someone with the talent, attitude and skill to perform this crucial function.
Career Growth and Development
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff.
Qualifications
We are seeking exceptional professionals with 2 to 5+ years of work experience, and a demonstrated long–term passion for international development. They will serve in a career–track position that combines both field and management experience.
We are looking for truly extraordinary candidates that will help take our organization to the next levels of impact and scale. This is a competitive posting for a career-track role with minimum initial commitment of two years. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
Flexible
Compensation
Starts modest. However, this is a career-track role with fast raises for performance, paying a meaningful salary for long-term placement in developing nations.
Benefits
Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board.
Sponsor International Candidates
Yes
To Apply
Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section.
Wanted
Exceptional professionals with 2 to 5+ years of solid construction work experience, and a demonstrated long-term passion for international development.
Job Location
Rural Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Burundi.
Duration
Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job.
Organization Description
Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve.
Job Description
One Acre Fund is a rapidly-growing organization, and increasingly needs structural expansion to meet this growth. We are looking for someone to develop and co-ordinate multiple construction projects to accommodate this organizational growth, including central and regional offices and residential houses in Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Burundi. We are looking for someone to take control of and own the entire construction process from start to finish via strong leadership of large construction teams located in several different countries.
This is an incredible opportunity to contribute significantly to East Africa’s infrastructure by taking on a challenging management role, while enabling One Acre Fund to extend its impact more quickly. You will begin immediately as the department director and will be generally responsible for three to five major construction projects over the next two years in Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania. You will be in charge of a large and growing team of international and local staff and will be in charge of gathering all the necessary resources to complete the construction projects from start to finish, including Project Managers for each individual country projects.
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff.
Qualifications
We are seeking exceptional professionals with 2 to 5+ years of solid construction work experience, and a demonstrated long-term passion for international development. Ideally, this candidate will have managed large-scale construction projects in the developing world. They will need to be able to co-ordinate several large-scale construction projects simultaneously via strong leadership of a large construction team.
We are looking for truly extraordinary candidates that will help take our organization to the next levels of impact and scale. This is a competitive posting for a career-track role with minimum initial commitment of 2 years. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
Immediately
Compensation
Starts modest. However, this is a career-track role with fast raises for performance, paying a meaningful salary for long-term placement in developing nations.
Benefits
Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board.
Sponsor International Candidates
Yes
To Apply
Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section.
Wanted
Exceptional early career professional to serve in a position that combines both business technology and management experience in Africa.
Job Location
Western Kenya/Rwanda.
Duration
Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job.
Organization Description
Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve.
Job Description
One Acre Fund relies on several home-grown software systems to help us manage a lot of information. As we grow our organization, we need to continually improve these systems and facilitate the integration with third party tools. Currently our most important tools – a program database and a finance database – are in SQL Server with MS Access as a user interface. Our program database tool handles the enrollment of clients, tracks farm supply orders, manages the delivery of seed and fertilizer to clients, tracks millions of payments, and creates a wide variety of business intelligence reports.
Given poor internet connectivity, our databases use a distributed client/server model where field offices can perform data entry and run reports offline while syncing with a central server as needed. As we are growing, we are looking to:
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff.
Qualifications
A successful candidate will have these traits:
Flexible
Compensation
Starts modest. However, this is a career-track role with fast raises for performance, paying a meaningful salary for long-term placement in developing nations.
Benefits
Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board.
Sponsor International Candidates
Yes
To Apply
Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section.
Wanted
Exceptional professional to build and improve on our current server architecture, as well as plan ahead for future scaling.
Job Location
East Africa.
Duration
Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job.
Organization Description
Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve.
Job Description
One Acre Fund has several applications implemented as a SQL server merge replicated architecture using web synchronization to a hosted server. There are nearly 40 locations in 5 different countries which communicate with our main production server. In addition we are replicating data to a separate hosted server for business reporting.
As we expect the number of locations and countries to grow over time, we are seeking an exceptional professional to serve as SQL Server Administrator who can build and improve on our current server architecture, as well as plan ahead for future scaling. In addition the SQL Server Administrator will assist with trainings when One Acre Fund expands to new countries.
The SQL Server Administrator will start off in one of our field countries for the first 12 months, after which they can negotiate relocating. During the initial period some general IT administration tasks will be required and there will be the opportunity to understand the technical constraints a lot of our field offices are under.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
The SQL Server Administrator will perform the following and other duties as assigned:
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff.
Qualifications
Professional Qualifications and Attributes
The successful candidate will have:
The following personal attributes are desired:
Flexible
Compensation
Commensurate with experience.
Benefits
Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board.
Sponsor International Candidates
Yes
To Apply
Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section.
Wanted
Exceptional professionals with 2 to 5+ years of work experience to help governments achieve the next levels of impact.
Job Location
Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, Rubengera, Rwanda, or Zomba, Malawi (other rural postings possible).
Duration
Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job.
Organization Description
Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve.
Job Description
One Acre Fund believes that policy is all about implementation. No matter how good or bad the policy, its execution on the ground is what changes lives.
To help craft policies which work on the ground, we are starting a new Government Services unit which is working together with regional and national partners to support government-led policy initiatives in agriculture. Following the lead of host governments, we support them with field implementation that changes the lives of millions of people. Our long-term goal is to help government to transform the agricultural ecosystems of whole countries. These projects generally utilize our existing field expertise in farm input distribution, rural mass marketing, and scalable training programs.
For these initiatives, we need both skilled Government Relations staff (see, for example, our Africa Government Officer posting) and also entrepreneurial field staff based in rural areas to focus on implementation.
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff.
Qualifications
To start up and build this new team, we are seeking exceptional professionals with 2 to 5+ years of work experience. We are looking for truly extraordinary candidates who will help governments achieve the next levels of impact. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
Flexible
Compensation
Starts modest. However, this is a career-track role with fast raises for performance, paying a meaningful salary for long-term placement in developing nations.
Benefits
Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board.
Sponsor International Candidates
Yes
To Apply
Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section.
Wanted
Exceptional professional to work on projects that are of strategic importance to One Acre Fund as a whole.
Job Location
Rural Kenya (other countries possible).
Duration
Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job.
Organization Description
Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve.
Job Description
We are seeking an exceptional professional to work on projects that are of strategic importance to One Acre Fund as a whole. The goal of this role is to work across One Acre Fund’s various departments and geographies to initiate and execute on projects that open up new operational or strategic opportunities for the organization. The role presents a unique chance to work on strategic priorities with the access and vantage point provided by working closely with One Acre Fund’s field teams.
The role will divide roughly evenly, into three parts:
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff.
Qualifications
We are seeking exceptional professionals with 2 to 5+ years of work experience. We are looking for truly extraordinary candidates that will help take our organization to the next levels of impact and scale. This is a competitive posting for a career–track role, with a two-year minimum. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
Flexible
Compensation
Starts modest. However, this is a career-track role with fast raises for performance, paying a meaningful salary for long-term placement in developing nations.
Benefits
Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board.
Sponsor International Candidates
Yes
To Apply
Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section.
Wanted
Smart and dedicated self–starters to use data to improve operations and impact on customers.
Job Location
1 in rural Kenya, 1 in rural Rwanda, and 1 in rural Burundi.
Duration
Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job.
Organization Description
Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve.
Job Description
Rapid organization growth translates into great career opportunities for our staff. We invest heavily in careers – we want to find and retain our next group of country directors, R&D directors, and partnership leaders.
We are seeking a smart and dedicated self–starter to be an M&E Associate in rural East Africa. Overall, the M&E Associate will be responsible for using data to continually improve our operations, and impact on our customers.
General Responsibilities
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff.
Qualifications
We are seeking exceptional professionals with 1 to 5+ years of work experience, and a demonstrated long–term passion for international development.
We are looking for truly extraordinary candidates that will help take our organization to the next levels of impact and scale. This is a competitive posting for a career-track role with minimum initial commitment of two years. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
Flexible
Compensation
Starts modest. However, this is a career-track role with fast raises for performance, paying a meaningful salary for long-term placement in developing nations.
Benefits
Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board.
Sponsor international candidates
Yes
To Apply
Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section.
Wanted
Exceptional professional with both field and management experience to serve in a career track position that demands creativity, leadership, strategic thinking and action-oriented delivery.
Job Location
Rural Kenya, Rwanda, or Burundi.
Duration
Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job.
Organization Description
Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve.
Job Description
We are seeking an exceptional professional with both field and management experience for our Health Innovations Manager position. One Acre Fund is a rapidly growing organization that has set up one of Africa’s most promising new rural distribution networks through agriculture. We offer agricultural training, product delivery, and financing at more than 1,000 "market points," and we are now interested in exploring the addition of health goods to our work.
We have started pushing health services through our network in the past several years; most notably, we provided chlorine for home water treatment to more than 500,000 children. However, we are looking for an extraordinary leader to thoughtfully leverage and expand our engagement in health. We are increasingly interested in searching for other "low-hanging fruit" – simple products and trainings that we can distribute with minimal effort, for maximum humanitarian impact. Family planning is of particular interest to us, with the recognition that no matter how large our agricultural gains, our farmers are facing a grim situation if population growth continues at its current rapid pace.
The Health Innovations Manager will serve in a career track position that demands creativity, leadership, strategic thinking and action-oriented delivery. As a young organization, we are ready to hand over large responsibility for specific, well-defined work modules, with similar structure to an operations consulting role.
Specific responsibilities:
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff.
Qualifications
We are seeking an exceptional professional with 2 to 6+ years of work experience. We are looking for a truly extraordinary candidate that will help take our organization to the next levels of impact and scale. This is a competitive posting for a career-track role with minimum initial commitment of two years. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
Flexible
Compensation
Starts modest. However, this is a career-track role with fast raises for performance, paying a meaningful salary for long-term placement in developing nations.
Benefits
Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board.
Sponsor International Candidates
Yes
To Apply
Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section. If you are interested in an informational interview, please contact grace.lesser@oneacrefund.org.
Wanted
Dedicated associate to focus on sharing knowledge and best practices across borders and continents.
Job Location
This position will spend approximately 3 weeks per month in rural Kenya and 1 week per month in rural Rwanda (or vice–versa).
Duration
Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job.
Organization Description
Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve.
Job Description
Rapid organization growth translates into great career opportunities for our staff. We invest heavily in careers – we want to develop our next group of country directors, R&D directors, and partnership leaders.
As a fast–growing, multinational organization, One Acre Fund places great importance on sharing knowledge and best practices across borders and continents. To help streamline and systematize this function, we are looking for a dedicated associate to focus on these tasks. The innovation capture associate will:
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff.
Qualifications
We are seeking exceptional professionals with 2 to 5+ years of work experience, and a demonstrated long–term passion for international development. They will serve in a career–track position that combines both field and management experience.
We are looking for truly extraordinary candidates that will help take our organization to the next levels of impact and scale. This is a competitive posting for a career-track role with minimum initial commitment of two years. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
Flexible
Compensation
Starts modest. However, this is a career-track role with fast raises for performance, paying a meaningful salary for long-term placement in developing nations.
Benefits
Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board.
Sponsor International Candidates
Yes
To Apply
Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section.
Wanted
Extraordinary candidate with 2+ years of work experience in web and/or print design.
Job Location
Rural Kenya.
Duration
Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job.
Organization Description
Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve.
Job Description
The graphic designer will work closely with our field, government services, communications, and fundraising teams to produce both field-facing and external-facing materials for One Acre Fund. Our rapid growth means we are quickly expanding into new venues of communication and marketing, from marketing materials for smallholder farmers interested in joining One Acre Fund, to training materials for African government to distribute through their national extension system. Unlike many in-house graphic design positions, which focus solely on creating materials to market an organization externally, this role will also help create a range of custom materials to support our government services team, which partners directly with African governments to increase the impact of their work with smallholder farmers. The graphic designer will set a clear, consistent and professional tone in our visual media that helps a wide variety of audiences best understand how One Acre Fund works to put farmers first.
Primary duties of the job will include:
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff.
Qualifications
We are looking for truly extraordinary candidates that will help take our organization to the next levels of impact and scale. This is a competitive posting for a career-track role with minimum initial commitment of two years. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
Flexible
Compensation
Starts modest. However, this is a career-track role with fast raises for performance, paying a meaningful salary for long-term placement in developing nations.
Benefits
Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board.
Sponsor International Candidates
Yes
To Apply
Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section.
Wanted
Exceptional professional with 3 to 10+ years of work experience and ideally a demonstrated passion for international development.
Job Location
Kenya or Rwanda (capital city or field posting possible).
Duration
Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job.
Organization Description
Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve.
Job Description
As One Acre Fund’s client base grows, so does the amount and diversity of farm inputs and other products it needs to deliver. In the coming years, One Acre Fund will deliver roughly 15,000-30,000 metric tons of products to farmers across East Africa. The East Africa Logistics Manager will be the overall lead for this core aspect of our business, managing the physical and technical business processes required to successfully and efficiently deliver these products.
As part of successfully managing the delivery of life-changing farm inputs, the East Africa Logistics Manager will be responsible for building, growing, and developing an international logistics team spread across at least four countries in East Africa. This will include, at a minimum, the management of four in-country logistics leads in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania; several dozen additional permanent staff across those countries; as well as a small army of several hundred temporary casual laborers spread across various loading sites, warehouses, transport points, and headquarters.
In order to achieve its scale goals and continue to deliver to its 200,000+ last-mile clients, One Acre Fund will need an East Africa Logistics Manager who can take us to the next level in the following areas:
Career Growth and Development
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff.
Qualifications
We are seeking an exceptional professional with 3 to 10+ years of work experience and ideally a demonstrated passion for international development. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
Flexible. However, note that we are also conducting an internal search and will only be accepting applicants through May.
Compensation
Commensurate with experience.
Benefits
Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board.
Sponsor International Candidates
Yes
To Apply
Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section.
Wanted
Exceptional professional to run a leadership and management training program for staff.
Job Location
Rural Kenya or Rwanda (possible E. Africa capital after 12 months).
Duration
Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job.
Organization Description
Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve.
Job Description
One Acre Fund has an incredible team of international development professionals who dedicate their lives to serving smallholder farmers in Africa. We currently hire less than 1% of applicants and are constantly seeking to improve our staffers’ professional, management and leadership skills. We are focused on further establishing and expanding our leadership and management training options for these staffers and seek a dedicated new staffer to run this program.
The Human Capital Development Manager (or associate) (“HCDM”) will play a key role in the following:
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff.
Qualifications
We are seeking an exceptional professional with 2-5+ years of work experience and ideally a demonstrated passion for international development. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
Flexible
Compensation
Starts modest. However, this is a career-track role with fast raises for performance, paying a meaningful salary for long-term placement in developing nations.
Benefits
Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board.
Sponsor International Candidates
Yes
To Apply
Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section.
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Early-career professionals with 2 – 5+ years work experience to serve in a position that combines both field and management experience in Africa.
Job Location
Rural Rwanda or Burundi (French required); Rural Kenya, Ethiopia, or Malawi (English required); Tanzania Regional Capital (English Required).
Duration
Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job.
Organization Description
Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve.
Job Description
Rapid organization growth translates into great career opportunities for our staff. We invest heavily in careers – we want to develop our next group of country directors, R&D directors, and partnership leaders. In their first year, our program associates lead 3-5 internal consulting projects, such as:
- District partner: Most program associates are initially partnered with a local field director. Program associates are immersed in One Acre’s operations and learn from their local counterpart how to grow an operation of 20+ staff, serving 5,000-20,000 farmers. They in turn also transfer management and computer skills to their counterpart. By working hand-in-hand with country national staff in a regular field operation, our program associates get a feel for operations in the field.
- New operation creation: A program associate in Kenya created and manages the One Acre Fund Customer Engagement team, which is tasked with fielding error claims from farmers, investigating claims, and solving them fairly. Started in 2012 with one part-time employee, the Customer Engagement team has grown rapidly to seven full-time staff members. The team investigated and resolved more than 3,000 cases in 2013.
- Impact innovation: A program associate designed several configurations of a harvest storage product and farmer training, and tried it with a few hundred farmers. The most successful trial demonstrated an increase in harvest profits by more than 10%. The following year, the product was sold to 40,000 farmers.
- Growth innovation: A staffer designed a new viral marketing initiative. She identified our best and most enthusiastic farmers, and turned them into volunteer "replication agents" who are empowered to recruit new groups of farmers. Our staff person designed the trial protocols, trained 10 field staff to test the idea, and observed the trial in-field, resulting in 25% higher client enrollment. This program was subsequently rolled out to 200 field sites and became the foundation of our current farmer recruitment model.
- Government partnerships development: One Acre Fund receives frequent requests from African governments to jointly implement nationwide agricultural training, fertilizer distribution programs, and credit programs. A program manager took the lead in setting up our newest government partnership operation, initially to pilot one project. Within a year, this operation had 50 staff and is likely to at least quadruple in the coming two years, to hopefully 2-3 nationwide partnerships.
- Department leadership opportunities: In their second year of service, top performing program staffers are often given the responsibility of running an internal One Acre Fund department like “Scale Innovations.” This department runs dozens of test-and-control trials with 10,000+ farmers that radically tweak our program model, with the goal of significantly increasing our scalability.
- New markets: One Acre Fund has ambitious plans to launch one new country per year. In 2011, a program manager moved to Burundi to direct field operations for an initial 400-farmer pilot. Three years later, One Acre Fund’s Burundi operation serves 21,000 farmers with 110 staff.
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff.
Qualifications
We are seeking exceptional professionals with 2 to 5+ years of work experience, and a demonstrated long-term passion for international development. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
- Strong work experiences. Examples include a demanding professional work experience, or successful entrepreneurial experience (e.g. starting a field program in a developing country, leading a conference, starting a business, solid Peace Corps accomplishments).
- Leadership experience at work, or outside of work.
- Top-performing undergraduate background (include GPA and test scores on your resume).
- Humility. We are looking for passionate professionals who combine strong leadership skills with good humor, patience, and a humble approach to service to join our growing family of leaders.
- A willingness to commit to living in rural areas of East Africa for at least two years - this is a long-term, career-track role. The ideal candidate will have at least one year demonstrated experience working in the developing world, although this is not a strict requirement.
- Ability to cook / laugh – desirable.
- Language: English required in Kenya, Ethiopia, Malawi, and Tanzania, and French required in Rwanda and Burundi. French and Swahili-speakers are particularly encouraged to apply.
Flexible
Compensation
Starts modest. However, this is a career-track role with fast raises for performance, paying a meaningful salary for long-term placement in developing nations.
Benefits
Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board.
Sponsor International Candidates
Yes
To Apply
Complete this form You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section.
Program Manager
Wanted
Mid-career professionals with 4 – 6 years work experience for a role that combines both field and management experience in Africa.
Job Location
Rural Rwanda (French required), or Rural Kenya (English required).
Duration
Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job.
Organization Description
Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve.
Job Description
Rapid organization growth translates into great career opportunities for our staff. We invest heavily in careers – we want to develop our next group of country directors, R&D directors, and partnership leaders. Example projects include:
- Government partnerships development: One Acre Fund receives frequent requests from African governments to jointly implement nationwide agricultural training, fertilizer distribution programs, and credit programs. A program manager took the lead in setting up our newest government partnership operation, initially to pilot one project. Within a year, this operation had fifty staff and is likely to at least quadruple in the coming two years, to hopefully 2-3 nationwide partnerships.
- Sweet potato vine production: One Acre Fund farmers needed high-quality sweet potato vines in the 2013 season to avoid crop loss due to a maize disease. When these vines were unavailable in the quantity necessary, a program manager started a sweet potato multiplication farm to ensure all farmers received quality inputs on time. This included designing farm operations, hiring staff, negotiating contracts, coordinating logistics and managing more than 600 seasonal employees.
- Department leadership opportunities: In their second year of service, top performing program staffers are often given the responsibility of running an internal One Acre Fund department like “Scale Innovations.” This department runs dozens of test-and-control trials with 10,000+ farmers that radically tweak our program model, with the goal of significantly increasing our scalability.
- New markets: One Acre Fund has ambitious plans to launch one new country per year. In 2011, a program manager moved to Burundi to direct field operations for an initial 400-farmer pilot. Three years later, One Acre Fund’s Burundi operation serves 21,000 farmers with 110 staff.
- Program associate management: Program managers directly manage 1-3 program associates and 10-100 local staff. Managers invest in the growth of their direct reports through frequent project feedback, skills-building and mentorship.
Career Growth and Development
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff.
Qualifications
We are seeking exceptional professionals with 4-6 years of work experience with increasing responsibility, 2-3 years of direct management experience, and ideally a demonstrated passion for international development. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
- Demonstrated interest and experience in international development, requiring at least one year of living in a developing nation.
- A willingness to commit to living in rural areas of East Africa for at least two years, minimum.
- Top-performing undergraduate background (include GPA and test scores on your resume).
- Strong work experiences. Examples include professional work experience, or some kind of successful entrepreneurial experience (e.g. starting a field program in a developing country, leading a conference, starting a business, Peace Corps).
- Leadership experience at work, or outside of work.
- Humility. We are looking for passionate professionals who combine strong leadership skills with good humor, patience, and a humble approach to service to join our growing family of leaders.
- Ability to cook/ laugh/ extraordinary patience - all desirable.
- Language: English required in Kenya, and French required in Rwanda. French-speakers are particularly encouraged to apply.
Flexible
Compensation
Starts modest. However, this is a career-track role with fast raises for performance, paying a meaningful salary for long-term placement in developing nations.
Benefits
Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board.
Sponsor International Candidates
Yes
To Apply
Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section.
Program Director
Wanted
An exceptional professional with 4 – 8+ years of work experience, and a demonstrated long-term passion for international development to serve in a career-track position that combines both field and management experience in Africa.
Job Location
Rural Rwanda or Burundi (French required), or Rural Kenya (English required).
Duration
Minimum 3 years commitment, full-time job.
Organization Description
Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve.
Job Description
As we grow, One Acre Fund is seeking to add one new country per year to our operations. We are seeking the kind of person that can be dropped into a country with significant support financially and logistically, and can create from scratch a high-quality company in a very short time.
We are seeking someone who can do the following things:
- Create a strategic vision: This position does not involve managing an existing operation – we are seeking a entrepreneur who can create an operation, growing it from roughly 5 existing staff to hundreds. This involves a lot of strategic flexibility and independence. We are also seeking someone who is based in the field (in rural areas) at first, in order to craft a vision that results in the best possible customer service to farmers.
- Hire and develop staff: Our program directors will have to hire a lot of people, and more importantly, invest the majority of their energy in developing managers and leaders underneath them.
- Engage staff and lead: Our program model requires high tailoring to specific contexts. The program director will have to make decisions together with their leadership team by engaging them, and then lead them to execute a common vision.
- External and internal relations: We are seeking someone who will be a strong communicator both externally and also internally, together with fellow leaders in the organization.
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff.
This position would involve an initial 6-12 month training period in one of our existing countries of operation. Then the candidate would be posted to a new country, where we have roughly five existing staff. The mandate would be to grow that into a decent-sized company in a few years.
Qualifications
We are seeking exceptional professionals with 4 to 8+ years of work experience, and a demonstrated long-term passion for international development. They will serve in a career-track position that combines both field and management experience.
We are looking for truly extraordinary candidates that will help take our organization to the next levels of impact and scale. This is a competitive posting for a career-track role with minimum initial commitment of two years. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
- Strong work experiences. We are seeking an entrepreneur who has previously grown an operation from scratch to hundreds of staff, or tens of thousands of customers, etc, in a developing nation. And we want someone who wants to go back to scratch, and do it again, instead of managing a large existing operation.
- Likeability and humility. All of our country directors to date have grown up within our operation, learning directly from farmers in a start-up environment. We value humility and likeability, and wish to be joined by leaders that value the same.
- Top-performing undergraduate background (please include GPA and test scores on your resume).
- A willingness to commit to living in rural areas of East Africa for at least three years – this is a long-term, career-track role. The candidate should have at least one year demonstrated experience working in the developing world.
- Ability to cook/laugh – desirable.
- Language: English required in Kenya, and French required in Rwanda and Burundi. French-speakers are particularly encouraged to apply.
Flexible
Compensation
Starts modest. However, this is a career-track role with fast raises for performance, paying a meaningful salary for long-term placement in developing nations.
Benefits
Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board.
Sponsor International Candidates
Yes
To Apply
Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section.
Systems Associate
Wanted
Exceptional professionals with 2 to 5+ years of work experience to serve in a career-track position that combines both field and management experience.
Job Location
Rural Kenya (English required).
Duration
Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job.
Organization Description
Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve.
Job Description
Rapid organization growth translates into great career opportunities for our staff. We invest heavily in careers – we want to develop our next group of country directors, R&D directors, and partnership leaders.
The Systems team plays an integral role in the day-to-day operations of One Acre Fund, including but not limited to inventory management, input delivery to our clients, procurement, customer service, field support, and HQ support.
The Systems team is looking for associates who will play a crucial role in creating, streamlining and facilitating processes among all teams at One Acre Fund including Field, Finance, IT, Logistics, Procurement, and more. We are looking for people who can forge a bridge between our ever-evolving field operations and the technical, data-heavy moving pieces working behind the scenes to support those field operations. The ideal candidate will have a background in systems design, supply chain management, industrial engineering, financial analysis or management consulting and will also have the flexibility to work in a fast-paced and non-traditional environment.
Some questions tackled by the Systems team this year include:
- How can we coordinate a complex set of deliveries, balancing factors such as:
- Varied individual client orders
- Maintaining sufficient inventory and tracking inventory flows
- Securing and operating a fleet of trucks
- Loading and delivering on a tight schedule
- Field complexity – scheduling considerations, specialized needs, unexpected challenges
- How can we deliver a bag of live sweet potato vines to every single One Acre Fund farmer in Kenya within 24 hours of being cut at the farm?
- How can we quickly determine which farmers have met our payment targets and send out incentives in a timely fashion, making sure that the incentives go to the right people and are actually received by our clients?
- How can we handle customer service issues at scale, when an individual complaint involves mining through several datasets?
Career Growth and Development
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff.
Qualifications
We are seeking exceptional professionals with 2 to 5+ years of work experience, and a demonstrated long-term passion for international development. They will serve in a career-track position that combines both field and management experience.
We are looking for truly extraordinary candidates that will help take our organization to the next levels of impact and scale. This is a competitive posting for a career-track role with minimum initial commitment of two years. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
- Strong work experiences. Examples include a demanding professional work experience, or successful entrepreneurial experience (e.g. starting a field program in a developing country, leading a conference, starting a business, solid Peace Corps accomplishments).
- Experience in industrial engineering, systems design, supply chain management, finance, or other technical roles is a plus. Please highlight any such relevant experience in your application.
- Leadership experience at work, or outside of work.
- Proficiency in Excel required. Experience with MS Access, other database management or data analysis software a plus!
- Top-performing undergraduate background (please include GPA and test scores on your resume).
- Humility and personal stability. We have a fantastic and likeable team. We are looking for passionate professionals that combine strong leadership skills with good humor, patience, and a humble approach to service.
- A willingness to commit to living in rural areas of East Africa for at least two years – this is a long-term, career-track role. The ideal candidate will have at least one year demonstrated experience working in the developing world, although this is not a strict requirement.
- Ability to cook/ laugh – desirable.
- Language: English required in Kenya.
Flexible
Compensation
Starts modest. However, this is a career-track role with fast raises for performance, paying a meaningful salary for long-term placement in developing nations.
Benefits
Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board.
Sponsor International Candidates
Yes
To Apply
Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section.
*New Country Scout
Wanted
Early-career high-performing professional with at least 2 years of work experience.
Job Location
Anticipate extensive international travel.
Duration
Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job.
Organization Description
Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve.
Job Description
As One Acre Fund expands, a key part of our long-term goal to reach at least 1.1M farm families this decade is to launch one new country per year. It is also important that we understand the landscape of potential countries as soon as possible – so that we know how we may need to change our program model to fit new areas.
We are seeking an exceptionally talented professional with very strong independent problem-solving skills, an ability to self-manage, and strong overall judgment. This person should also have strong networking ability, and general stability / ability to deal with traveling alone for a long stretch of time. The minimum commitment to this job is 2 years.
The New Country Scout will:
- Spend 3-6 months training on the core One Acre Fund program model in Kenya or Rwanda.
- Move to a new country, where they will either begin a pilot from scratch, or expand an existing pilot.
- Core operating duties will include:
- Hiring and training 3-8 initial trial staff.
- Engaging local government officials and sensitizing them to our program.
- Handling initial recruitment of 100-300 farmers.
- External networking will include:
- Purchase of seed, fertilizer, and other farm inputs from local vendors.
- Making contact with local horticultural support.
- The new country scout wil also set up our initial office. This may include:
- Handling legal registration.
- Finding/hiring of office and housing.
- Initial equipment purchases.
- Creation of well-functioning finance and accounting operation with proper financial controls.
- The end goal will be to validate the country as a possible area of operation for One Acre Fund. If scouting is successful, the organization will proceed to grow our core program there to a goal scale of 10,000+ farmers and 100+ staff within two additional years. This would be staffed either by an experienced manager from one of our existing countries, or possibly the new country scout can grow into this role.
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff.
Qualifications
We are seeking exceptional professionals with 2 to 5+ years of work experience, and a demonstrated long-term passion for international development. They will serve in a career-track position that combines both field and management experience.
We are looking for truly extraordinary candidates that will help take our organization to the next levels of impact and scale. This is a competitive posting for a career-track role with minimum initial commitment of two years. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
- Strong work experiences. Examples include a demanding professional work experience, or successful entrepreneurial experience (e.g. starting a field program in a developing country, leading a conference, starting a business, solid Peace Corps accomplishments).
- Leadership experience at work or outside of work.
- Top-performing undergraduate background (please include GPA and test scores on your resume).
- Humility and personal stability. We have a fantastic and likeable team. We are looking for passionate professionals that combine strong leadership skills with good humor, patience, and a humble approach to service.
- A willingness to commit to living in rural areas of Africa or Asia for at least two years – this is a long-term, career-track role. The ideal candidate will have at least one year demonstrated experience working in the developing world, although this is not a strict requirement.
- Language: English required, French highly desirable.
Flexible
Compensation
Starts modest. However, this is a career-track role with fast raises for performance, paying a meaningful salary for long-term placement in developing nations.
Benefits
Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board.
Sponsor International Candidates
Yes
To Apply
Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section.
*Operations & Finance Associate
Note: Multiple openings are available for the Operations and Finance Associate position.
Wanted
Exceptional professional with 3+ years work experience to serve in a career–track position that combines financial and operational analysis with management experience in Africa.
Job Location
Rural Rwanda (English and French required), or Rural Kenya (English required).
Duration
Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job.
Organization Description
Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve.
Job Description
We are looking for someone to manage the growth of the finance teams in either Rwanda or Kenya– you will help manage and build a team of 50+ staff members working in an efficiently designed and well-structured operation with clear roles and responsibilities, policies and procedures, and key performance indicators producing a results-driven finance operation.
As a young organization, we are ready to hand over significant responsibility for specific, well-defined strategic initiatives as well as day-to-day management of our financial systems and team-members. Your primary task will be to manage the operations of the finance team in the country you work, through systems design, staff hiring, and leadership development. You will increase the quality of service provided by the finance team to other departments and ultimately to the farmer.
We are seeking an exceptional professional with 3+ years work experience, and a long-term career interest in international development. They will serve in a career-track position that combines financial and operational analysis with management experience in Africa.
Typical tasks will include:
- Managing Financial Operations and Developing Staff. The Operations and Finance Associate will manage the team of bookkeepers who do data entry for our financial and client management systems. Managing and developing the talent of the finance team will be your most important role. You will also collaborate closely across with field operations to create tools and procedures, and will develop trainings that ensure financial procedures are efficiently integrated with operational processes. The Operations and Finance Associate will work closely with the Associate Controller to ensure the accuracy of monthly financial information.
- Financial Analysis and Driving to Sustainability. The Operations and Finance Associate is tasked with pushing the country towards sustainability; you will provide reports on district, country and organization wide budget performance, and will oversee the measurement of Financial KPI’s and ensure appropriate action. The Associate will provide analysis and recommendations for improved efficiency and cost effectiveness.
- Internal Audit Processes. The Operations and Finance Associate will manage the local internal audit team. The role of the internal audit team is to monitor all of our systems to ensure compliance with operational processes, from farmer level repayment to procurement. You will need to have an intimate knowledge of the field operations, and regularly monitor performance of your staff through field visits.
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff.
Qualifications
We are looking for truly extraordinary candidates that will help take our organization to the next levels of impact and scale. This is a competitive posting for a career-track role with minimum initial commitment of two years. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
- 3+ years work experiences. Examples include a demanding professional work experience in a finance or operations function (e.g. implementing a new procurement process, managing a logistics system, working as a business or finance analyst).
- Confidence with numbers.
- Ability and drive to work independently.
- Management and mentorship experience.
- Experience with process design and implementation.
- Leadership experience at work, or outside of work.
- Top-performing undergraduate background.
- A willingness to commit to living in rural areas of East Africa for at least two years – this is a long-term, career-track position with potential to grow into a US-based management role.
- The ideal candidate will have at least one year demonstrated experience working in the developing world, although this is not a strict requirement.
- Ability to cook/ laugh/ extraordinary patience – all desirable
- Language: French required in Rwanda.
Flexible
Compensation
Starts modest. However, this is a career-track role with fast raises for performance, paying a meaningful salary for long-term placement in developing nations.
Benefits
Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board.
Sponsor International Candidates
Yes
To Apply
Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section.
Associate Controller - Rwanda
Wanted
Exceptional professional with 2-5+ years of work experience to help assure accurate reporting of both financial and program data.
Job Location
Rural Rwanda; relocation to Kigali possible after 12 months.
Duration
Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job.
Organization Description
Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve.
Job Description
Your primary objective will be to help assure accurate reporting of both financial and program data in order to help us shape our strategy and achieve financial sustainability, focusing on Rwanda and Burundi operations. You will serve in a career-track position that combines financial analysis with non-profit accounting. As part of a rapidly growing organization, you will be a key member of a small team responsible for managing our whole accounting system and the controllers who work with it in each country, and providing critical input on One Acre Fund's finance strategies and budgeting. This role will report to the Controller.
Typical tasks will include:
- Managing financial controls and processes: The Associate Controller will be responsible for creating/monitoring the processes and systems used by the finance teams in Burundi and Rwanda.
- Creating and understanding reports: We use financial information as “business intelligence” – helping us move our business steadily towards financial sustainability. The Associate Controller will help create reports from our accounting and client management systems, working with program staff to make our data useful and actionable. Guiding OAF towards sustainability is a critical mission within the finance team.
- Closing the books each month: The Associate Controller will manage the books closing process for Rwanda and Burundi, ensuring proper accounting entries, bank reconciliations, and a variety of other quality controls. Closing the books also includes creating a report analyzing our actual financial statements v. our budget.
- Building and managing local controllers: The Associate Controller will be responsible for hiring and managing a Controller in both Rwanda and Burundi.
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff.
Qualifications
We are seeking an exceptional professional with 2-5+ years of work experience and ideally a demonstrated passion for international development. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
- Confident with numbers; general familiarity with accounting preferred.
- Leadership experience at work, or outside of work.
- Experience in finance, accounting, or other technical profession. Examples include professional work experience as an accountant or financial analyst, experience in data analysis (statistics, engineering, etc).
- Top-performing academic background (include GPA on your resume).
- A willingness to commit to living in rural areas of East Africa for at least the first 12 months of the job.
- Computer skills: Highly competent in Excel (required); working knowledge of Access (preferred).
- Language: French required.
ASAP
Compensation
Starts modest. However, this is a career-track role with fast raises for performance, paying a meaningful salary for long-term placement in developing nations.
Benefits
Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board.
Sponsor International Candidates
Yes
To Apply
Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section.
Corporate Operations Associate
Wanted
Professionals with 2 to 5+ years of work experience to serve in a career–track position that combines both field and management experience.
Job Location
Rural Rwanda (French required) or Rural Ethiopia (English required).
Duration
Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job.
Organization Description
Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve.
Job Description
One Acre Fund is a rapidly–growing organization, and is increasingly building up operational support for that growth. We are looking for someone to provide operations support to a single country program initially, and eventually across all One Acre Fund Africa programs.
This is a wonderful opportunity to take on a challenging management role. You will be responsible for operational management (including areas such as expansion, security, donor relations, support staff management), operational systems innovation, and staff development and capacity building:
- Corporate operational management: You will be responsible for managing our program operational support in one of our countries of operation. You will have immediate management of the corporate operations team, and will be responsible for the below areas:
- Donor & visitor relations: Arrange all logistics of donor & interview candidate visits including hosting donors in the field. You will be the outward face of One Acre Fund, and will be responsible for hosting influential world–thinkers as well as multinational donors.
- Operations expansion: Our staff numbers are growing by 30% each year. There is a huge need to build new offices and residential houses – you will be in charge of managing these projects.
- Security management: You will be in charge of One Acre Fund security in a specific country. This includes staff trainings, infrastructure, information flows, emergency procedures, health and safety advice, and managing outsourced security contracts.
- Support staff management: We have a strong team of operations support staff that forms the backbone of our operations. Qualified staff may be managing each of the following departments: vehicle fleet management, property maintenance, administration, construction, security and housekeeping.
- Each of these departments may in turn have a large team of staff – for example, in Kenya there may be 50 construction staff working at any one time, 20 security guards, etc.
- You will be responsible for directing and mentoring these department managers and ensuring an excellent quality of service across the department.
- Corporate culture: We have an amazing and unique team who live a fulfilling life in rural areas. You will be responsible for ensuring the wellbeing of all staff, and promoting a positive working culture that everyone is proud to work in.
- Global operational management: You will be responsible for improving the operations that translate across our branches in East Africa – for example emergency procedures and onboarding.
- Operational systems innovation: You will be responsible for improving and innovating our operations systems and processes to become more efficient and impactful.
- Staff development: We have fantastic local staff. You will be responsible for further training of our staff, and building the team capacity to run a smooth and sustainable operation. This will include staff training, constant mentorship, and feedback.
- Regional operations support: You will provide operational support to our other branches, working closely with the Corporate Operations Associate for each country, with opportunities to travel between these sites.
- Regional department development/creation: You will be responsible for developing, and in some cases creating, corporate operations departments in our new branches in East Africa. This will involve systems, processes and staff development in various regions.
- Regional management (systems): You will be responsible for creating, maintaining and improving operational systems across our branches in East Africa. You will tailor the operational support to the various regions and to the nature of the program and staff in those areas.
- Regional management (staff): You will establish and train strong teams to build operational capacity, including managing Operations Associates in our branches across East Africa.
One Acre Fund will grow to 10–15 times its current size in the next eight years. Every large organization eventually relies on a strong Operations Director, managing dozens of staff worldwide. This is one of the most important positions within the entire organization and there is literally unlimited scope for this role. We are looking for someone with the talent, attitude and skill to perform this crucial function.
Career Growth and Development
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff.
Qualifications
We are seeking exceptional professionals with 2 to 5+ years of work experience, and a demonstrated long–term passion for international development. They will serve in a career–track position that combines both field and management experience.
We are looking for truly extraordinary candidates that will help take our organization to the next levels of impact and scale. This is a competitive posting for a career-track role with minimum initial commitment of two years. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
- Strong work experiences. Examples include a demanding professional work experience, or successful entrepreneurial experience (e.g. starting a field program, leading a conference, starting a business, solid Peace Corps accomplishments).
- Leadership experience at work, or outside of work.
- Top–performing undergraduate background (please include GPA and test scores on your resume).
- Prior administration/operations/management experience is ideal, but mostly we are looking for a smart generalist.
- Humility and personal stability. We have a fantastic and likeable team. We are looking for passionate professionals that combine strong leadership skills with good humor, patience, and a humble approach to service.
- A willingness to commit to living in rural areas of East Africa for at least two years – this is a long–term, career–track role.
- Ability to cook/laugh – desirable.
- Language: English required, Swahili and/or French nice to have.
Flexible
Compensation
Starts modest. However, this is a career-track role with fast raises for performance, paying a meaningful salary for long-term placement in developing nations.
Benefits
Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board.
Sponsor International Candidates
Yes
To Apply
Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section.
Infrastructure Coordinator
Wanted
Exceptional professionals with 2 to 5+ years of solid construction work experience, and a demonstrated long-term passion for international development.
Job Location
Rural Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Burundi.
Duration
Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job.
Organization Description
Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve.
Job Description
One Acre Fund is a rapidly-growing organization, and increasingly needs structural expansion to meet this growth. We are looking for someone to develop and co-ordinate multiple construction projects to accommodate this organizational growth, including central and regional offices and residential houses in Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Burundi. We are looking for someone to take control of and own the entire construction process from start to finish via strong leadership of large construction teams located in several different countries.
This is an incredible opportunity to contribute significantly to East Africa’s infrastructure by taking on a challenging management role, while enabling One Acre Fund to extend its impact more quickly. You will begin immediately as the department director and will be generally responsible for three to five major construction projects over the next two years in Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania. You will be in charge of a large and growing team of international and local staff and will be in charge of gathering all the necessary resources to complete the construction projects from start to finish, including Project Managers for each individual country projects.
- Construction: we are looking for someone to own the entire construction process for several large construction projects in Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania initially, with high potential for further construction projects later.
- Construction team expansion
- You will be responsible for growing and developing a large construction team of international and local construction managers, local contractors and laborers.
- We already have fantastic teams in Kenya and Rwanda - for example, we have a Stanford graduate in our team who recently completed an MA in Sustainable Construction and Design, with experience working on US embassy buildings in the Dominican Republic.
- You will be responsible for further building this team in all sites and gathering all the resources necessary for the completion of projects.
- Construction team expansion
- Infrastructure projects
- Via your project managers, you will be responsible for several large-scale construction projects in Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Burundi. These projects are a combination of large central offices, smaller regional offices, and residential housing compounds.
- Via your project managers, you will be ultimately responsible for coordinating all phases of these project, including;
- Land scouting, purchase and transfer
- Planning and regulation documentation
- Interior and exterior design, landscaping
- Work planning, project planning
- Materials procurement, inventory management, quantity surveying
- Contractor management, quality control
- Finishings, design, logistics of resource transfer, etc.
- Budgeting and accounting.
- Growth Strategy and needs assessment
- You will be responsible for coordinating with One Acre Fund stakeholders to help identify future infrastructure needs and potential projects, as well as upgrading and maintaining existing infrastructure.
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff.
Qualifications
We are seeking exceptional professionals with 2 to 5+ years of solid construction work experience, and a demonstrated long-term passion for international development. Ideally, this candidate will have managed large-scale construction projects in the developing world. They will need to be able to co-ordinate several large-scale construction projects simultaneously via strong leadership of a large construction team.
We are looking for truly extraordinary candidates that will help take our organization to the next levels of impact and scale. This is a competitive posting for a career-track role with minimum initial commitment of 2 years. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
- Strong construction management work experiences: Examples might include project management of a school, hospital, office or residential housing unit. The ideal candidate will have coordinated construction projects from the ground up in both the Western and developing worlds (although this is not a requirement), including building the necessary teams for that project.
- Top-performing undergraduate background (please include GPA and test scores on your resume) in Construction Management, Structural Engineering or similar degree.
- Humility and personal stability. We have a fantastic and likeable team. We are looking for passionate professionals that combine strong leadership skills with good humor, patience, and a humble approach to service.
- A willingness to commit to living in rural areas of East Africa for at least two years – this is a long-term, career-track role.
- Ability to cook/laugh – desirable.
- Language: English required, Swahili and/or French nice to have.
Immediately
Compensation
Starts modest. However, this is a career-track role with fast raises for performance, paying a meaningful salary for long-term placement in developing nations.
Benefits
Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board.
Sponsor International Candidates
Yes
To Apply
Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section.
Technical Associate
Wanted
Exceptional early career professional to serve in a position that combines both business technology and management experience in Africa.
Job Location
Western Kenya/Rwanda.
Duration
Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job.
Organization Description
Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve.
Job Description
One Acre Fund relies on several home-grown software systems to help us manage a lot of information. As we grow our organization, we need to continually improve these systems and facilitate the integration with third party tools. Currently our most important tools – a program database and a finance database – are in SQL Server with MS Access as a user interface. Our program database tool handles the enrollment of clients, tracks farm supply orders, manages the delivery of seed and fertilizer to clients, tracks millions of payments, and creates a wide variety of business intelligence reports.
Given poor internet connectivity, our databases use a distributed client/server model where field offices can perform data entry and run reports offline while syncing with a central server as needed. As we are growing, we are looking to:
- Scale our existing tools to capture a wide variety of program configurations per country;
- Provide central management and reporting tools while maintaining a focus on field usability;
- Move to SQL Server Reporting services with code libraries in C# for sharing code between central web management tools and offline client tools.
- Field-facing mission-critical databases:
- Participate in the continued development of mission-critical, custom databases which impact every aspect of operations;
- Assist with streamlining the databases between different countries;
- Develop reports and data entry tools with an eye towards re-usability across countries;
- Maintain a long-term perspective when faced with urgent operational demands;
- Focus on simplicity and usability for our local staff;
- Work together with our small team of developers.
- IT: Manage local staff for routine computer maintenance. Assist with network management and client database installation and troubleshooting.
- Technology experimentation: Experiment with a variety of technologies to improve operations. Investigate appropriate solutions for database scaling and interacting with third party software providers.
- Operational insight: Become familiar with every aspect of our field operations and identify areas for improvement in the tools we develop to support the field.
- Other: There is a lot of "other" in a startup.
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff.
Qualifications
A successful candidate will have these traits:
- Solid programming skills.
- Knowledge of database concepts and SQL; experience with SQL Server a plus.
- Very strong self-manager. After an initial six-month period of heavy mentorship, supervision will consist of one weekly check-in. We need someone who is very well-organized and can manage their work independently.
- Work experience, or internship, in some professional environment; ideally 2+ years of work experience.
- Willingness to commit to the position for at least two years; ideally some experience living in a developing country.
- Mentorship ability: this post will likely involve training and mentorship of local staff.
- No ego or drama. We are looking for others that combine strong leadership skills with a humble approach to service. Our expatriate team lives in rural Kenya together in a group of houses and so we are looking for emotionally stable and happy people.
- Language: English required.
Flexible
Compensation
Starts modest. However, this is a career-track role with fast raises for performance, paying a meaningful salary for long-term placement in developing nations.
Benefits
Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board.
Sponsor International Candidates
Yes
To Apply
Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section.
SQL Server Administrator
Wanted
Exceptional professional to build and improve on our current server architecture, as well as plan ahead for future scaling.
Job Location
East Africa.
Duration
Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job.
Organization Description
Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve.
Job Description
One Acre Fund has several applications implemented as a SQL server merge replicated architecture using web synchronization to a hosted server. There are nearly 40 locations in 5 different countries which communicate with our main production server. In addition we are replicating data to a separate hosted server for business reporting.
As we expect the number of locations and countries to grow over time, we are seeking an exceptional professional to serve as SQL Server Administrator who can build and improve on our current server architecture, as well as plan ahead for future scaling. In addition the SQL Server Administrator will assist with trainings when One Acre Fund expands to new countries.
The SQL Server Administrator will start off in one of our field countries for the first 12 months, after which they can negotiate relocating. During the initial period some general IT administration tasks will be required and there will be the opportunity to understand the technical constraints a lot of our field offices are under.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
The SQL Server Administrator will perform the following and other duties as assigned:
- Server maintenance and security.
- Create and maintain security policies for developers connecting to SQL server.
- In addition to database security, monitor firewall settings and prevent intrusion attempts.
- Monitor and test automated backups, ensure offsite storage and perform consistency checks.
- Evaluate Server performance and make recommendations for improvements.
- Anticipate scaling needs.
- Create disaster recovery and emergency failover procedures.
- Communicate with our developers and field operations team.
- Act as gatekeeper for direct data manipulation/cleaning requests.
- Create scripts for setting up a test environment with production data for developers.
- Create and maintain a training environment tailored to different country program needs.
- Assist with database architecture changes and staging data migrations.
- Support.
- Maintain and improve client installation scripts.
- Monitor client database performance.
- Monitor replication performance.
- Assist local IT staff with troubleshooting in case of connectivity problems with the database.
- New country setup.
- Provide trainings for our main database tools to new Country Directors and Bookkeepers.
- Assist new countries with hiring local IT staff.
- Other
- Our IT needs keep growing and the SQL Server Administrator may be asked to help out in other areas occasionally.
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff.
Qualifications
Professional Qualifications and Attributes
The successful candidate will have:
- Excellent communication skills. The person in this position will have to communicate with team members remotely on a regular basis.
- Knowledge of SQL server and replication, strong scripting skills, and the ability to create clear documentation.
- Previous experience with server/network administration a plus.
- Language: English required; French a strong plus.
The following personal attributes are desired:
- A deep and genuine commitment to serving the poor.
- A passion for One Acre Fund’s program.
- A tremendous attention to detail.
- Humility and positive attitude.
- A sense of humor.
Flexible
Compensation
Commensurate with experience.
Benefits
Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board.
Sponsor International Candidates
Yes
To Apply
Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section.
Policy Innovation Officer
Wanted
Exceptional professionals with 2 to 5+ years of work experience to help governments achieve the next levels of impact.
Job Location
Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, Rubengera, Rwanda, or Zomba, Malawi (other rural postings possible).
Duration
Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job.
Organization Description
Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve.
Job Description
One Acre Fund believes that policy is all about implementation. No matter how good or bad the policy, its execution on the ground is what changes lives.
To help craft policies which work on the ground, we are starting a new Government Services unit which is working together with regional and national partners to support government-led policy initiatives in agriculture. Following the lead of host governments, we support them with field implementation that changes the lives of millions of people. Our long-term goal is to help government to transform the agricultural ecosystems of whole countries. These projects generally utilize our existing field expertise in farm input distribution, rural mass marketing, and scalable training programs.
For these initiatives, we need both skilled Government Relations staff (see, for example, our Africa Government Officer posting) and also entrepreneurial field staff based in rural areas to focus on implementation.
- Regional and National Strategy Design: The Policy Innovation Officer will work with other One Acre Fund staff and high-level government officials to develop ideas to improve livelihoods of smallholder farmers and the efficiency of the agricultural sector.
- Program Implementation: The Policy Innovation Officer will roll out region-wide and eventually nationwide programs. Examples of past projects include a farm input system that delivers seed and fertilizer to several hundred thousand farm families; farm input marketing programs for similar numbers; and training support for 10,000+ extension agents.
- Team Management: The Policy Innovation Officer will screen, hire, and develop a staff of 30-150 full-time country national staff, depending on the project, to support scaled implementation.
- Innovation Trials: The Policy Innovation Officer will conduct an ambitious slate of trials within several districts, in order to discover new and effective mechanisms for promoting mass agricultural training—and to identify promising interventions One Acre Fund could scale-up across its entire network of smallholder farmers.
- Collaboration with Key Officials: The Policy Innovation Officer will update high-level officials in the ministry of agriculture on a regular basis. The Policy Innovation Officer will also collaborate with important leaders at partner institutions.
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff.
Qualifications
To start up and build this new team, we are seeking exceptional professionals with 2 to 5+ years of work experience. We are looking for truly extraordinary candidates who will help governments achieve the next levels of impact. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
- Strong operational work experiences. We are looking for strong leaders with direct operating experience, ideally of an entrepreneurial and unstructured nature.
- Intelligence, creativity, and a desire to make things work. We need people to develop creative ideas to improve the quality of government services, who can then get out to the field and figure out how to make these ideas work in practice.
- Leadership experiences at work, or outside of work.
- Top-performing undergraduate background (please include GPA and test scores on your resume).
- Humility and personal stability. We are looking for passionate professionals who combine strong leadership skills with good humor, patience, and a humble approach to service.
- A willingness to commit to living in East Africa for at least two years—this is a long-term, career-track role. The ideal candidate will have at least one year demonstrated experience working in the developing world, although this is not a strict requirement.
- Professional/technical skills—high levels of proficiency with PowerPoint, Excel and other software programs.
- Language: English required and Amharic desirable in Ethiopia. English and French required in Rwanda.
Flexible
Compensation
Starts modest. However, this is a career-track role with fast raises for performance, paying a meaningful salary for long-term placement in developing nations.
Benefits
Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board.
Sponsor International Candidates
Yes
To Apply
Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section.
Special Projects Analyst
Wanted
Exceptional professional to work on projects that are of strategic importance to One Acre Fund as a whole.
Job Location
Rural Kenya (other countries possible).
Duration
Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job.
Organization Description
Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve.
Job Description
We are seeking an exceptional professional to work on projects that are of strategic importance to One Acre Fund as a whole. The goal of this role is to work across One Acre Fund’s various departments and geographies to initiate and execute on projects that open up new operational or strategic opportunities for the organization. The role presents a unique chance to work on strategic priorities with the access and vantage point provided by working closely with One Acre Fund’s field teams.
The role will divide roughly evenly, into three parts:
- Long-running, cross-department or cross-country initiatives: As One Acre Fund grows, there are an increasing number of projects that do not fall cleanly into an existing department, and we need to execute cleanly across multiple silos. These projects would last at least several months, tackling questions of strategic importance to the organization.
- Example: Investigate a new strategic idea of potentially incorporating family planning products into our product portfolio, and perform the initial field research and piloting to learn more. Conduct focus groups with farmers, do desk research to understand the policy landscape, then build the foundation for a One Acre Fund-provided service. Again, start in one country and then gradually expand across One Acre Fund network.
- Example: Training modules for new managers at One Acre Fund. Coordinating with our leadership team, put together a dozen training modules and self-publish them into a booklet for our budding managers. Supplement interviews on management best practices from our field leadership with secondary research.
- Example: Create a “remote field visit” department that allows management to have eyes on the field operation in remote places every day. Hire a team 3-10 videographers and develop a procedure for them to collect, package, and translate video on ground-level field operations to be used for One Acre Fund’s staff training and quality control. Start in one country and then gradually export this across all countries where One Acre Fund operates.
- Example: US tech consulting. Working together with our People Operations team, One Acre Fund is working on a project to streamline the processing of over 10,000 applications per year. Scope out the necessary requirements (including lack of solid internet bandwidth in rural Africa), create a job description, recruit a software developer, and then manage the implementation of a new candidate processing system.
- One-off, fast analyses and tasks: These are analyses and tasks of one week or shorter duration, typically exploring a new strategic direction for the organization.
- Example: Write an exploratory research memo on the current state of research on sorghum and millet in East Africa.
- Example: Attend a particular microfinance or agriculture industry conference, perhaps in a speaking role – with the goal of networking and identifying new opportunities for the organization.
- Communication with key stakeholders: The last batch of work would be to communicate with key stakeholders of the organization, as opportunities arose. This would most often involve creating Powerpoint decks, conducting phone calls, and preparing financial statement summaries.
- Example: Prepare a keynote presentation for One Acre Fund’s executive director to deliver at an industry conference.
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff.
Qualifications
We are seeking exceptional professionals with 2 to 5+ years of work experience. We are looking for truly extraordinary candidates that will help take our organization to the next levels of impact and scale. This is a competitive posting for a career–track role, with a two-year minimum. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
- Strong work experiences. We are looking for a former management consultant (or similar skill–set). Entrepreneurial and unstructured work experiences are also helpful.
- Strong verbal and written communicator.
- Leadership experiences at work, or outside of work.
- Top–performing undergraduate background (please include GPA and test scores on your resume).
- Humility and personal stability. We are looking for passionate professionals that combine strong leadership skills with good humor, patience, and a humble approach to service.
- A willingness to commit to living in rural areas of East Africa for at least two years – this is a long–term, career–track role. The ideal candidate will have at least one year demonstrated experience working in the developing world, although this is not a strict requirement.
- Professional/technical skills – very high levels of proficiency with PowerPoint, Excel and other software programs.
- Ability to cook/laugh – desirable.
- Language: English required.
Flexible
Compensation
Starts modest. However, this is a career-track role with fast raises for performance, paying a meaningful salary for long-term placement in developing nations.
Benefits
Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board.
Sponsor International Candidates
Yes
To Apply
Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section.
Monitoring and Evaluation Associate
Wanted
Smart and dedicated self–starters to use data to improve operations and impact on customers.
Job Location
1 in rural Kenya, 1 in rural Rwanda, and 1 in rural Burundi.
Duration
Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job.
Organization Description
Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve.
Job Description
Rapid organization growth translates into great career opportunities for our staff. We invest heavily in careers – we want to find and retain our next group of country directors, R&D directors, and partnership leaders.
We are seeking a smart and dedicated self–starter to be an M&E Associate in rural East Africa. Overall, the M&E Associate will be responsible for using data to continually improve our operations, and impact on our customers.
General Responsibilities
- Goal–oriented survey design, field testing of survey instruments, and revision.
- Supervise 3–5 M&E supervisors, 20–30 full–time M&E data collectors, 4 data entry staff, plus casuals. This will include the following duties:
- Regular mentorship of M&E managers through field visits, meetings, and career reviews.
- In–field supervision of key M&E activities, with an eye to "perfect" quality standard.
- Quality–control and supervision of data entry, with zero tolerance for data–entry errors.
- In–field follow–up on errors.
- Hire and develop M&E data collectors.
- Update hiring protocols, and use them to hire top–quality data collectors.
- Conduct regular trainings to improve skills of data collectors.
- Appropriately deal with under–performing staff.
- Innovation on new methods such as tablet–based data collection.
- Data analysis to draw both early and final conclusions and actionable recommendations.
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff.
Qualifications
We are seeking exceptional professionals with 1 to 5+ years of work experience, and a demonstrated long–term passion for international development.
We are looking for truly extraordinary candidates that will help take our organization to the next levels of impact and scale. This is a competitive posting for a career-track role with minimum initial commitment of two years. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
- Strong work experiences. Examples include a demanding professional work experience, or successful entrepreneurial experience (e.g. starting a field program in a developing country, leading a conference, starting a business, solid Peace Corps accomplishments).
- Prior field–based M&E experience is required.
- More importantly, we are seeking someone with proven entrepreneurial and leadership experience – the vast majority of the job is to monitor and improve M&E operations in the field.
- Statistical knowledge is nice to have, but we also have experts who can help with that side of things.
- Leadership experience at work, or outside of work.
- Top–performing undergraduate record (please include GPA and test scores on your resume). Master’s degree is not required.
- Humility and personal stability. We have a fantastic and likeable team. We are looking for passionate professionals that combine strong leadership skills with good humor, patience, and a humble approach to service.
- A willingness to commit to living in East Africa for at least two years – this is a long–term, career–track role. The ideal candidate will have at least one year demonstrated experience working in the developing world, although this is not a strict requirement.
- Language: French and English required in Rwanda. English required in Kenya.
Flexible
Compensation
Starts modest. However, this is a career-track role with fast raises for performance, paying a meaningful salary for long-term placement in developing nations.
Benefits
Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board.
Sponsor international candidates
Yes
To Apply
Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section.
Health Innovations Manager
Wanted
Exceptional professional with both field and management experience to serve in a career track position that demands creativity, leadership, strategic thinking and action-oriented delivery.
Job Location
Rural Kenya, Rwanda, or Burundi.
Duration
Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job.
Organization Description
Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve.
Job Description
We are seeking an exceptional professional with both field and management experience for our Health Innovations Manager position. One Acre Fund is a rapidly growing organization that has set up one of Africa’s most promising new rural distribution networks through agriculture. We offer agricultural training, product delivery, and financing at more than 1,000 "market points," and we are now interested in exploring the addition of health goods to our work.
We have started pushing health services through our network in the past several years; most notably, we provided chlorine for home water treatment to more than 500,000 children. However, we are looking for an extraordinary leader to thoughtfully leverage and expand our engagement in health. We are increasingly interested in searching for other "low-hanging fruit" – simple products and trainings that we can distribute with minimal effort, for maximum humanitarian impact. Family planning is of particular interest to us, with the recognition that no matter how large our agricultural gains, our farmers are facing a grim situation if population growth continues at its current rapid pace.
The Health Innovations Manager will serve in a career track position that demands creativity, leadership, strategic thinking and action-oriented delivery. As a young organization, we are ready to hand over large responsibility for specific, well-defined work modules, with similar structure to an operations consulting role.
Specific responsibilities:
- Determine the best products and services to roll through our network. Use a combination of primary research with the world's foremost health distribution NGOs and companies, and secondary journal research to decide which products and services to provide, and how to distribute them.
- Run high-quality research pilots with farm families to determine uptake and usage rates, and to estimate health impact.
- Scale up. Source materials, design and implement trainings, and potentially build a team of specialty staff to increase access and improve health outcomes across the region.
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff.
Qualifications
We are seeking an exceptional professional with 2 to 6+ years of work experience. We are looking for a truly extraordinary candidate that will help take our organization to the next levels of impact and scale. This is a competitive posting for a career-track role with minimum initial commitment of two years. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
- At least one year living and working in the developing world. This is a requirement.
- Strong work experiences. Entrepreneurial and unstructured work experiences are particularly helpful.
- Leadership experiences at work, or outside of work.
- Top-performing undergraduate background (please include GPA and test scores on your resume).
- Humility and personal stability. We are looking for passionate professionals that combine strong leadership skills with good humor, patience, and a humble approach to service.
- A willingness to commit to living in rural East Africa for at least two years – this is a long–term, career–track role.
- Professional/technical skills – very high levels of proficiency with PowerPoint, Excel and other software programs.
- Language: English required; French highly desirable.
Flexible
Compensation
Starts modest. However, this is a career-track role with fast raises for performance, paying a meaningful salary for long-term placement in developing nations.
Benefits
Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board.
Sponsor International Candidates
Yes
To Apply
Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section. If you are interested in an informational interview, please contact grace.lesser@oneacrefund.org.
Innovation Capture Associate
Wanted
Dedicated associate to focus on sharing knowledge and best practices across borders and continents.
Job Location
This position will spend approximately 3 weeks per month in rural Kenya and 1 week per month in rural Rwanda (or vice–versa).
Duration
Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job.
Organization Description
Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve.
Job Description
Rapid organization growth translates into great career opportunities for our staff. We invest heavily in careers – we want to develop our next group of country directors, R&D directors, and partnership leaders.
As a fast–growing, multinational organization, One Acre Fund places great importance on sharing knowledge and best practices across borders and continents. To help streamline and systematize this function, we are looking for a dedicated associate to focus on these tasks. The innovation capture associate will:
- Become intimately familiar with our processes for hiring, training and evaluating field staff, executing core field operations and piloting new and innovative agricultural trials and help standardize these activities through a series of manuals and online training materials.
- Capture new improvements to our model, and write those improvements into our operating materials.
- Help to manage innovation. Serve as a shared knowledge center for our innovation team throughout Africa and the US to both store best practices and access our standardized materials.
- Work with our program staffers in Africa to create organization–wide knowledge sharing procedures.
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff.
Qualifications
We are seeking exceptional professionals with 2 to 5+ years of work experience, and a demonstrated long–term passion for international development. They will serve in a career–track position that combines both field and management experience.
We are looking for truly extraordinary candidates that will help take our organization to the next levels of impact and scale. This is a competitive posting for a career-track role with minimum initial commitment of two years. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
- Strong work experiences. Examples include a demanding professional work experience, or successful entrepreneurial experience (i.e. high level consulting assignments, starting a field program in a developing country, leading a conference, starting a business).
- Leadership experience at work, or outside of work.
- Top-performing undergraduate background (include GPA and test scores on your resume).
- Humility and personal stability. We have a fantastic and likeable team. We are looking for passionate professionals that combine strong leadership skills with good humor, patience, and a humble approach to service.
- A willingness to commit to living in rural areas of East Africa for at least two years – this is a long–term, career–track role. The ideal candidate will have at least one year demonstrated experience working in the developing world, although this is not a strict requirement.
- Professional/technical skills – prior experience working in the field of knowledge management is desirable, but not required; strong technical skills required.
- Ability to cook/laugh – desirable.
- Language: English required; French highly desirable.
Flexible
Compensation
Starts modest. However, this is a career-track role with fast raises for performance, paying a meaningful salary for long-term placement in developing nations.
Benefits
Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board.
Sponsor International Candidates
Yes
To Apply
Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section.
Graphic Designer
Wanted
Extraordinary candidate with 2+ years of work experience in web and/or print design.
Job Location
Rural Kenya.
Duration
Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job.
Organization Description
Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve.
Job Description
The graphic designer will work closely with our field, government services, communications, and fundraising teams to produce both field-facing and external-facing materials for One Acre Fund. Our rapid growth means we are quickly expanding into new venues of communication and marketing, from marketing materials for smallholder farmers interested in joining One Acre Fund, to training materials for African government to distribute through their national extension system. Unlike many in-house graphic design positions, which focus solely on creating materials to market an organization externally, this role will also help create a range of custom materials to support our government services team, which partners directly with African governments to increase the impact of their work with smallholder farmers. The graphic designer will set a clear, consistent and professional tone in our visual media that helps a wide variety of audiences best understand how One Acre Fund works to put farmers first.
Primary duties of the job will include:
- Designing custom materials to support our government services team, including planting guides, checklists, and training materials.
- Designing informational materials and advertisements for the field operations team to distribute to One Acre Fund farmers.
- Designing infographics and visual aids to help make One Acre Fund’s program model and operations more accessible to a wider audience.
- Designing and determining the layout and functions of new pages for our website.
- Helping determine One Acre Fund branding strategies for marketing both internally and externally.
- Training sessions with local headquarters marketing teams on the basics of design and layout.
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff.
Qualifications
We are looking for truly extraordinary candidates that will help take our organization to the next levels of impact and scale. This is a competitive posting for a career-track role with minimum initial commitment of two years. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
- Demonstrated creativity and polished design skills (presented in a portfolio).
- Bold vision that is capable of being translated and scaled into the visual branding of One Acre Fund.
- 2+ years of work experience in web and/or print design.
- Strong ability to collaborate and work in a team.
- Proficient in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign or equivalent programs.
- Leadership experience at work, or outside of work.
- Humility and personal stability. We have a fantastic and likeable team. We are looking for passionate professionals that combine strong leadership skills with good humor, patience, and a humble approach to service.
- A willingness to commit to living in Nairobi, Kenya, for at least two years.
- Hard worker. We are looking for a self-motivated person who will consistently put in 100% performance for our farmers.
- Language: English required.
Flexible
Compensation
Starts modest. However, this is a career-track role with fast raises for performance, paying a meaningful salary for long-term placement in developing nations.
Benefits
Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board.
Sponsor International Candidates
Yes
To Apply
Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section.
East Africa Logistics Manager
Wanted
Exceptional professional with 3 to 10+ years of work experience and ideally a demonstrated passion for international development.
Job Location
Kenya or Rwanda (capital city or field posting possible).
Duration
Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job.
Organization Description
Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve.
Job Description
As One Acre Fund’s client base grows, so does the amount and diversity of farm inputs and other products it needs to deliver. In the coming years, One Acre Fund will deliver roughly 15,000-30,000 metric tons of products to farmers across East Africa. The East Africa Logistics Manager will be the overall lead for this core aspect of our business, managing the physical and technical business processes required to successfully and efficiently deliver these products.
As part of successfully managing the delivery of life-changing farm inputs, the East Africa Logistics Manager will be responsible for building, growing, and developing an international logistics team spread across at least four countries in East Africa. This will include, at a minimum, the management of four in-country logistics leads in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania; several dozen additional permanent staff across those countries; as well as a small army of several hundred temporary casual laborers spread across various loading sites, warehouses, transport points, and headquarters.
In order to achieve its scale goals and continue to deliver to its 200,000+ last-mile clients, One Acre Fund will need an East Africa Logistics Manager who can take us to the next level in the following areas:
- Developing a world-class team of logistics associates.
- Storage and quality control protocols.
- Data and inventory management systems.
- Fraud and shrinkage prevention.
- Supply chain management from port to warehouse to farmer.
- Warehouse receipting protocols.
- Technology integration with One Acre Fund’s customer relationship management (CRM) systems.
- Input distribution scheduling and loading orders.
- Fleet management.
- New projects, such as installing closed-circuit television (CCTV) surveillance in warehouses or researching potential cold chain ability for One Acre Fund.
- Research and benchmarking on industry best practices.
Career Growth and Development
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff.
Qualifications
We are seeking an exceptional professional with 3 to 10+ years of work experience and ideally a demonstrated passion for international development. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
- Progressive experience in managing significant chunks of logistics / systems / supply-chain for operationally complex organizations, preferably working in developing world context. Demonstrated ability to build and maintain meaningful systems or business processes in challenging environments.
- Strong work experiences. Examples include a demanding professional work experience, or successful entrepreneurial experience (e.g. leading a conference, starting a business, solid Peace Corps accomplishments).
- Leadership experience at work, or outside of work.
- Top-performing academic background (include GPA on your resume).
- Humility. We are looking for passionate professionals who combine strong leadership skills with good humor, patience, and a humble approach to service to join our growing family of leaders.
- Language: English required.
Flexible. However, note that we are also conducting an internal search and will only be accepting applicants through May.
Compensation
Commensurate with experience.
Benefits
Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board.
Sponsor International Candidates
Yes
To Apply
Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section.
Human Capital Development Associate/Manager
Wanted
Exceptional professional to run a leadership and management training program for staff.
Job Location
Rural Kenya or Rwanda (possible E. Africa capital after 12 months).
Duration
Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job.
Organization Description
Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve.
Job Description
One Acre Fund has an incredible team of international development professionals who dedicate their lives to serving smallholder farmers in Africa. We currently hire less than 1% of applicants and are constantly seeking to improve our staffers’ professional, management and leadership skills. We are focused on further establishing and expanding our leadership and management training options for these staffers and seek a dedicated new staffer to run this program.
The Human Capital Development Manager (or associate) (“HCDM”) will play a key role in the following:
- Initial evaluation and audit: The HCDM will begin by working with One Acre Fund’s senior management to take inventory of our current professional development initiatives across all countries.
- Evaluate additional areas for growth: The HCDM will simultaneously work with One Acre Fund staffers across all countries and departments to identify additional key areas for professional growth to ensure we are taking a holistic approach to professional development.
- External review: The HCDM will perform an exhaustive review of best practices in both the for profit and not for profit sectors. This will include networking and meeting with key industry leaders and traditional research to identify the most impactful ways to build career, management and leadership skills for an international group of staffers.
- Implementation: The HCDM will create a comprehensive human capital development program accessible to staffers across the globe based on the findings above. This development program will include web-based learnings, courses and modules, as well as live courses and events.
- Management of programs: The HCDM will work with One Acre Fund’s senior leadership group to implement the program, arrange for presenters for any live or virtual meetings or sessions and continuously evaluate programs for impact and effectiveness. The HCDM will be primarily responsible for managing the overall program vs. teaching individual modules.
- Monitoring and evaluation: The HCDM will take the lead in monitoring the program across all countries to ensure that staffers are utilizing the resources and reporting back substantial benefits as a result.
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff.
Qualifications
We are seeking an exceptional professional with 2-5+ years of work experience and ideally a demonstrated passion for international development. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
- Strong work experiences. Examples include a demanding professional work experience, or successful entrepreneurial experience (e.g. leading a conference, starting a business, solid Peace Corps accomplishments).
- HR Development experience a strong plus, but will also consider applicants with comparable experience and/or a passion for developing people.
- Leadership experience at work, or outside of work
- Top-performing academic background (include GPA on your resume)
- Humility. We are looking for passionate professionals who combine strong leadership skills with good humor, patience, and a humble approach to service to join our growing family of leaders.
- Language: English required; French a big plus
Flexible
Compensation
Starts modest. However, this is a career-track role with fast raises for performance, paying a meaningful salary for long-term placement in developing nations.
Benefits
Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board.
Sponsor International Candidates
Yes
To Apply
Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section.
| East Africa Policy DirectorWanted Exceptional professional with 4 to 8+ years of work experience to help manage our increasing African government–facing organization. Job Location East African capital city, preferably Nairobi. Duration Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job. Organization Description Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve. Job Description One Acre Fund stays in regular contact and collaborates with the Ministries of Agriculture in the countries where we work. There is significant programmatic benefit from maintaining regular contact with ministry officials. We also believe that there exist powerful opportunities to partner with the Ministries to both shape policy, and also implement effective policy, coordinated together with our significant field presence. We are seeking a policy director to be based in East Africa, to help manage our increasing African government–facing organization. This person would collaborate together with our overall Policy and Outreach director, based in New York. There are several major duties: Staff hiring/growth, management, and professional development:
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff. Qualifications We are seeking an exceptional professional with 4 to 8+ years of work experience. We are looking for truly extraordinary candidates that will help take our organization to the next levels of impact and scale. This is a competitive posting for a career–track role with minimum initial commitment of two years. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
Flexible Compensation Starts modest. However, this is a career-track role with fast raises for performance, paying a meaningful salary for long-term placement in developing nations. Benefits Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board. Sponsor International Candidates Yes To Apply Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section. Government Relations Analyst (multiple positions)Wanted Three exceptional professional(s) with 2-4+ year(s) of work experience to join our government relations team. Job Location Nairobi or Kisumu, Kenya (2 positions); Kigali, Rwanda (1 position). Duration Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job. Organization Description Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve. Job Description One Acre Fund works closely with local and national governments. Our principal focus is the Ministry of Agriculture in countries where we operate, but we also pay close attention to other actors in the agricultural sector. Our aim is to share information on what we do. We also require detailed insights into the strategic, regulatory, and legislative issues affecting the sector. Our government relations team supports field operations to provide vital services to farmers. It also informs our wider policy, communications, and outreach work. We believe that powerful opportunities exist to partner with the government to shape and implement effective policy, coordinated with our significant field presence. We are seeking three government relations analysts for our team: a Rwanda analyst, a Kenya analyst, and an East Africa analyst. All positions will have the following responsibilities:
Rwanda government relations analyst
This role will be spent 50% working on Kenya and 50% on Uganda. In Kenya, the analyst will work closely with our local government relations team to grow and enhance our outreach to county governments. Occasional interactions with Kenya’s national government will also be required. For Uganda, One Acre Fund is running a trial program in Kamuli and it is therefore necessary to establish local government relations, whilst beginning relationship building with Uganda’s national government too. If the Kamuli trial is successful, we expect to formally launch our program in Uganda, and the analyst will transition to being 100% on Uganda government relations.
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff. Qualifications We are seeking 3 exceptional professional(s) with 2-4+ year(s) of work experience and ideally a demonstrated passion for international development. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
Flexible Compensation Starts modest. However, this is a career-track role with fast raises for performance, paying a meaningful salary for long-term placement in developing nations. Benefits Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board. Sponsor International Candidates Yes To Apply Complete this form. Please specify which government relations analyst position you are interested in applying for, or whether you are interested in multiple positions. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section. *Africa Government OfficerWanted Former Management Consultants/Finance Professionals/Policy Professionals/Economists for career–track role in Africa. Job Location Major African capital city. Duration Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job. Organization Description Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve. Job Description One Acre Fund is increasingly exploring opportunities to work together with the Ministries of Agriculture in the countries where we work. We believe that there exist very powerful opportunities to partner with the Ministries to both shape policy, but more importantly to implement effective policy, coordinated together with our significant field presence. We are seeking Africa Government Officer(s) to work closely with the Ministries of Agriculture of countries where we operate, to implement special policy initiatives. There are two different possible job configurations: Special Project Partnership:
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff. Qualifications We are seeking exceptional professionals with 2 to 5+ years of work experience. We are looking for truly extraordinary candidates that will help take our organization to the next levels of impact and scale. This is a competitive posting for a career-track role with minimum initial commitment of two years. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
Flexible Compensation Starts modest. However, this is a career-track role with fast raises for performance, paying a meaningful salary for long-term placement in developing nations. Benefits Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board. Sponsor International Candidates Yes To Apply Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section. Government Services Manager/DirectorWanted Exceptional professional with 5-10+ years of work experience and a passion for collaborating with government. Job Location Nairobi preferred; other East African city possible. Duration Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job. Organization Description Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve. Job Description One Acre Fund is increasingly exploring opportunities to work together with the Ministries of Agriculture in the countries where we work. We believe that there are very powerful opportunities to partner with Ministries to both shape policy, but more importantly to implement effective policy, coordinated together with our significant field presence. We currently have early-stage operational partnerships with two African governments, and are exploring additional partnership opportunities in several other countries. Our government services work is divided into 1) field implementation units, and 2) African capital-city based roles that coordinate all activity. This role is responsible for managing our government services staff that are based in capital cities, and also providing overall coordination for all government services activities. This person will:
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff. Qualifications We are seeking an exceptional professional with 5-10+ years of work experience. We are looking for truly extraordinary candidates that have a passion for collaborating with government. This is a competitive posting for a career-track role with minimum initial commitment of two years. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
Flexible Compensation Commensurate with experience. Benefits Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board. Sponsor International Candidates Yes To Apply Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section. Government Services Monitoring & Evaluation AssociateWanted Exceptional M&E professional with 2 to 5+ years of work experience. Job Location Addis Ababa, Ethiopia with regular travel to Bahir Dar and Rwanda (Kigali and rural areas). Duration Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job. Organization Description Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve. Job Description One Acre Fund is partnering with the Ethiopian and other East African governments to improve the agricultural sector for small scale farmers across the respective country. We are in an exciting phase of work: these projects are in a start-up phase and we anticipate many further opportunities for partnerships and innovation in the coming months and years. For example, these partnerships may provide wide-scale distribution of improved planting methods or the promotion of fertilizer use for farmers. In addition, programs may help improve the capacity of existing government extension agents that have reach across a country. We are looking for an entrepreneurial individual to provide action-oriented monitoring and evaluation (M&E) for programs across countries. The selected candidate would be responsible for day-to-day management and oversight of M&E for government services projects across countries; the position would entail 30-40% travel around East Africa. The selected candidate would report to One Acre Fund’s methods and analysis specialist in Nairobi. Specifically, the selected candidate would:
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff. Qualifications We are seeking an exceptional professional with 2 to 5+ years of work experience and ideally a demonstrated passion for international development. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
Flexible Compensation Starts modest. However, this is a career-track role with fast raises for performance, paying a meaningful salary for long-term placement in developing nations. Benefits Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board. Sponsor International Candidates Yes To Apply Complete this form. Please specify which government relations analyst position you are interested in applying for, or whether you are interested in multiple positions. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section. New Country Expansion Government Relations ManagerWanted Exceptional professional with 5+ year(s) of work experience and ideally a demonstrated passion for international development to oversee early stage interactions with local and national government officials in trial countries while setting up a long-term government relations capability. Job Location Nairobi, with extensive travel (at least 50%). Duration Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job. Organization Description Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve. Job Description One Acre Fund is currently conducting new country expansion trials in Uganda and Malawi, with plans to add 1-2 additional trials in the next six months. A critical success factor in these trials is forging early positive relationships with local and national government officials. The new country expansion government relations manager will oversee early stage interactions with local and national government officials in trial countries while setting up a long-term government relations capability. S/he will remotely manage the initial government relations staffers in each trial country, and support the work of the new country expansion team by ensuring approvals, licenses, and permits are obtained expeditiously. The manager will be based in Nairobi, but will operate across 3-4 countries, so frequent travel within the region should be expected (at least 50%). When a trial is in its earliest stage, the manager might be required to spend up to 2 months in a trial country. S/he will provide new country scouts in each trial country with support on local government outreach at village and district levels. S/he will also hold introductory meetings with priority national government figures, and produce detailed analysis on the role of government in the agricultural sector. The manager will work closely with One Acre Fund’s legal team to ensure our program is legally established to operate in new countries. As a trial moves closer to being launched, the manager will recruit staff to coordinate government relations at local and national levels. The manager will identify priority deliverables, set team work plans, and manage staff across multiple countries. S/he should expect to be managing 3-4 national staff and 2 expatriate staff in 3-4 countries at any given time. Primary responsibilities of the role:
Career Growth and Development One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff. Qualifications We are seeking an exceptional professional with 5+ year(s) of work experience and ideally a demonstrated passion for international development. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
Flexible Compensation Starts modest. However, this is a career-track role with fast raises for performance, paying a meaningful salary for long-term placement in developing nations. Benefits Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board. Sponsor International Candidates Yes To Apply Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section. East Africa Legal AnalystWanted Exceptional professional with 3+ years of experience to oversee One Acre Fund compliance with local laws and be the point person for all legal research and advisory functions Job Location Nairobi Duration Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job. Organization Description Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve. Job Description As our organization grows and expands its services, regulatory and legal considerations are increasingly relevant to our work. The East Africa legal analyst, based in Nairobi, will oversee One Acre Fund compliance with local laws and be the point person for all legal research and advisory functions. The role will require regular travel, initially in East Africa, and in future to One Acre Fund expansion countries across Africa. Working closely with the government relations and policy team, the analyst will advise on laws affecting our operations in East Africa. Further, the analyst will support policy recommendations by interpreting legal matters applicable to our work. Initially focusing on Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, the analyst will undertake various projects for each country. Among other duties, the legal analyst will develop an inventory of applicable laws, maintain a schedule of relevant applications and renewals, and generally be responsible for regulations and licenses relevant to our field activities. The analyst will also be responsible for registering One Acre Fund in new countries, and updating our legal status in existing countries when necessary. They will anticipate key changes in the legal environment and provide briefings to the government relations and policy managers. Last, they will advise the policy manager with regard to how regulatory and legal considerations might affect our policy recommendations to East African governments. The legal analyst will be responsible for the following: Operational Support
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff. Qualifications We are seeking an exceptional candidate with 3+ years of professional experience. Candidates who fit the criteria below should apply:
As soon as possible. Compensation Starts modest. However, this is a career-track role with fast raises for performance, paying a meaningful salary for long-term placement in developing nations. Benefits Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board. Sponsor International Candidates Yes To Apply Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section. Supply Chain AssociateWanted Exceptional professionals with 3+ years of experience working in general. Experience in ag supply chains is a plus. Job Location Nairobi, Kenya. Duration Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job. Organization Description Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve. Job Description The Supply Chain Associate will be working on procurement of major inputs, such as fertilizer, seed, and solar lamps for all countries of operation. These items will reach 200,000 farmers in East Africa in 2014. Responsibilities will include:
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff. Qualifications We seek exceptional professionals with a passion for understanding supply chains and procurement. Experience in an entrepreneurial environment is a plus. Candidates that meet the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
Flexible Compensation Starts modest. However, this is a career-track role with fast raises for performance, paying a meaningful salary for long-term placement in developing nations. Benefits Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board. Sponsor International Candidates Yes To Apply Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section. East Africa Logistics ManagerWanted Exceptional professional with 3 to 10+ years of work experience and ideally a demonstrated passion for international development. Job Location Kenya or Rwanda (capital city or field posting possible). Duration Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job. Organization Description Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve. Job Description As One Acre Fund’s client base grows, so does the amount and diversity of farm inputs and other products it needs to deliver. In the coming years, One Acre Fund will deliver roughly 15,000-30,000 metric tons of products to farmers across East Africa. The East Africa Logistics Manager will be the overall lead for this core aspect of our business, managing the physical and technical business processes required to successfully and efficiently deliver these products. As part of successfully managing the delivery of life-changing farm inputs, the East Africa Logistics Manager will be responsible for building, growing, and developing an international logistics team spread across at least four countries in East Africa. This will include, at a minimum, the management of four in-country logistics leads in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania; several dozen additional permanent staff across those countries; as well as a small army of several hundred temporary casual laborers spread across various loading sites, warehouses, transport points, and headquarters. In order to achieve its scale goals and continue to deliver to its 200,000+ last-mile clients, One Acre Fund will need an East Africa Logistics Manager who can take us to the next level in the following areas:
Career Growth and Development One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff. Qualifications We are seeking an exceptional professional with 3 to 10+ years of work experience and ideally a demonstrated passion for international development. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
Flexible. However, note that we are also conducting an internal search and will only be accepting applicants through May. Compensation Commensurate with experience. Benefits Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board. Sponsor International Candidates Yes To Apply Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section. Microfinance Partnerships DirectorWanted Exceptional mid-career professional with microfinance/financial access experience (preferred) or a strong business mind. Job Location Nairobi preferred; major European city possible. Frequent world travel, particularly E and W Africa. Duration Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job. Organization Description Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve. Job Description The global microfinance movement has thousands of institutions and is starting to explore how to serve farmers, who are the majority of the world's poor. One Acre Fund is growing the largest network of smallholding farmers in Africa, and proving that loans to smallholder farmers can be commercially viable. We are challenging ourselves to think big, and to invest resources into figuring out how to help the microfinance movement more seriously consider serving the world's farmers. We are genuinely interested in helping to promote and shape the emerging agricultural microfinance movement. The Microfinance Partnerships Director will lead One Acre Fund's work to help bring together other organizations with experience in agriculture microfinance. S/he will help form an association of these organizations, develop core principles, and develop structures to incentivize other organizations to enter agriculture microfinance. Separately, s/he will explore the eventual possibility of operating partnerships between One Acre Fund and other organizations (most likely microfinance organizations, but could be other organizations that are interested in serving rural farmers at scale). We are seeking an exceptional mid-career professional with microfinance/financial access experience (preferred) or other base-of-the-pyramid business experience to serve as Microfinance Partnerships Director. Primary Duties and Responsibilities The Microfinance Partnerships Director will perform the following and other duties as assigned: Build meaningful and genuine one-on-one relationships with worldwide microfinance leaders and other organizations interested in serving rural farmers at scale.
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff. Qualifications Professional Qualifications The successful candidate will have the following minimum qualifications:
The following personal attributes are desired:
Flexible Compensation Commensurate with experience. Benefits Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board. Sponsor International Candidates Yes To Apply Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section. Microfinance Partnerships AnalystWanted Exceptional professionals with 2+ years of work experience, and a demonstrated long-term passion for international development. Job Location Nairobi, London, or New York preferred. Duration Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job. Organization Description Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve. Job Description The global microfinance movement has thousands of institutions and is starting to explore how to serve farmers, who are the majority of the world's poor. One Acre Fund is growing the largest network of smallholding farmers in Africa, and proving that loans to smallholder farmers can be commercially viable. We are challenging ourselves to think big, and to invest resources into figuring out how to help the microfinance movement more seriously consider serving the world's farmers. We are genuinely interested in helping to promote and shape the emerging agricultural microfinance movement. The Microfinance Partnerships Analyst will work with the Microfinance Partnerships Manager and Director to help bring together other organizations with experience in agriculture microfinance. S/he will support One Acre Fund’s efforts to form an association of these organizations, develop core principles, and develop structures to incentivize other organizations to enter agriculture microfinance. Separately, s/he will support One Acre Fund’s exploration of the eventual possibility of operating partnerships with other organizations (most likely microfinance organizations, but could be other organizations that are interested in serving rural farmers at scale). We are seeking an exceptional early-career professional with microfinance/financial access experience to serve as Microfinance Partnerships Analyst. Primary Duties and Responsibilities The Microfinance Partnerships Analyst will perform the following and other duties as assigned
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff. Qualifications We are seeking exceptional professionals with 2+ years of work experience, and a demonstrated long-term passion for international development. They will serve in a career-track position. We are looking for truly extraordinary candidates that will help take our organization to the next levels of impact and scale. This is a competitive posting for a career-track role with minimum initial commitment of two years. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply: Professional Qualifications The successful candidate will have the following minimum qualifications:
The following personal attributes are desired:
Flexible Compensation Starts modest. However, this is a career-track role with fast raises for performance, paying a meaningful salary for long-term placement in developing nations. Benefits Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board. Sponsor International Candidates Yes To Apply Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section. Regional Payroll ManagerWanted Exceptional professional to oversee transition to new payroll system and manage payroll processes across all East Africa operations. Job Location Nairobi (with travel throughout east Africa). Duration Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job. Organization Description Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve. Job Description We have almost 2,000 employees in four countries. As we continue to expand, we need to develop and maintain a payroll system that strikes a balance between meeting each country's unique needs, and standardizing common practices across countries. We are seeking an exceptional professional to serve as Regional Payroll Manager. This person will oversee our software system (Sage VIP Payroll), and manage the payroll process across all our East African operations- this includes 4 countries currently, with continual additions of countries expected in upcoming years. The Manager will be responsible for day-to-day managing and overseeing of a regional payroll team of approximately 2-3 Payroll Associates, each of whom will perform all payroll information gathering, communication, and data-entry for 1-2 countries. The Manager will be expected to approve final reports for payroll, taxes, and any other statutory payments for all countries, and ensure that all employees in a country are paid timely and accurately. Additionally, he/she will be responsible for tax and other statutory remittances including filing of any yearly reports as well as acting as the primary contact for any audit needs related to payroll. The Manager will work with finance and HR leadership in each of our countries of operation to improve and formalize existing payroll processes, and ensure compliance with these formalized standards across countries. The Manager will also be the primary party responsible for maintaining up-to-date knowledge on tax and payroll laws in each of our countries of operation and ensuring that we maintain all legal compliance as it relates to payroll. He/she will interface with VIP to oversee configuration changes to our payroll database and design excel-based report templates for standard reporting across all countries. Responsibilities
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff. Qualifications We are looking for somebody truly extraordinary for this role. We encourage applicants who fit the following criteria to apply:
As soon as possible. Compensation Starts modest. However, this is a career-track role with fast raises for performance, paying a meaningful salary for long-term placement in developing nations. Benefits Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board. Sponsor International Candidates Yes To Apply Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section. Grant ManagerWanted A highly capable and highly motivated grants manager. Job Location Rural Kenya to start (1-2 months for training); then to Nairobi office. Duration Minimum 3 years commitment, full-time job. Organization Description Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve. Job Description One Acre Fund is on a rapid growth trajectory – we plan to reach 500,000 farm families by 2017, and at least one million by the end of the decade. To make that happen, we will need to raise an ambitious level of funds. To help our development department operate smoothly and effectively, we need a highly capable and highly motivated grants manager to manage the financial and administrative aspects of reporting and compliance with our top foundation and bilateral grants/contracts. The position will work alongside our program and operations staff to ensure full compliance with these awards. Key job responsibilities include grant fiscal and compliance management; monitoring, evaluation, and reporting; foundation grant reporting; and representation and diplomacy. The right person for the job is a highly organized, articulate, conceptual thinker with the proven ability to facilitate both internal and external consensus. We need a tenacious problem-solver, with excellent writing and analytical skills, and who ideally brings experience in grants management and strategic communications (or similar types of functions). Detailed job responsibilities are as follows: Grant Management - bilaterals (plus some large private foundations)
We are primarily seeking someone with a strong business mind, who is also a good writer. The professional funders we work with do not just want smooth prose – they want business rationale and a tailored message. We would work hard to expose the writer to our program operations in depth. Hire, develop, and manage others In five years, we envision having a significant writing staff. We are looking for someone that ideally could see themselves growing their career with the organization. Career Growth and Development One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff. Qualifications We are looking for truly extraordinary candidates with 2 to 5+ years of work experience who will help take our organization to the next levels of grants management. This is a competitive posting for a career-track role with minimum initial commitment of three years. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
Flexible Compensation Commensurate with experience. Benefits Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board. Sponsor International Candidates Yes To Apply Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section. Grant Writer and ReporterWanted Exceptional professionals with 2 to 5+ years of work experience to support our growing fund development team on both the grant writing and reporting sides. Job Location Major city, New York or Nairobi strongly preferred. Duration Minimum 3 years commitment, full-time job. Organization Description Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve. Job Description In the coming years, One Acre Fund expects to grow exponentially in size and scope, and launch programs in several new countries. To make this a reality, we will need to raise an ambitious level of funds. We are seeking a highly capable and motivated individual to support our growing fund development team on both the grant writing and reporting sides. We want someone who has a passion for communicating complicated ideas in a simple way. Prior grant-writing and reporting experience is not required in this role – being a structured and inspiring prose writer and having a good business mind are the most important prerequisites. This person must be able to step back, understand our programs and needs, and write a strategic appeal that is well-tailored to the grant opportunity at hand. This role will likely start by writing smaller grants, but quickly move into the $1,000,000+ gift range. This is also a career-track position, with growth potential to help build out our development team, train other staff members, and take on management of different writing and reporting functions. Primary Duties and Responsibilities
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff. Qualifications We are seeking exceptional professionals with 2 to 5+ years of work experience, and a demonstrated long-term passion for international development. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
Flexible Compensation Commensurate with experience. Benefits Health insurance, 401k contribution, flexible work environment (if based in the US). Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board (if based in Africa). Sponsor International Candidates Yes To Apply Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section. East Africa Business Development ManagerWanted Exceptional professionals with 3 – 10+ years of work experience, a demonstrated long-term career interest in international development, and a track record of securing grants, cooperative agreements and contracts with large, institutional funders. Job Location Nairobi (with up to 20-30% travel to rural Africa and international locations). Duration Minimum 3 years commitment, full-time job. Organization Description Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve. Job Description One Acre Fund is looking for an exceptional individual to serve as East Africa Business Development Manager. This position will help design and carry out a strategy to engage bilateral and multilateral organizations in country mission offices and head offices to support our work. Additionally, the role will support identification and engagement with the world’s large family and corporate foundations. The East Africa Business Development Manager will serve as a spokesperson for the organization in African capitals while simultaneously shepherding complex, large-scale funding proposals from identification to development to fruition. Through strategic communications and expert relationship management, the East Africa Business Development Manager will secure major, multi-year commitments from multilaterals, bilaterals, and foundations. This is an excellent position for a highly skilled and experienced professional looking for a meaningful development opportunity. Primary Duties and Responsibilities The East Africa Business Development Manager will perform the following and other duties as assigned:
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff. Qualifications Professional Qualifications and Requirements Although we would ideally like someone with prior business development experience, we would also consider non-traditional candidates. Most importantly we seek an individual with a keen business mind, strong presentation and relationship-building skills, and a passion for global development and social enterprise work. The successful candidate will possess the following skills and attributes:
The following personal attributes are desired:
Up to 20-30% domestically and internationally. Preferred Start Date As soon as possible. Compensation Commensurate with experience. Benefits Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board. Sponsor International Candidates Yes To Apply Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section. International Safety CoordinatorWanted Exceptional professional with 2 to 5+ year(s) of work experience to lead support for all of our countries of operation in security, health, emergency procedures, and vehicle/fleet management. Job Location Flexible within East Africa, likely a capital city. Duration Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job. Organization Description Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve. Job Description One Acre Fund is a rapidly growing organization and increasingly needs operational support for that growth. We are looking for someone to lead support for all of our countries of operation in security, health, emergency procedures, and vehicle/fleet management. The International Safety Coordinator will set strategy and coordinate implementation for these essential program support functions. You will develop internationally coordinated procedures and protocols, and work with Corporate Operations teams in each country to implement these plans and other key initiatives. In addition, the Coordinator will be a point person in the event of any security or health emergency, will monitor security incidents and threats and communicate these to country teams as appropriate, will develop networks of security and health contacts across countries, and will work closely with the HR team to maintain databases of emergency and health information on staff in East Africa. International Safety Coordinator Duties and Responsibilities:
Career Growth and Development One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff. Qualifications We are seeking an exceptional professional with 2 to 5+ year(s) of work experience and ideally a demonstrated passion for international development. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
Flexible Compensation Starts modest. However, this is a career-track role with fast raises for performance, paying a meaningful salary for long-term placement in developing nations. Benefits Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board. Sponsor International Candidates Yes To Apply Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section. Agriculture Innovations ManagerWanted We are seeking an experienced candidate to help bring the world's agricultural innovations to One Acre Fund. Job Location Nairobi, with 50% travel. Duration Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job. Organization Description Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve. Position Background Over the last century, agricultural research has produced powerful technologies that are proven to increase farm productivity. Yet the majority of these technologies have not made it into the hands of poor farmers. One Acre Fund views this challenge of “technology adoption” as one of the greatest humanitarian opportunities of our time. In October 2013, One Acre Fund was pleased to announce a three-year, $11.6 million partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Through this partnership, One Acre Fund will leverage its unique operating model and innovations platform to bring agriculture technologies direct to the doorsteps of rural farm families. This project will directly enable over 200,000 One Acre Fund farm families to access high-impact technologies, and will create new technology adoption partnerships with African governments to reach country-wide scale. Learnings from the project will be systematically disseminated through broad channels reaching other practitioners and thought leaders, to help fuel innovations in technology adoption across the globe. Job Description We are seeking an experienced candidate to play a critical role in this new partnership. As liaison between One Acre Fund, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the broader agricultural development community, the Agricultural Innovation Manager will keep our organization informed about agricultural innovations in technology adoption being implemented by foundation grantees and other innovative players around the world. The manager will then serve as an internal subject matter expert, helping One Acre Fund determine if or how these innovations can be integrated into our program. The Agricultural Innovation Manager will accomplish these tasks through:
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff. Qualifications We are seeking exceptional professionals with a Master's or PhD in a relevant agricultural or scientific field. The Agricultural Innovation Manager will need to quickly understand and assess new technologies, so a robust understanding of agronomy and applied science will be critical. 1 to 3 years of work experience implementing or designing agricultural technologies is a plus. This manager will be travelling at least 50% of the time, so experience working independently or in an unstructured environment is also critical. We are looking for truly extraordinary candidates that will help take our organization to the next levels of impact and scale. This is a competitive posting for a career–track role with minimum initial commitment of two years. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
Flexible Compensation Starts modest. However, this is a career-track role with fast raises for performance, paying a meaningful salary for long-term placement in developing nations. Benefits Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board. Sponsor International Candidates Yes To Apply Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section. *Strategy and Research AnalystWanted Exceptional professionals with 1 to 3 years of work experience conducting analysis and research, managing client relationships, and developing organizational strategy. Job Location Nairobi preferred. Duration Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job. Organization Description Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve. Job Description We are seeking strategic minds for our new "Internal Consulting Team" to be based in Nairobi. This team will engage in internal consulting projects aimed at improving internal operations and sharpening our overall strategy. Analysts will have the opportunity to develop and lead projects that directly impact the rapid growth of our start–up organization. Projects fit into one of three categories:
Career Growth and Development One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff. Qualifications We are seeking exceptional professionals with 1 to 3 years of work experience conducting analysis and research, managing client relationships, and developing organizational strategy. Experience in entrepreneurial or unstructured environments is a plus. We are looking for truly extraordinary candidates who will help take our organization to the next levels of impact and scale. This is a competitive posting for a career–track role with minimum initial commitment of two years. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
Flexible Compensation Starts modest. However, this is a career-track role with fast raises for performance, paying a meaningful salary for long-term placement in developing nations. Benefits Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board. Sponsor International Candidates Yes To Apply Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section. |
Mgr./Dir. of Business DevelopmentWanted Unique professional with 5–15+ years of work experience. Job Location Any major US city, New York ideal. Duration Minimum 2.5 years commitment, full-time job. Organization Description Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve. Job Description We are seeking a unique professional who will grow into our top business development role, and become a leadership team member. Although we would ideally like someone with prior business development experience, most importantly we seek an individual with a keen business mind, strong presentation and relationship-building skills, and a passion for global development and social enterprise work. Drawing on the support of our board, existing funders, Executive Director and U.S. Director, this person will be responsible for:
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff. Qualifications We are seeking someone with 5-15+ years of work experience who:
Flexible Compensation Commensurate with experience. Benefits Health insurance in our group plan, 401k match, and 529 education fund matching contributions. To Apply Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section. Grant Writer and ReporterWanted Exceptional professionals with 2 to 5+ years of work experience to support our growing fund development team on both the grant writing and reporting sides. Job Location Major city, New York or Nairobi strongly preferred. Duration Minimum 3 years commitment, full-time job. Organization Description Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve. Job Description In the coming years, One Acre Fund expects to grow exponentially in size and scope, and launch programs in several new countries. To make this a reality, we will need to raise an ambitious level of funds. We are seeking a highly capable and motivated individual to support our growing fund development team on both the grant writing and reporting sides. We want someone who has a passion for communicating complicated ideas in a simple way. Prior grant-writing and reporting experience is not required in this role – being a structured and inspiring prose writer and having a good business mind are the most important prerequisites. This person must be able to step back, understand our programs and needs, and write a strategic appeal that is well-tailored to the grant opportunity at hand. This role will likely start by writing smaller grants, but quickly move into the $1,000,000+ gift range. This is also a career-track position, with growth potential to help build out our development team, train other staff members, and take on management of different writing and reporting functions. Primary Duties and Responsibilities
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff. Qualifications We are seeking exceptional professionals with 2 to 5+ years of work experience, and a demonstrated long-term passion for international development. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
Flexible Compensation Commensurate with experience. Benefits Health insurance, 401k contribution, flexible work environment (if based in the US). Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board (if based in Africa). Sponsor International Candidates Yes To Apply Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section. People Operations Associate RecruiterWanted Exceptional professionals with an interest in people and recruiting, experience in a fast-paced work environment, and a deep interest in international development and/or nonprofit work. Job Location New York City Duration Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job. Organization Description Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve. Job Description One Acre Fund is a rapidly-growing organization with limitless potential for impact. We commit significant resources to our recruiting efforts to hire the world’s best international development professionals. Every year we receive tens of thousands of applications, and we are seeking an HR/administration professional with excellent organizational skills to help us manage our growing candidate pipeline. The People Operations Associate Recruiter will join our US-based people operations team to provide support in a variety of areas. Example duties include:
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff. With outstanding performance, the Associate Recruiter can expect to rise to a manager level with the responsibility of managing several staffers and a significant portion of our recruiting operations. Qualifications We are seeking someone with an interest in people and recruiting, experience in a fast-paced work environment, and a deep interest in international development and/or nonprofit work. The ideal candidate possesses the following qualities:
Limited travel in the US is likely and may increase to up to 20% as the candidate transitions into a key member of our recruiting team. Annual trip to Africa. Preferred Start Date Flexible, but as soon as possible. Compensation Commensurate with experience. Benefits Health insurance, 401k contribution, flexible work environment. To Apply Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section. Global Senior Policy AnalystWanted Exceptional professional with 5+ years of work experience to expand our policy work in the United States and in Europe. Job Location Washington DC Duration Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job. Organization Description Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve. Job Description One Acre Fund is committed to investing in policy work that helps create a more favorable enabling environment for smallholder farmers in the developing world. The majority of that work is focused in our countries of operation in East Africa, but we are increasingly interested in engaging with U.S. and European organizations that work on agriculture development policy. We believe there are powerful opportunities to collaborate with other organizations to advance our mission of helping smallholder farmers become more prosperous. We are seeking a global senior policy analyst to be based in Washington, DC, to expand our policy work in the United States and in Europe. This person would report to our Director of Policy and Outreach, based in New York. There are several major duties:
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff. Qualifications We are seeking an exceptional professional with 5+ years of work experience and a demonstrated passion for international development. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
Flexible Compensation Commensurate with experience. Benefits Health insurance, 401k contribution, flexible work environment. To Apply Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section. Microfinance Partnerships DirectorWanted Exceptional mid-career professional with microfinance/financial access experience (preferred) or a strong business mind. Job Location Nairobi preferred; major European city possible. Frequent world travel, particularly E and W Africa. Duration Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job. Organization Description Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve. Job Description The global microfinance movement has thousands of institutions and is starting to explore how to serve farmers, who are the majority of the world's poor. One Acre Fund is growing the largest network of smallholding farmers in Africa, and proving that loans to smallholder farmers can be commercially viable. We are challenging ourselves to think big, and to invest resources into figuring out how to help the microfinance movement more seriously consider serving the world's farmers. We are genuinely interested in helping to promote and shape the emerging agricultural microfinance movement. The Microfinance Partnerships Director will lead One Acre Fund's work to help bring together other organizations with experience in agriculture microfinance. S/he will help form an association of these organizations, develop core principles, and develop structures to incentivize other organizations to enter agriculture microfinance. Separately, s/he will explore the eventual possibility of operating partnerships between One Acre Fund and other organizations (most likely microfinance organizations, but could be other organizations that are interested in serving rural farmers at scale). We are seeking an exceptional mid-career professional with microfinance/financial access experience (preferred) or other base-of-the-pyramid business experience to serve as Microfinance Partnerships Director. Primary Duties and Responsibilities The Microfinance Partnerships Director will perform the following and other duties as assigned: Build meaningful and genuine one-on-one relationships with worldwide microfinance leaders and other organizations interested in serving rural farmers at scale.
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff. Qualifications Professional Qualifications The successful candidate will have the following minimum qualifications:
The following personal attributes are desired:
Flexible Compensation Commensurate with experience. Benefits Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board. Sponsor International Candidates Yes To Apply Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section. Microfinance Partnerships AnalystWanted Exceptional professionals with 2+ years of work experience, and a demonstrated long-term passion for international development. Job Location Nairobi, London, or New York preferred. Duration Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job. Organization Description Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve. Job Description The global microfinance movement has thousands of institutions and is starting to explore how to serve farmers, who are the majority of the world's poor. One Acre Fund is growing the largest network of smallholding farmers in Africa, and proving that loans to smallholder farmers can be commercially viable. We are challenging ourselves to think big, and to invest resources into figuring out how to help the microfinance movement more seriously consider serving the world's farmers. We are genuinely interested in helping to promote and shape the emerging agricultural microfinance movement. The Microfinance Partnerships Analyst will work with the Microfinance Partnerships Manager and Director to help bring together other organizations with experience in agriculture microfinance. S/he will support One Acre Fund’s efforts to form an association of these organizations, develop core principles, and develop structures to incentivize other organizations to enter agriculture microfinance. Separately, s/he will support One Acre Fund’s exploration of the eventual possibility of operating partnerships with other organizations (most likely microfinance organizations, but could be other organizations that are interested in serving rural farmers at scale). We are seeking an exceptional early-career professional with microfinance/financial access experience to serve as Microfinance Partnerships Analyst. Primary Duties and Responsibilities The Microfinance Partnerships Analyst will perform the following and other duties as assigned
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff. Qualifications We are seeking exceptional professionals with 2+ years of work experience, and a demonstrated long-term passion for international development. They will serve in a career-track position. We are looking for truly extraordinary candidates that will help take our organization to the next levels of impact and scale. This is a competitive posting for a career-track role with minimum initial commitment of two years. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply: Professional Qualifications The successful candidate will have the following minimum qualifications:
The following personal attributes are desired:
Flexible Compensation Starts modest. However, this is a career-track role with fast raises for performance, paying a meaningful salary for long-term placement in developing nations. Benefits Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board. Sponsor International Candidates Yes To Apply Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section. U.S. Technology OfficerWanted A dynamic, flexible, and self-driven technology generalist to support our growing U.S. operations. Job Location U.S. (New York preferred) Duration Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job. Organization Description Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve. Job Description We are seeking a dynamic, flexible, and self-driven technology generalist to support our growing U.S. operations. As our operations expand rapidly, there is a growing opportunity for a technology lead who can manage and direct new technology projects, create and manage our web strategy, design new IT systems, and support various U.S. and international teams in their IT needs. Primary Duties and Responsibilities Primary responsibilities for the position will fall into a variety of categories—a successful candidate will have a demonstrated ability to juggle multiple priorities simultaneously:
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff. Qualifications We are looking for a strong candidate who can juggle multiple responsibilities simultaneously and independently. This is a competitive posting for a career-track role with minimum initial commitment of two years. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
Flexible Compensation Commensurate with experience. Benefits Health insurance, 401k contribution, flexible work environment. To Apply Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section. Investor Relations OfficerWanted Exceptional professional with 5+ years of relevant experience to work directly with senior leadership to help design and carry out a strategy to create and cultivate relationships with investors. Job Location New York Duration Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job. Organization Description Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing social enterprise in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "service bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market facilitation. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve. Job Description One Acre Fund is looking for an exceptional individual to serve as Investor Relations Officer. This position will work directly with the senior leadership to help design and carry out a strategy to create and cultivate relationships with investors. The Investor Relations Officer will be responsible for identifying our future need through robust forecasting, and then for engaging with potential investors, identifying new debt products and developing internal structures and processes, as well as identifying the best metrics and reporting to use to communicate our status to investors. Through strategic analysis and expert relationship management, the Investor Relations Officer will secure, from start to finish, millions of dollars in multi-year working capital investments from a diverse array of institutions, including but not limited to, impact investors, government funding and commercial banks. We are seeking an exceptional professional with relevant work experience, and a long-term career interest in international development and finance. Typical tasks will include:
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff. Qualifications Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
Flexible Compensation Commensurate with experience. Benefits Health insurance in our group plan, 401k match, and 529 education fund matching contributions. To Apply Complete this form. You will be prompted to submit your CV and cover letter. You may also be asked to submit work samples for some positions. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), please submit a copy of your Description of Service (DOS) in the appropriate section. |
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