Jobs at One Acre Fund

About the Role

• After five years of operation, the Nigeria program serves 100K+ farmers and by 2030, we hope to support more than 1M farmers through our core agricultural package, tree program, rural retail and farmer-focused solutions.
• You are someone who is excited to combine a "zoomed out" leadership and system-building skillet with a "zoomed in" mindset towards efficiency. You enjoy seeing work in action, and are ready to get your boots muddy.
• This is a senior leadership role, combined with operational oversight
• You will Identify opportunities for program improvement and provide constructive feedback on the full organization. In this way you will push the entire team, including the CD, to dream bigger, perform better and maximize our Social Return on Investment ("SROI").
• You will report to the Country Director and work with them on the program priority projects

Responsibilities

• Co-lead the country program with the Country Director
• Co-lead country leadership meetings and help set country strategy
• Lead the supply chain, systems and business operations teams to design and implement processes that enable high efficiency and excellent customer service to our programs
• Lead the design, implementation and reporting of internal controls that support efficient systems
• Provide coaching to respective team leads

Career Growth and Development:

• We have a strong culture of constant learning and we invest in developing our people.
• You’ll have weekly check-ins with your manager, access to mentorship and training programs, and regular feedback on your performance.
• We hold career reviews every six months, and set aside time to discuss your aspirations and career goals.
• You’ll have the opportunity to shape a growing organization and build a rewarding long-term career.

Qualifications

• You have a Bachelor's Degree or Higher
• You have 7+ years of highly successful professional experience. Relevant experience may include:
  • Entrepreneurship including founding or running a small business ;
  • Private sector business, NGO, or international development
  • Consulting-based experience, including learning and recommending improvements to existing business models quickly;
  • You have 2+ years senior management experience with examples of people development and performance management.
• You are a mission-driven individual that can align 100% with OAF's values in putting farmers first
• You have general management skills across different, cross-cultural teams. You enjoy watching other team members succeed and can create growth opportunities for your team
• You are comfortable with setting strategy while ensuring the details of quality work.
• Candidates from a variety of areas of study are encouraged to apply
• Language: Fluent written and spoken English

Eligibility:

• This role is only open to citizens or permanent residents of Nigeria

Benefits

• Health insurance, housing, and comprehensive benefits.

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About the Role

• The Impact Division supports all One Acre Fund programs to generate more impact, wherever we work. We help the organization keep three core aspects of impact at the forefront of our work:
  • Improve farmer livelihoods and profitability in the short-term
  • Ensure long-term viability through sustainable agricultural practices ( e.g. soil health, crop diversity)
  • Address non-agricultural needs of farming households (e.g. energy, nutrition.).
• The Impact Division comprises several teams including our central Agricultural Research team and Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning team. We also directly lead specific cross-team initiatives like agricultural insurance, payments for ecosystem services, behavioral studies, and nutrition and health.
• The role of the Impact Division Manager is to make the entire team more effective at generating impact. You will report to the Impact Director

Responsibilities
You will improve Impact Division Communication & Coordination:

• Help set and track progress against global and program-specific impact goals
• Manage historical impact knowledge and ensure quality of study results
• Set agendas and facilitate monthly Working Group meetings

You will lead strategic research or projects. Specific projects will depend on your background and interests, organizational priorities, bandwidth of implicated teams, and timing, but might include:

• Innovation Research - Research opportunities for expansion areas or for radically new/improved services
• Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) - refine our CCA strategy, identify areas where we need increased investment or research, and guide progress
• Impact Communication - with our communications team, increase the visibility of and inspiration around our impact work.
• ESG (Environmental and Social Governance)- review our ESG practices, make actionable recommendations for improvement, and support implementation
• Partnerships - Research or develop new partnerships that could unlock greater impact

You will increase the reach of Impact leadership:

• Represent division leadership, internally or externally
• Take on direct management responsibilities from division leadership

Career Growth and Development:

• We have a strong culture of constant learning and we invest in developing our people.
• You’ll have weekly check-ins with your manager, access to mentorship and training programs, and regular feedback on your performance.
• We hold career reviews every six months, and set aside time to discuss your aspirations and career goals.
• You’ll have the opportunity to shape a growing organization and build a rewarding long-term career.

Qualifications
Across all roles, these are the general qualifications we look for. For this role specifically, you will have:

• A University Degree in Agriculture or a related field (e.g. Ecology, Environmental Science). An advanced degree is a bonus.
• Experience in written and verbal communication, across a range of audiences - from non-technically-trained colleagues to external experts.
• Experience building trust and understanding the motivations of different individuals and teams from diverse contexts to bring them together to collaborate.
• Demonstrated research skills and ability to independently conduct study design and analytics.
• Demonstrated ownership and leadership
• Experience keeping projects on a critical path, while managing multiple diverse tasks.
• English required. Swahili, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, or French preferred.
• Willingness to travel within our countries of operation.

Preferred Start Date:

• As soon as possible.

Eligibility

• This role is only open to citizens or permanent residents of our countries of operation (Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, Zambia, Nigeria, and Ethiopia).

Benefits
Health insurance, housing, and comprehensive benefits.