Jobs at One Acre Fund

About The Role

• The Nigeria Talent Acquisition Associate is responsible for proactively building pools of talent for the country program with the ultimate aim of a) Increasing hire quality and b) reducing the time it takes to hire that talent.
• They will pursue a comprehensive talent strategy for the Nigeria program that will include networking, young talent programs, attending high value events and more.
• The TA Associate will work very closely with the country program to better understand their talent needs.
• The customer (Nigeria Program) will consider the Talent Acquisition Associate to be the key business partner on the Recruitment team and a key part of program success.

Responsibilities
Business Partner Relationship Owner for Nigeria Program:

• Close integration within the Nigeria program to understand their hiring needs
• Participation in talent committees and other leadership groups
• Active involvement in forecasting for new hires
• ‘Go to Gemba’ with department heads to understand the work that they do
• A willingness to commit to living in Minna for the full first year..

Proactively Build Pools of Talent:

• Follow all talent avenues to build pools of talent that can be used to fill upcoming open roles
• Participation in events and other networking to build a portfolio of contacts across the country
• Pursue contacts in diaspora groups to bring talent back to OAF
• Identify employers and universities whose staff/students have the skills we need for the future

Manage internship / Graduate Programs:

• Build relationships with the top universities in the country to develop an intern or graduate program that will bring young talent into OAF.
• Reduce the need for external hiring through the use of interns/grads who are converted to full time staf

Reduce overall ‘Time to Hire’ for the Nigeria Program:

• A key indicator of success for the TA role is the overall ‘time to hire’ for the program. Reducing this number indicates that the talent strategy is working
• Another key KPI to measure success in this role is ‘Time it took the successful applicant to apply.” If talent pools are up and running, this number should go down significantly.

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

• Networking: Has an existing network of local contacts and is comfortable establishing new contacts
• Brand Positioning: Demonstrate the ability to sell the brand One Acre Fund as an employer of choice.
• Customer Service: Meets our customers where they are and invests in understanding their needs and challenges.
• Talent Identification: Can combine customer needs with skillsets that typically thrive at OAF and can convert those into candidates who do well at our organization.
• Ability to work independently: The TA Associate will need to build their own portfolio of talent and must be able to deal with some ambiguity in their work.
• People Management experience.

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.

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About The Role

• The Senior DevOps Engineer is responsible for creating processes as well as designing, implementing, and maintaining the infrastructure and automation tools that enable the continuous delivery and deployment of software products.

Responsibilities
Solution Specification:

• Design and implement deployment processes and tooling that enable product managers and development teams to proactively identify and address delivery bottlenecks, ensuring smooth and continuous releases.
• Write clear and concise specifications and documentation for the operational requirements and continuous workflow processes
• Communicate operational requirements and development forecasts to the relevant stakeholders

Solution Analysi:

• Devise and implement technology frameworks to inform and capture solution analysis parameters to accelerate the overall software development process
• Evaluate existing technology and infrastructure to identify gaps and opportunities, and develop strategic plans and scalable processes to drive modernization, efficiency, and future growth.

Solution Developmen:

• Drive the adoption of best practices in security, performance optimization, and high availability to ensure robust, scalable, and resilient systems.
• Enforce code and other peer review processes to ensure compliance with quality and overall technical standards

Solution Maintenanc:

• Build and maintain observability stacks (logging, monitoring, alerting).
• Collaborate with development teams to optimize software delivery workflows.

Product Suppor:

• Contribute to improving processes that drive product support
• Participate in on-call rotations and improve incident management processes.

People Managemen:

• Manages, or could manage, a team of 1-6 engineers
• Teamwork:
  • Lead design sessions for CI/CD pipeline management
  • Mentor software and DevOps engineers on best practices and standards.

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

• 5+ years in software development and 3 years of DevOps and or system administration
• Kubernetes (EKS, GKE, self-hosted), Helm, Istio
• Alerting and log aggregation via ELK Stack
• GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, ArgoCD
• Fluency in scripting languages like Bash, Python

Knowledge:

• Background in quality assurance and release management
• Knowledge of automation tools and CI/CD pipeline management
• Demonstrated knowledge in performance visibility tools
• Demonstrated experience in virtualization, storage & network management, IT security, and coding & scripting.

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.