One Acre Fund, founded in 2006, supplies 1 million smallholder farmers with the agricultural services they need to make their farms vastly more productive. Our 8,000+ team is drawn from diverse backgrounds and professions. With operations across eight core countries in Africa, we help farmers succeed by providing quality farm supplies on credit, delivered within walking distance of farmers' homes, and agricultural training to improve harvests. This work is bolstered by an agroforestry program with over 2,500 rural nurseries run by local entrepreneurs.
We
are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job
Title: Impact Division Manager / Chief of
Staff
Location: Kigali, Rwanda (flexible within our countries of
operation depending on work authorization)
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.
Application
Closing Date
24th January, 2024.
Method
of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click
here to apply online
Note
- One Acre Fund never asks candidates to pay
any money or pay for tests at any stage of the interview process. Official
One Acre Fund emails will always arrive from an @oneacrefund.orgaddress. Please report any suspicious communication here (globalhotline@oneacrefund.org), but do not send applications or application materials to
this email address.
- Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI), and
anti-racism are deeply connected to our organization’s mission and
purpose. One Acre Fund aspires to build a culture where all staff feel
consistently valued, represented, and connected – so that our team can
thrive as professionals, and achieve exceptional impact for the farmers we
serve.
- We are committed to equal employment
opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national
origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender,
gender identity or expression. We are proud to be an equal opportunity
workplace.
