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Global Agroforestry Partnerships Lead at One Acre Fund

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Global Agroforestry Partnerships Lead at One Acre Fund

Global Agroforestry Partnerships Lead at One Acre Fund… See details on how to apply for the opportunities available at One Acre Fund.

Descriptions;

One Acre Fund is a nonprofit organization that supplies smallholder farmers in East Africa with asset-based financing and agriculture training services to reduce hunger and poverty.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead external engagement and build a strong network. You will build important relationships to establish and grow our agroforestry work with external leaders from other organizations. As the lead representative for OAF, you will build excitement around our work and mobilize others towards our mission and achieve shared goals through collaboration
  • Conduct a wide scan for potential partnerships. Potential partners could include government agencies, NGOs, private entities and could look at an unlimited number of strategic plays within agroforestry; such as securing supply chains, modifying and implementing OAF operating models in new areas or building technological solutions supporting the scaling up of field programs
  • Establish 1-2 partnerships within the first 12 months that have a viable path to distribute millions of trees within 5 years. You will independently manage the design, implementation, field execution and strategic direction of the partnerships
  • Support agroforestry programs to reach goals. You will work with our in-country teams to support field performance and strategic planning to reach our annual and 5 year targets. This includes supporting analysis and building solutions to field challenges during program setup and distribution. You will also support strategic projects for program design including developing business models and proposals for new services and products.

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:

  • 7+ years working in program management with at least 4 years managerial responsibilities including strategy development and performance management.
  • Experience in partnership development, maintaining and working with senior partners.
  • A track-record of implementation preferred, taking projects from strategic to operational within a relatively short amount of time.
  • Field experience working in smallholder farmer agriculture/agroforestry desirable.
  • Bachelor’s Degree.
  • Language: English required in all locations.

How to Apply

Submit your CV and Application on Company Website : Click Here

Application Deadline: 22nd August 2022.

Kenya Strategy Associate at One Acre Fund

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Kenya Strategy Associate at One Acre Fund

Kenya Strategy Associate at One Acre Fund… See details on how to apply for the opportunities available at One Acre Fund.

Descriptions;

One Acre Fund is a nonprofit organization that supplies smallholder farmers in East Africa with asset-based financing and agriculture training services to reduce hunger and poverty.

Responsibilities:

  • Achieve regional performance targets, including SROI, sales, collections, and net promoter score
  • Lead data analytics projects that support decision-making
  • Support annual budgeting for your operational region and lead cost efficiency plays
  • Achieve outcomes of projects to improve regional performance
  • Simplify Field Force engagement to reduce operational costs and narrow workforce focus while not losing impact, sales, collections, and net promoter score outcomes
  • Develop contingencies for sales and financing
  • Improve client experience in the region
  • Manage performance outcomes through improved client behavior in planting compliance, soil health, tree adoption, and optimized agronomy
  • Represent regions in high-level discussions at country level
  • Embody One Acre Fund values and invest in a diverse, equitable, and inclusive work environment.

Minimum Qualifications:

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

  • Bachelor’s degree
  • Experience building performance culture with a large team
  • Experience with complex strategy
  • 3+ years experience in an operational role
  • Experience analyzing complex data
  • Commitment to live and work in rural areas of East African for at least two years
  • Language competency: English is required. Swahili-speakers encouraged to apply.

Kenya Corporate Operations Specialist Job at One Acre Fund

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Kenya Corporate Operations Specialist Job at One Acre Fund

Kenya Corporate Operations Specialist Job at One Acre Fund… See details on how to apply for the opportunities available at One Acre Fund.

Descriptions;

One Acre Fund is a nonprofit organization that supplies smallholder farmers in East Africa with asset-based financing and agriculture training services to reduce hunger and poverty.

Responsibilities:

  • Oversee space management and service provision in all our office and apartment locations.
  • Lead the offices sub-team. Develop a performance culture through mentorship and professional development.
  • Design and manage new projects to improve service delivery to internal clients.
  • Support the Corporate Operations Manager in developing long-term strategy for the team.

Qualifications and Experience:

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

  • 2+ years of work experience.
  • 1+ years of demonstrated team management experience
  • Success in creating detailed project plans and implementing complex projects to success.
  • Enthusiasm for learning, feedback and continuous improvement.
  • A high degree of ownership and the ability to propel improvements.
  • Comfort building relationships across diverse groups of people.
  • Educational background; minimum Bachelor’s Degree
  • English required; Kiswahili encouraged

How to Apply

Submit your CV and Application on Company Website: Click Here

Application Deadline: 24th April 2022.

Graphic Designer Job at One Acre Fund

Filed in Jobs, Jobs in Kenya by on January 26, 2022 • 0 Comments
Graphic Designer Job at One Acre Fund

Graphic Designer Job at One Acre Fund… See details on how to apply for the opportunities available at One Acre Fund.

Descriptions;

One Acre Fund is a nonprofit organization that supplies smallholder farmers in East Africa with asset-based financing and agriculture training services to reduce hunger and poverty.

Responsibilities:

  • Design materials for farmers in six countries, including marketing materials, product guides and training.
  • You will work collaboratively with a team of designers to support our design asset needs.
  • You will coordinate with different team members (e.g. project leads, illustrators, other One Acre Fund staff).
  • You will manage multiple concurrent design projects.
  • You will design for print media using InDesign.

Qualifications:

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

  • At least 5 years of professional design experience and a passion for our mission
  • Portfolio demonstrating creativity, a strong understanding of design principles, and a clean design aesthetic
  • Proficient in InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator
  • Experience managing projects and aligning directly with project owners
  • Experience following detailed brand standards to produce on-brand designs

How to Apply

Interested and suitable applicants should CLICK HERE to apply.

Application Deadline: 21st April 2022.

Field Technology Lead Job at One Acre Fund

Filed in Jobs, Jobs in Kenya by on December 31, 2021 • 0 Comments
Field Technology Lead Job at One Acre Fund

Field Technology Lead Job at One Acre Fund… See details on how to apply for the opportunities available at One Acre Fund.

Description:

One Acre Fund is a nonprofit organization that supplies smallholder farmers in East Africa with asset-based financing and agriculture training services to reduce hunger and poverty.

Responsibilities:

  • Work with portfolio leads to establish and prioritize user requirements for our field-facing apps
  • Translate our user requirements and timelines for our tech teams and external partners
  • Manage relationships with our tech teams and external partners with the purpose of driving outcomes
  • Manage a team of two to:
  • Scale field-facing apps
  • Conduct user testing of mockups and newly released features with farmers and field staff
  • Troubleshoot issues that arise from newly-released features
  • Manage Field tech tool inventory and distribution
  • Improve the return on investment of our tech tools
  • Manage a pipeline of improvements for our field-facing apps and hardware

Qualifications:

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

  • 2+ years of experience with technical product management, project management, or similar work experience.
  • Experience communicating complex technical information to non-technical audiences.
  • Experience with user design, prototyping, UI/UX mockups, or similar.
  • The ability to set complex strategic direction.
  • Language: English and Swahili.

How to Apply

Interested and suitable applicants should CLICK HERE to apply.

Application Deadline: 2nd January 2022.

Global Health, Safety & Security Lead Job at One Acre Fund

Filed in Jobs, Jobs in Kenya by on November 19, 2021 • 0 Comments
Global Health, Safety & Security Lead Job at One Acre Fund

Global Health, Safety & Security Lead Job at One Acre Fund… See details on how to apply for the opportunities available at One Acre Fund.

Description:

One Acre Fund is a nonprofit organization that supplies smallholder farmers in East Africa with asset-based financing and agriculture training services to reduce hunger and poverty.

Responsibilities:

  • Most importantly: directly implement projects that improve the health and well-being of One Acre Fund staff – e.g. a COVID-19 vaccination campaign, or improving vehicle fleet safety.
  • Assess gaps and create solutions to observed risks to staff safety, guiding implementation through a small team across our countries of operation.
  • Partner with external service providers, like emergency evacuation and security advisory firms, to make recommendations to our country leaders on improving our security posture.
  • Coordinate our response to acute emergencies (e.g. staff security incidents or road traffic accidents) or longer-term crises (e.g. global COVID-19 pandemic), recognizing that responses to emergencies affecting our staff are important moments in the morale and retention of staff.
  • Use clear communications and training to influence staff to improve their health and safety behaviors.
  • You will manage the team and budget for health, safety, and security, ensuring that HSS initiatives are high-quality and cost-effective.

Minimum Qualifications:

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

  • 3+ years of experience.
  • Excellent hands-on project management (this is more important than technical HSS expertise).
  • The rapid pace of output and ability to independently navigate challenges – you are expected to do, not just advise
  • Exposure to and enthusiasms about health, safety, and security management in large organizations.
  • Deft coordination of partners (both internal and external), for example, external security partners, but just as importantly our Country Directors.

How to Apply

Interested and suitable applicants should CLICK HERE to apply.

Application Deadline: 24th November 2021.

Digital Marketing Writer Job at One Acre Fund

Filed in Jobs, Jobs in Kenya by on November 16, 2021 • 0 Comments
Digital Marketing Writer Job at One Acre Fund

Digital Marketing Writer Job at One Acre Fund… See details on how to apply for the opportunities available at One Acre Fund.

Description:

One Acre Fund is a nonprofit organization that supplies smallholder farmers in East Africa with asset-based financing and agriculture training services to reduce hunger and poverty.

Responsibilities:

  • Writing and Editing:
    • Research and write organic and paid content for One Acre Fund social channels and website.
    • Write and edit other copies, such as a monthly roundup of stories from farmers.
    • Proofread, edit and update content for tone, style, grammar, and formatting before publishing.
    • Understand audiences and drive an audience-first approach to content creation.
  • Content Publishing:
    • Schedule and publish social media posts across LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
    • Draft monthly newsletters on our email marketing platform.
    • Manage the content on our website.
    • Manage editorial production calendar on Trello.

Qualifications:

  • 2+ years of professional experience working with digital publishing.
  • Previous professional copywriting experience for digital channels.
  • Experience using some or all: Campaign Monitor, Twitter Ads, LinkedIn Campaign Manager, Hootsuite, and Google Analytics.
  • Experience using Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter for professional purposes.
  • Experience setting up performance trackers and producing analytics reports for organic social media.
  • Experience using a website content management system.
  • Fluent in Swahili and English.

How to Apply

Interested and suitable applicants should CLICK HERE to apply.

Application Deadline: 7th February 2022.

Kenya Home Deliveries Lead Job at One Acre Fund

Filed in Jobs, Jobs in Kenya by on October 28, 2021 • 0 Comments
Kenya Home Deliveries Lead Job at One Acre Fund

Kenya Home Deliveries Lead Job at One Acre Fund… See details on how to apply for the opportunities available at One Acre Fund.

Description:

One Acre Fund is a nonprofit organization that supplies smallholder farmers in East Africa with asset-based financing and agriculture training services to reduce hunger and poverty.

Responsibilities:

  • Manage execution, improvements, and operational excellence of all Home Deliveries for the Kenya Program.
  • Manage design and implementation of policies on how to conduct Client Duka pick-ups.
  • Oversee the relevant supplier and vendor relationships performing all Home Deliveries.
  • Coordinate with One Acre Fund teams to build new technologies and systems for Deliveries.
  • Manage farm to export Aggregation Logistics for the Market Access programs.
  • Measurements owned: Client cost per KM for Home Delivery; # Hours to Deliver; Delivery Accuracy; and Market Access Indicators.

Qualifications:

  • Work experiences of 2 or more years. Examples include a demanding professional work experience, successful entrepreneurial experience, experience in the supply chain, logistics, or other operational management.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Applied Mathematics, Systems Engineering, or Operational Management.
  • Leadership experience building teams and working with colleagues from diverse backgrounds.
  • Language: Fluent English. Knowledge of Swahili or regional Kenyan languages are desirable.

How to Apply

Interested and suitable applicants should CLICK HERE to apply.

Application Deadline: 1st January 2022.

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