Senior Program Strategy Manager
Deputy Director
Program Associates
Program Rotation Associate
One Acre Fund Kenya is our largest and fastest-growing
country of operation, and is one of the largest social enterprises in
sub-saharan Africa. By 2030, we aim to transform every farming community in
Kenya, and serve more than 1.5 million Kenyan farm families.
The Program Design team leads the strategy and planning for
Kenya’s core field program. The team is consists of four workstreams: 1)
Enrollment, 2) Repayment, 3) Impact and 4) Expansion.
As the Senior Strategy
Manager, you would work with the Program Design Director to manage the team and
guide program strategy. You will report directly to the Program Design Director
as their deputy.
Roles
- Oversee
two Program Design work streams, supporting the 5-year strategy and annual
planning processes for each.
- Directly
manage 2-3 senior level staff, investing in their professional growth.
- Lead
complex projects and strategic improvements required for the program to
achieve its long-term goals.
- Compile
and support management of a 16+ million USD budget.
- Run
annual goal setting and planning processes for Program Design department.
- Foster
a healthy team culture of professional growth, fun and continuous
improvement.
- Support
recruitment and talent development for the team.
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 can shape a growing organization
and build a rewarding long-term career.
Qualifications
We are looking for professionals with 8+ years of relevant
work experience, and a passion for serving smallholder farmers. Candidates who
fit the following criteria are encouraged to apply:
- 5+
years of managing a successful team
- Project
management: Design, plan and implement complex projects to success
- Growth
mindset: Enthusiasm for learning, feedback and continuous improvement
- Results-oriented:
You set goals and take ownership of driving towards them
- Cross-cultural
fluency: You will collaborate with colleagues from diverse backgrounds
- Mentorship:
You support others to achieve their professional goals
- Strong
educational background; minimum Bachelor’s Degree
- A willingness
to commit to living in a rural area for at least two years
- English
required; Kiswahili strongly preferred
Preferred Start Date
As soon as possible
Job Location
This role is based in Kakamega. You may work up to 35% from
another location of your choice.
Compensation
Consistent with experience
Duration
Full-time job
How To Apply
Closing date: March 08, 2020
Deputy Director
OAF is seeking an exceptional
professional Deputy Director, Fundraising Team with 10+ years of experience to
support day-to-day oversight and execution of the fundraising team by providing
targeted support across the grant life cycle and managing high-value team-wide
initiatives.
Roles
40% of your time:
- Day-to-day
fundraising team oversight: Provide
day-to-day oversight of key fundraising activities across the department,
including:
- Prospecting: Work
with team members to design and evaluate research projects – to analyze
new geographies and markets, identify new donors, and unlock new
network-building opportunities – to build our pipeline of future funding
prospects.
- Proposal
and report writing: Work
with grant writing team to design compelling grant proposals and reports.
While this role will not directly write grants, we are looking for a
candidate with strong writing skills, and the proven ability to
communicate complicated ideas in a clear, simple, and inspiring way.
- Donor
meetings and presentations: Work with senior
fundraisers to ensure thoughtful and strategic donor interactions, via
meeting prep advice, talking point review, and presentation review.
- Portfolio
analysis and strategy: Work
with Head of Fundraising to evaluate and prioritize growing pipeline of
new funding opportunities, and design strategies for pursuing.
20% of time: Fundraising Origination:
- Independently
build a pipeline of fundraising opportunities, from foundations,
governments, and individuals across the globe. Leverage this pipeline to
steadily build own fundraising portfolio, and/or to open up funding
opportunities for other senior fundraisers on the team. Directly
contribute to the department’s annual fundraising goals.
20% of time: Team-Wide Initiatives
- Design
and execute high-value team-wide initiatives in collaboration with the
Head of Fundraising, including annual budgeting, team hiring, managing and
reviewing team-wide systems/structures, and pushing forward key process
innovations and improvements.
20% of time: Strategic Input
- At
the Fundraising Team level – Design and manage the Fundraising
department’s annual OKRs (Objectives and Key Results), working through and
with other leaders on the team. Additionally, contribute to the long-term
fundraising strategy in collaboration with the Head of Fundraising, the
CEO, and senior fundraisers on the team.
- At
the Org-Wide level – Work with senior leadership across the organization,
on partnership design, resource allocation, and fundraising-field team
collaboration.
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
The ideal candidate will have robust senior leadership
experience, with 10+ years of relevant background in fundraising and people
management. They should be able to demonstrate a track record of fundraising
success and the ability to deliver through others.
Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly
encouraged to apply:
- Likely
holds an undergraduate or graduate degree in economics, communications,
business, and/or international development/policy subjects;
- Speaks
the language of business and non-profits/social enterprises. Our donors
are looking for someone with business fluency (can communicate financial
sustainability, return on investment, impact per donor dollar, etc.).
- 10+
years of relevant background in fundraising/ business development and
people and team management.
- Passion
for and demonstrated experience in international development or the social
sector more broadly.
- Familiarity
with Salesforce or other CRMs/donor databases a plus.
- Values
fit. We put a high premium on values. We want someone who has a true
service orientation and humility – someone that puts our farmers before
themselves.
- Strong
interpersonal skills and people-orientation. We are seeking someone who
wants to spend their day collaborating across a large team.
PREFERRED START DATE
As soon as possible
JOB LOCATION
Nairobi, Kenya
COMPENSATION
Commensurate with experience
DURATION
Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job
BENEFITS
Health insurance, paid time off
SPONSORED INTERNATIONAL CANDIDATES
No; Must have existing rights to
work in East Africa.
How To Apply
Program Associates
One Acre Fund is growing quickly, and we plan to at least
triple our farmer impact in the next five years. This offers Program Associates
a powerful career opportunity: learn from a successful field operation,
contribute to aggressive growth, and make improvements to our program.
We are looking for Program Associates for a variety of teams
within One Acre Fund, including:
Operations
Our country operation teams face the classic management
challenge: how to keep a large country operation growing at 30-60% per year
while also making improvements to our operating model. Program Associates learn
from our organization’s deep knowledge on scaling rural field programs; then,
they are challenged to find new ways to stretch, grow faster, and increase our
quality of service.
- Field
operations staff focus on farmer-facing services. Staff help to develop
and manage performance of 500-3,000 field staff. Some roles are more
general; others specialize in important moments like new site expansion,
enrollment, and repayment.
- Support
operations staff create the infrastructure for growth. These teams might
operate and improve our deliveries to thousands of drop sites; enable
mobile money integration in a country; or improve the flow of tens of
millions of SMS and phone calls with farmers.
Innovations
Our Innovation teams discover new ideas for our programs and
conduct dozens of trials to test these ideas.
- Product
Innovations staff improve our core agricultural products or run new
experiments in energy and health products. For example, our Product
Innovations team is investigating delivery of live chickens and preparing
the product for full-scale roll out.
- Program
Design staff improve our core operating model. They test program model
changes and analyze the resulting impact on customer satisfaction. Changes
can include small shifts such as changing our loan structure, to more
radical shifts like opening physical shops.
Roles
- Understanding
and solving problems: observing field operations, meeting with leaders of
our field staff , running surveys, conducting desk research, analyzing
performance indicators, etc. Then creating simple and lasting solutions to
complex problems.
- Planning
and executing large projects: identifying clear goals, creating project
calendars, designing workflows, creating field tools and talking points,
designing incentive systems, building buy-in across hundreds of staff,
following up and monitoring project execution in the field, etc.
- Building
teams: hiring staff using One Acre Fund’s unique “experiential hiring”
system, mentoring deputies, and steadily handing off responsibility to
your team as you build it.
- Communicating
with other teams: working together with One Acre Fund’s other teams on the
ground to provide a smooth customer experience in the simplest way
possible.
One Acre Fund has deep operational experience running rural
field programs at scale. Program Associates benefit from the large size and
experience of One Acre Fund, building skills through immersion in our operating
environment. At the same time, Program Associates also serve on a small
team-within-a-team, with autonomy to deliver results and improve operations.
Career and Growth Development
You may report to a Program Manager (in larger operations)
or the Country Director (in our smallest program countries). We have a culture
of constant learning and we invest in developing our people. You’ll have weekly
check-ins with your manager, access to mentors 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 can help
shape a growing organization and build a rewarding long-term career.
Qualifications
We are looking for exceptional professionals with 2 to 5+
years of work experience, and a demonstrated long-term passion for our mission.
Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
- Leadership
experience at work, or outside of work.
- A willingness
to commit to living in rural areas of East Africa for at least two years.
- Language:
English required in all locations. French required for Burundi placement.
Other notable and useful languages are Swahili, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi,
Chichewa, Amharic.
Preferred Starting Date
Flexible. We hire for all roles on a rolling basis and don’t
make a hire until we find the right fit.
Job Location
Kakamega, Kenya; Rubengera, Rwanda; Muramvya, Burundi;
Zomba, Malawi; Kabwe, Zambia; Iringa, Tanzania; Minna, Nigeria; Bahir Dar,
Ethiopia
Duration
Full-time job
Compensation
Based on experience
Benefits
Health insurance, housing, and comprehensive benefits
Sponsor International
Candidates
Yes; Africans are strongly encouraged to apply.
How To Apply
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.org address. Please report any
suspicious communication here (globalhotline@oneacrefund.org), but
do not send applications or application materials to this email address
Program Rotation Associate
Our Program Rotation Associate position is designed to develop
new opportunities and fill temporary staffing gaps. Rotation projects smooth
out short-term constraints to support continuous program growth. Because you
will have exposure to many different parts of the organization, this is an an
excellent opportunity for an early-mid career professional to quickly grow into
leaders at One Acre Fund.
Roles
Selected Program Rotation Associates will rotate through a
series of field-based postings, followed by a permanent posting or further
rotations depending on the candidate’s interests:
- First
12-24 months: Rotate between multiple ~6-month long posts
- Afterwards:
Permanently fill a high priority role of interest for the candidate
The role has a dual reporting structure:
- During
your rotations you will report directly to a project manager
- You’ll
also have a constant dotted-line management relationship to the Program
Rotation Manager for support and continuity of professional development
Example rotations include:
- Field
Operations: This team is the direct
service provider to our farmers, building the capacity of our local staff
to provide financially sustainable impact to all One Acre Fund farmers. A
rotation with Field Operations could include managing training materials
for 100,000+ farmers, designing incentives to ensure high repayment, or
joining our crop health team to monitor field agricultural problems for
our farmers.
- Business
Operations: This team builds
the necessary back-end to ensure that we fulfill our promises to our
clients. This includes essential systems like transaction tracking, client
data management, print, procurement, and investigations. A Business
Operations rotation could include running bulk SMS service for 100,000+
farmers, piloting a new customer service line, or developing a farmer
insurance system at scale
- Logistics: The
primary responsibility of our Logistics team is to provide life-changing,
high-quality inputs and materials to farmers on time for planting. A
rotation with Logistics could include managing the seasonal delivery of
inputs to thousands of farmers
- Program
Innovations: This team’s goal
is to multiply One Acre Fund’s impact on the communities we serve by
increasing the percent of households who join our program and improving
the customer service we provide to those households. Example projects
could include managing field tablet trials or piloting new projects like
One Acre Fund-branded agro-dealers
The Program Rotation team works with One Acre Fund’s
leadership to determine specific rotation projects and the eventual permanent
role. We see this role as a way to develop future leaders in international
development through exposure to a diverse set of organizational needs and a
focus on professional development
Career Growth and Development
We have a culture of personal ownership, constant learning,
and investment 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 will help shape a growing
organization and build a rewarding long-term career.
Qualifications
We are looking for professionals with 2 to 5+ years of work
experience, and a long-term commitment to our mission. Candidates who fit the
following criteria are encouraged to apply:
- Minimum
of a Bachelor’s degree with demonstrated previous work experience in
challenging environments
- History
of quickly producing impactful results at scale – low lag time from
project start to delivering impact
- Desire
to work in different geographic locations, in a field setting. For at
least 12-18 months, multiple relocations around sub-Saharan Africa are
expected and most rotations are field based
- Diverse
work experiences. Experience in multiple departments or industries is a
plus, as is successful entrepreneurial experience (e.g. leading a
conference, starting a business, etc).
- Comfort
with data analysis, able to work with data and make informed,
evidence-based judgments
- Have
at least one year demonstrated experience working in the developing world,
although this is not a strict requirement.
- Language:
English required, French a plus in Rwanda and Burundi. Swahili-speakers
are particularly encouraged to apply.
Preferred Starting Date
Flexible
Job Location
You will rotate depending on organization priorities
Duration
Full-time job
Compensation
Consistent with experience
Benefits
Health insurance, housing, and comprehensive benefits
Sponsor International Candidates
Yes; must have existing rights to work in in the African
continent
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.org address. Please report any suspicious communication here (globalhotline@oneacrefund.org).