Agronomist
One Acre Fund is growing quickly, and
we plan to at least quadruple our farmer impact in the next five years. Our
staff play a major role in driving that growth while adding major innovations
and improvements to our program quality.
This offers staff members a strong
career opportunity: the ability to learn from a successful field operation,
contribute to aggressive growth, and also make improvements to our program.
We conduct a large number of
experimental trials each season, including over one hundred trials at five
research stations spread across Kenya. We are continually looking for new ways
to bring cutting-edge agricultural technologies and improved methods to the
more than 200,000 smallholder farmers we serve.
Responsibilities
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Conducting early stage agricultural
research on new innovations: conducting literature reviews, continually
tracking agricultural research developments globally, and preparing memos to
synthesize knowledge and inform trial and program decisions.
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Managing all research station trials:
identifying research priorities, developing trial strategies each season, and
managing multiple teams across five research stations conducting experimental
trials in Kenya
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Building and managing relationships
with experts: reaching out to other experts at universities and research
institutions to help guide our agricultural research strategy and ensure we are
pursuing the most promising innovations.
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Providing technical inputs and
guidance: serving as a major source of technical knowledge about agriculture to
help inform key decisions for the Product Innovations department and the Kenya
country program more broadly.
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Staff mentorship: supporting all
staff members working on agricultural trials to develop their technical
knowledge, research and data analysis capacity, and leadership and management
skills.
Qualifications
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We are seeking an exceptional
professional with 2+ years of work experience and ideally a demonstrated
passion for international development.
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Advanced academic training in an
agricultural field such as soil science, with a PhD and previous field trial
experience in a smallholder farming context strongly preferred.
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Strong work experiences. Examples
include a demanding professional work experience, or successful entrepreneurial
experience, e.g. starting a field program in a developing country, leading a
conference, starting a business, solid Volunteer Service Organization accomplishments
(VSO, Peace Corps, JICA, etc).
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Advanced data analysis knowledge,
with training in statistics and experience working with R strongly preferred.
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Leadership experience at work, or
outside of work.
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Top-performing undergraduate
background (include final grade/marks/GPA).
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Humility. We are looking for
passionate professionals who combine strong leadership skills with good humor,
patience, and a humble approach to service to join our growing family of
leaders.
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A willingness to commit to living in
rural areas of East Africa for at least two years – this is a long-term,
career-track role. The ideal candidate will have at least one year demonstrated
experience working in the developing world, although this is not a strict
requirement.
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Language: English. Swahili-speakers
are particularly encouraged to apply.
How to Apply
Monitoring & Evaluation Associate
We are seeking a smart and dedicated
self–starter to be an M&E Associate in Western Kenya. Overall, the M&E
Associate will be responsible for using data to continually improve our
operations, and impact on our customers.
Responsibilities
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Goal–oriented survey design,
field-testing of survey instruments, and revision.
Supervise 3–5 M&E supervisors, 20–30 full–time M&E data collectors, 4 data entry staff, plus casuals. This will include the following duties:
Supervise 3–5 M&E supervisors, 20–30 full–time M&E data collectors, 4 data entry staff, plus casuals. This will include the following duties:
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Regular mentorship of M&E
managers through field visits, meetings, and career reviews.
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In–field supervision of key M&E
activities, with an eye to “perfect” quality standard.
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Quality–control and supervision of
data entry, with zero tolerance for data–entry errors.
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In–field follow–up on errors.
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Hire and develop M&E data
collectors.
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Update hiring protocols, and use them
to hire top–quality data collectors.
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Conduct regular trainings to improve
skills of data collectors.
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Appropriately deal with
under–performing staff.
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Innovation on new methods such as
tablet–based data collection.
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Data analysis to draw both early and
final conclusions and actionable recommendations.
Qualifications
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We are seeking exceptional
professionals with 1 to 5+ years of work experience, and a demonstrated
long–term passion for international development.
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We are looking for truly
extraordinary candidates that will help take our organization to the next
levels of impact and scale. This is a competitive posting for a career-track
role with minimum initial commitment of two years. Candidates who fit the
following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
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Strong work experiences. Examples
include a demanding professional work experience, or successful entrepreneurial
experience (e.g. starting a field program in a developing country, leading a
conference, starting a business, solid Peace Corps accomplishments).
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Prior field–based M&E experience
is required.
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More importantly, we are seeking
someone with proven entrepreneurial and leadership experience – the vast
majority of the job is to monitor and improve M&E operations in the field.
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Statistical knowledge is nice to
have, but we also have experts who can help with that side of things.
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Leadership experience at work, or
outside of work.
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Top–performing undergraduate record
(please include GPA and test scores on your resume). Master’s degree is not
required.
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Humility and personal stability. We
have a fantastic and likable team. We are looking for passionate professionals
that combine strong leadership skills with good humor, patience, and a humble
approach to service.
·
A willingness to commit to living in
East Africa for at least two years – this is a long–term, career–track role.
·
The ideal candidate will have at
least one year demonstrated experience working in the developing world,
although this is not a strict requirement.
·
Language – French and English
required for Rwanda; English for Kenya
How to Apply
Program Manager
One Acre Fund is growing quickly, and
we plan to at least quadruple our farmer impact in the next five years. Our staff
plays a major role in driving that growth while adding major innovations and
improvements to our program quality.
Qualifications
·
Demonstrated interest and experience
in international development, requiring at least one year of living in a
developing nation.
·
A willingness to live outside of a
capital city, close to our customers for at least two years, minimum.
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Top-performing undergraduate
background (include GPA and test scores on your resume).
·
Strong work experiences. Examples
include professional work experience, or some kind of successful
entrepreneurial experience (e.g. starting a field program in a developing
country, leading a conference, starting a business, Peace Corps).
·
Leadership experience at work, or
outside of work.
·
Humility. We are looking for
passionate professionals who combine strong leadership skills with good humor,
patience, and a humble approach to service to join our growing family of
leaders.
·
Language: English required in Kenya,
Tanzania, and Rwanda. French required in Burundi.
How to Apply