One Acre Fund
Contract Videographer (6 months Contract)
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Seeking a talented full-time
videographer with 3+ years of demonstrated professional video experience to
help execute on numerous video projects over a 6-month full-time contract.
About One Acre Fund: Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund supplies smallholder farmers with
the agricultural services they need to make their farms vastly more productive.
We provide quality farm supplies on credit, delivered within walking distance
of farmers’ homes, and agricultural trainings to improve harvests. We measure
our success by our ability to make farmers more prosperous: On average, farmers
harvest 50 percent more food after working with One Acre Fund.
We are growing quickly.
We currently serve more than 800,000
farm families in Eastern and Southern Africa, with more than 7,500 full-time
staff, and we aim to serve 1 million farm families by 2020.
Job Description: We’re looking
for a full-time videographer for a six-month contract to produce professional
quality short videos for One Acre Fund trainings, marketing, fundraising, and
brand. We’re looking for someone with 3+ years of demonstrated professional
video experience to help execute on numerous video projects over a 6-month
window.
Over the six-month window, the videographer
will be embed with our Communications team, working from our Nairobi office
with travel to rural Kenya and around East Africa for shoots. The videos will
often be short 2-3 minute pieces meant to share staff stories, teach staff
skills trainings, and market our brand.
Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
·
Drafting shot lists
·
Building storyboards
·
Shooting with DSLRs
·
Directing video shoots
·
Subtitling videos in 7 or more
different languages
·
Recutting existing videos
·
Project management
·
Editing sequences in Adobe Premiere
Pro.
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
We are seeking an exceptional
professional with 3+ year(s) of work experience and a demonstrated passion for
our mission to embed into our Communications team in our Nairobi office.
Candidates who fit the following
criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
·
Proficient shooting video on Nikon
DSLRs
·
Proficient at editing in Adobe
Premiere Pro
·
Can work from creative briefs to
develop engaging storyboards
·
Strong ability to make subjects feel
comfortable on camera, working with translators as needed
·
Comfortable with regular travel and
shooting in rural settings
·
Openness to feedback and enthusiasm
for learning
·
Strong written and verbal
communication skills
·
Strong project management and
organization skills
·
Ability to work with colleagues from
diverse backgrounds
·
Language: English and Swahili
required. Other languages common in East Africa is an added benefit
Preferred Start Date: As soon as possible
Job Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Compensation: Commensurate with experience
Duration: 6-month contract
Sponsor International Candidates: No; Must have existing rights to work in Kenya. Kenyan
country nationals are strongly encouraged to apply.
Application link: https://grnh.se/4d4d048b1
Closing date: October 17th, 2019
Global Data Analyst
Location: Kigali, Rwanda
Seeking a passionate and
analytically-minded professional with strong communication skills to drive
high-quality research design and data analysis across One Acre Fund.
About
One Acre Fund: Founded in
2006, One Acre Fund supplies smallholder farmers with the agricultural services
they need to make their farms vastly more productive. We provide quality farm
supplies on credit, delivered within walking distance of farmers’ homes, and
agricultural trainings to improve harvests. We measure our success by our
ability to make farmers more prosperous: On average, farmers harvest 50 percent
more food after working with One Acre Fund.
We are growing quickly.
We currently serve more than 800,000
farm families in Eastern and Southern Africa, with more than 7,500 full-time
staff, and we aim to serve 1 million farm families by 2020.
Job
Description
From research to sales to strategy to
operations, the Global Data Analyst has the unique opportunity to improve
decision-making across all aspects of One Acre Fund’s program using many
diverse data types, such as sales, yield, demographic and satellite data, to
enable us to reach more farmers with greater impact.
The Global Data Analyst will help
expand our program to over one million farmers by executing analyses for
strategic decision-making on repayment, expansion, and other business
functions, and work directly with program leaders to interpret results and make
data-driven decisions. The Global Data Analyst will play an integral role in
shaping One Acre Fund’s data strategy, including dreaming up and executing new
ways to use our data to improve our program.
Additionally, One Acre Fund has a
robust agronomic and socioeconomic research program spanning all countries of
operation. This role will work closely with country research teams to ensure
all trials are executed at the highest possible standards, provide follow-up
analytical support and training to team members, and support with warehousing
of our agronomic data to make our research outputs accessible to external
collaborators, further increasing One Acre Fund’s smallholder farmer impact
across the continent.
To succeed in this role, you will
need to be a strong communicator and have a solid analytical background with
experience in experimental design. You will need to be comfortable interpreting
ambiguous results generated with imperfect data, and advising leaders on
relative risk associated with different decisions based on the results of your
analysis.
Specific
responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Formulate, execute, and interpret
rigorous analyses for strategic program decisions (40%). Examples of recent
work include:
·
Use unsupervised machine learning
methods to define zones for crop insurance in Malawi.
·
Working with the Kenya program to
create a new data-driven expansion strategy to reach tens of thousands of new
farmers in 2020.
·
Analyzing the relationship between
farmer compliance with our agronomic recommendations and yield outcomes in
Rwanda to prioritize trainings to increase program impact.
·
Identify new ways to use our data to
drive program reach and impact.
·
Manage pipeline of projects and
prioritize according to greatest impact.
Provide ongoing support to R&D
teams (30%):
·
Improve analytical quality through
mentoring junior analysts, reviewing analyses, and creating new training
materials.
·
Drive trial design and analysis
quality through internal trial review board.
·
Enforce compliance with data quality
control protocols and advise on new data quality improvements.
Lead impact data management and
support with external partner data requests (30%):
·
Work closely with the Business
Intelligence team to standardize previous yield and agronomic practice data in
order to make data accessible to the external research community.
·
Support knowledge management by
curating historical One Acre Fund trial data and analyses and disseminating
results, methodologies, sample sizes, etc. to teams running similar trials.
·
Manage relationship between internal
One Acre Fund country teams and external research partners.
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
We are seeking an exceptional
professional with 2-3+ year(s) of work experience and ideally a demonstrated
passion for our mission.
Candidates who fit the following
criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
·
Strong, relevant quantitative work
experiences, including translating results to external, non-analytical
audiences.
·
Former research assistants and
business or financial analysts are encouraged to apply.
·
Prior experience with experimental
and quasi-experimental trial design and analysis, model specification,
exploratory data analysis, and data visualization.
·
Prior experience working in managing
external/internal relationships by prioritizing projects and building consensus
with different stakeholders.
·
Advanced proficiency in R. Must be
comfortable cleaning data, executing statistical analyses in R, and using R
Markdown. Additional experience in using R for geo-spatial data analysis
preferred.
·
Ability to easily explain technical
concepts to non-technical decision makers and grow the analytical skills of
others.
·
Excellent written and verbal
communication skills for coordinating across teams.
·
Degree in the fields of economics,
econometrics, mathematics or statistics preferred.
Preferred
Start Date: As soon as
possible.
Job
Location: Kigali, Rwanda
Compensation: Commensurate with experience
Duration: Full-time job.
Benefits: Health insurance, paid time off
Sponsor
International Candidates: Yes,
for Kigali, Rwanda. Must have existing rights to work in Kenya to be based in
Nairobi, Kenya.
Application
link: https://grnh.se/05c556011
Closing
date: December 1st, 2019
Head of Kenya Expansion
Location: Kakamega, Kenya
In our mission to serve every farming
community in Kenya, we’re seeking a results-driven professional to lead
strategy and operational planning for rapid geographic and organisational
growth.
One Acre Fund Kenya is our largest and fastest-growing country of operation.
One Acre Fund Kenya is our largest and fastest-growing country of operation.
Our vision for 2030 is to transform
every farming community in Kenya through sustained food security and pathways
to prosperity. The Head of Expansion leads the strategy and planning to grow
our operations to new areas, and reach hundreds of thousands more farmers each
year.
The Head of Expansion will join our
Program Design team, and report to our Director of Program Design.
Responsibilities
include:
·
Build 5-year strategy for expansion
to new areas
·
Drive from strategy to a concrete
yearly plan for expansion activities
·
Coordinate expansion decision-making
and implementation across departments
·
Lead major projects to increase our
program performance in new expansion areas
·
Conduct surveys and analysis to
identify expansion opportunities
·
Manage a small team of middle- to senior-level
staff
·
Oversee a field team leading
operations in newer expansion areas
·
Manage communication of key decisions
and priorities across all teams, from senior leadership to field staff
Career
Growth: 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 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
6+ years of relevant work experience, and a passion for serving smallholder
farmers.
Candidates who fit the following
criteria are encouraged to apply:
·
3+ 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
·
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
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
Benefits: Health insurance, housing, and comprehensive
benefits
Sponsor
International Candidates: No;
Must have existing rights to work in Kenya.
Application
link: https://grnh.se/514be3e71
Closing
date: December 23, 2019
Kenya Deputy Country Director – Operations
Location: Kakamega, Kenya
Seeking an exceptional leader with a
proven track record managing people and systems operations to co-lead the
largest country operation in One Acre Fund.
About
One Acre Fund: Founded in
2006, One Acre Fund supplies smallholder farmers with the agricultural services
they need to make their farms vastly more productive. We provide quality farm
supplies on credit, delivered within walking distance of farmers’ homes, and
agricultural trainings to improve harvests. We measure our success by our
ability to make farmers more prosperous: On average, farmers harvest 50 percent
more food after working with One Acre Fund.
We are growing quickly.
We currently serve more than 800,000
farm families in Eastern and Southern Africa, with more than 7,500 full-time
staff, and we aim to serve 1 million farm families by 2020.
Job
Description: The Deputy
Country Director – Operations will be an essential part of a leadership team
that manages the largest program in One Acre Fund and one of the largest social
enterprises in Africa. The Kenya program serves over 550,000 clients, manages
over $55m in loans and over 3,000 staff. By 2030, we aim to transform every
farming community in Kenya, and serve more than 1.5 million Kenyan farm
families.
The Deputy Country Director –
Operations will report to the Country Director and set the strategy for
managing a 3,000 person workforce and running the largest rural delivery
network in Kenya. You will directly manage over 225 staff and two essential
divisions: People and Systems.
You
will:
·
Guide country level strategy for our
largest country operations, together with the Country Director and two other
Deputy Country Directors.
·
Be a member of the Kenya Leadership
Team, leading country-wide strategy and important projects alongside this group
of senior leaders.
·
Manage the People Division Lead. This
is a 75+ person division consisting of two major departments; Human Resources
and Corporate Operations.
·
Work with the People Director to
improve our people support to over 3,000 employees in the Kenya program through
making systematic upgrades to our HR systems and corporate operations processes
and services
·
Take a lead role in advancing all of
the organisations Diversity and Inclusion projects in Kenya – a top priority
for all senior leadership.
·
Manage the Systems Division Lead.
This is a 150+ person division consisting of three major departments;
Logistics, Business Operations and Procurement.
·
Work with the Systems Director to
evolve the programs systems to support new innovations and program changes, incorporate
new technology and build foundations to handle 25%+ annual growth in program
size
·
Work with a range of global systems
teams to ensure bi-directional feedback between them and Kenya’s systems teams
to align goals and co-ordinate major systems improvements
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
We are looking for candidates with
12+ years work experience as a general manager/leader in a fast-growing
organization, and a propensity for innovation.
Candidates who fit the following
criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
·
12+ years of experience in senior
roles successfully managing large teams or companies of 250+ staff that
required significant management and operational experience.
·
C-suite experience such as COO, CTO
or CSO in medium-large companies is preferred.
·
A passion for providing hands-on execution
guidance across systems and people-focused divisions
·
Humility. We are looking for
passionate professionals who combine leadership with good humor, patience and a
humble approach to service and interested in joining our family of leaders.
·
A passion for One Acre Fund’s program
and the desire to advance our mission of empowering hard-working farmers
·
At a minimum, a Bachelor’s degree is
required for this position.
·
Language: English required
Preferred
Start Date: As soon as
possible.
Compensation: Commensurate with experience.
Location: Initially based in Kakamega, but with significant
location flexibility available over time (Nairobi or in East Africa)
Benefits: Health insurance, housing, and comprehensive
benefits
Sponsor
International Candidates: No;
Kenyans are strongly encouraged to apply.
Application
link: https://grnh.se/3083bd531
Closing
date: December 23, 2019
Tanzania Product Innovations Lead
Location: Iringa,
Tanzania
Seeking
an exceptional trial design and management professional with 3-5+ years of
experience to increase our impact per farmer by leading our Product Innovations
strategy and execution.
About One Acre Fund: Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund supplies smallholder
farmers with the agricultural services they need to make their farms vastly
more productive. We provide quality farm supplies on credit, delivered within
walking distance of farmers’ homes, and agricultural trainings to improve
harvests. We measure our success by our ability to make farmers more
prosperous: On average, farmers harvest 50 percent more food after working with
One Acre Fund.
We
are growing quickly.
We
currently serve more than 800,000 farm families in Eastern and Southern Africa,
with more than 7,500 full-time staff, and we aim to serve 1 million farm
families by 2020.
Job Description
Product Innovations Department Overview: The Product Innovations (PI) Lead will sit with the
Impact Division, reducing the risk of farmer investments by offering proven,
impactful products and trainings. Product Innovations drives One Acre Fund
towards continual growth by researching and trialing agricultural products,
non-agricultural products, and trainings that solve the fundamental challenges
that Tanzanian farmers face.
The
department works to maximize adoption or adherence and minimize logistical
complications in an effort to reach as many farmers as possible with high
impact products.
Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Team
Management of 25+ Department Staff
·
Team management of 25+ department
staff.
·
Lead product strategy to maximize
farmer impact and enrollment through both products and trainings.
·
Design and oversee efficient product
trials on both agricultural products (example: a new fertilizer blend on
potato) and non-agricultural products (example: solar lights). Trial objectives
vary, including assessing effectiveness of product on farmer income as well as
reducing risks to program complexity during roll out.
·
Plan budget, staffing, and project
priorities each year and for the coming 3-5 years.
·
Coordinate and foster efficient
learning with other Product Innovations Leads, agricultural and analysis
experts, and other departments both within the program country and
cross-country.
Career Growth and Development: One Acre Fund invests in building management and
leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in your career
development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through
mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews.
We
also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career
goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be
passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new
high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results
in fast career growth for our staff.
Qualifications
Specific
qualifications include, but are not limited to:
·
Commitment: Ability to make a minimum
2 year commitment living in rural Tanzania, full-time
·
Management: 3+ years of directly
managing and developing a successful team
·
Project management: 2+ years
experience with designing, planning and implementing multiple complex projects
at once to success
·
Trial design and analysis: Practical
experience writing research plans based on objectives including survey data
collection, data analysis leading to specific recommendations, and report
writing
·
Growth mindset: Enthusiasm for
learning, feedback and continuous improvement
·
Results-oriented: You set goals and
take ownership of driving towards them
·
Cross-cultural fluency: Ability to
collaborate and learn from colleagues from diverse backgrounds
·
Leadership experience in the
marketing sector is an advantage
·
Strong educational background;
minimum Bachelor’s Degree with relevant Masters degree preferred
·
English required; Kiswahili strongly
preferred
Preferred Start Date: As soon as possible
Job Location: Iringa,
Tanzania
Compensation: Commensurate
with experience
Duration: Full-time
job
Benefits: Health
insurance, paid time off
Sponsor International Candidates: Yes; country nationals are strongly encouraged to
apply.
Application link: https://grnh.se/ed6da92d1
Closing date: December
23, 2019
Rwanda Innovations and Research Lead
Location: Rubengera,
Rwanda
We
are seeking a creative and innovative thinker with a go-getter attitude that is
passionate about designing and trialing early stage ideas based on solid
research.
About One Acre Fund: Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund supplies smallholder
farmers with the agricultural services they need to make their farms vastly
more productive. We provide quality farm supplies on credit, delivered within
walking distance of farmers’ homes, and agricultural trainings to improve
harvests. We measure our success by our ability to make farmers more
prosperous: On average, farmers harvest 50 percent more food after working with
One Acre Fund.
We
are growing quickly.
We
currently serve more than 800,000 farm families in Eastern and Southern Africa,
with more than 7,500 full-time staff, and we aim to serve 1 million farm
families by 2020.
Job Description: Our goal is to increase the impact for the hundreds of thousands
of farmers we serve across Rwanda by encouraging them to purchase impactful
products and training them on better agricultural techniques. Our vision is to
see a visible impact in the homes of every Rwandan farmer by 2030. Join our
team and help us work towards this vision.
We
are seeking a creative and innovative thinker with a go-getter attitude that is
passionate about designing and trialing early-stage ideas based on solid
research. Drive significant innovation in Field Operations and permanently
solve difficult problems.
Your
role is all about identifying and implementing improvements to the status quo –
not just through minor tweaks to strategy, but through cross-cutting
re-conceptualizations of how we operate and deliver impact to farmers. The
Vision for the FOPs Innovation and Research Team (IR) is to be the
one-stop-shop for qualitative research support and designing innovative
solutions to reach our 5-year strategy goals.
Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Management
of Field Trial Unit and trial design
·
Design and oversee the execution of
interventions with the potential to solve major and complex strategic problems
for the organization. Design interventions to solve one problem at a time: Generate
ideas for interventions and facilitate the decision for the biggest bet to
solve this problem. Design 1-2 small scale rapid field tests per season to
provide best-practices on small nudges and tweaks within the program for the
upcoming season to optimize staff behavior and adoption.
Management
of Strategy Research Unit and optimization
·
Supporting Research Strategy Lead in
optimizing processes for Impact and Research Managers and Quantitative Research
Team. It is the goal of this role to ensure the increase in the scope of both
teams over time and to incorporate further research methodologies and tech
support.
Strategy
Research
·
Collaborate with Strategy Leads to
create a shared strategy research pipeline and collaboratively set criteria to
evaluate and prioritize projects.
·
Projects owned by you: You will only
take on strategy research projects that will deliver outcomes to achieve
country and department OKRs. 2019’s focus will be on 2 key strategic results;
research collaboration on non-adopters and pre-commercial farming.
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
We
are seeking an exceptionally creative and innovative thinker with at least 2+
years of work experience and ideally a demonstrated passion for our mission.
Candidates
who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
·
Creative and innovative thinker with
a go-getter attitude.
·
Strong work experiences. Examples
include a demanding professional with 2+ years of work experience, or
successful entrepreneurial experience, e.g. starting a field program in a
developing country, leading a conference, starting a business.
·
Bachelor’s degree with strong
academic performance. Master’s degree desirable.
·
High level of critical thinking
abilities
·
Demonstrated track-record of
qualitative research work. Experience with design thinking and Design Methods
desirable.
·
High level of detail orientation and
self-organization. You should be a proactive problem solver and a strong
communicator. This portfolio is a high priority for the organization and, as
such, demands a high level of excellence in execution
·
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
·
Experience with personnel management
and passion for professional development and capacity building of your team.
Preferred Start Date: As Soon As Possible
Job Location: Rubengera,
Rwanda
Compensation: Commensurate
with experience
Duration: Full-time
job.
Benefits: Health
insurance, paid time off
Sponsor International Candidates: Yes; country nationals are strongly encouraged to
apply.
Application link: https://grnh.se/2d63bf3e1
Closing date: December
23, 2019
Tanzania Government Relations Specialist
Location: Iringa,
Tanzania
Seeking
an exceptional government relations specialist in Tanzania with 3 to 5 years of
professional work experience in a similar role to coordinate our local
government relations team in Iringa, Mbeya, Songwe and Njombe regions.
About One Acre Fund: Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund supplies smallholder
farmers with the agricultural services they need to make their farms vastly
more productive. We provide quality farm supplies on credit, delivered within
walking distance of farmers’ homes, and agricultural trainings to improve
harvests. We measure our success by our ability to make farmers more
prosperous: On average, farmers harvest 50 percent more food after working with
One Acre Fund.
We
are growing quickly. We currently serve more than 800,000 farm families in
Eastern and Southern Africa, with more than 7,500 full-time staff, and we aim
to serve 1 million farm families by 2020.
Job Description: The Government Relations Specialist will be responsible for
coordinating our Local Government Relations Team across our established areas
of operation in Tanzania which include Iringa, Mbeya, Songwe and Njombe
regions.
The
Specialist will lead a team of staff across the regions of operation and be
responsible for their professional development. They will also serve as a focal
point for One Acre Fund departmental leadership for advice on government and
regulatory questions in Tanzania. The Specialist will participate in
stakeholder meetings and oversee the production of quarterly reports as well as
manage strategies to resolve government-related risks in the field.
Additionally,
s/he will coordinate all regional and district approvals for our scouting and
existing areas of operation. He/she will also play an active role in
coordinating field events and act as a link between our field headquarters in
Iringa and our Government Relations team member in Dar es Salaam.
Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
·
Management and professional
development support to 4 local government relations staff across Iringa, Mbeya
and Njombe regions.
·
Act as a key deputy and the main
point of contact for all government relations inquiries from other departments
and the Tanzania Country Leadership team based at our Iringa headquarters,
responding to questions and requests in a timely and comprehensive manner with
minimal supervision from the manager.
·
Communicate effectively with the
other departments by proactively seeking their feedback on GR support to the
field and developing strategies to align with them.
·
Manage highest-level local government
relationships with government officials (councillors, DAICOs and Regional
Commissioners) and the regional regulator, TAMISEMI.
·
Create and implement professional
development initiatives for the Local Government Relations Team in Iringa, Mbeya,
Njombe and Songwe areas of operation.
·
Create efficiencies within the Local
Government Relations Team through delegation and strategic use of staff
resources.
·
Oversee the tracking and resolution
of risks and issues affecting field-facing operations.
·
Track compliance of One Acre Fund
operations with government regulations, oversee the team’s support to the
Innovations, Field Operations, Logistics and Corporate Operations departments
on licensing processes in Iringa, Mbeya, Njombe and Songwe regions.
·
Oversee planning and execution on
logistics for events that the Government Relations department holds in the
field with local and national government officials as well as politicians
·
Oversee timely preparation and
delivery of quarterly reports to all levels of local government in our
established regions of operation.
·
Review country strategies and
policies, and advise One Acre Fund departments on next steps.
·
Use people management and project
planning tools to coordinate Local Government Relations staff and adequately
respond to requests from department heads.
·
Act as a focal point for the global
and national Government Relations Department.
·
Any other duties as assigned by the
Government Relations Analyst or departmental 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
We
are seeking an exceptional professional with 3-5 year(s) of work experience and
ideally a demonstrated passion for our mission.
Candidates
who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
·
Experience working with government
stakeholders; past experience working for an NGO encouraged.
·
Able to analyze and interpret data to
create strategies and solutions.
·
People and team management
experience.
·
Strong educational background;
Bachelor’s degree required. Master’s preferred.
·
Demonstrated leadership experience at
work, or outside of work, enthusiasm for learning, and openness to feedback.
·
Ability to build teams and
collaborate with colleagues from diverse backgrounds.
·
Language: English and Swahili
required.
Preferred Start Date: As Soon As Possible
Job Location: Iringa,
Tanzania
Compensation: Commensurate
with experience
Duration: Full-time
job.
Benefits: Health
insurance, paid time off
Sponsor International Candidates: No; must have existing rights to work in Tanzania.
Application link: https://grnh.se/cf43748a1
Closing date: November
23, 2019
Tanzania Product Development and Evaluation Specialist
Location: Iringa,
Tanzania
Seeking
an exceptional qualitative research professional with 3-5 years of experience
who can drive actionable trial and scale recommendations for trial products
About One Acre Fund: Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund supplies smallholder
farmers with the agricultural services they need to make their farms vastly
more productive. We provide quality farm supplies on credit, delivered within
walking distance of farmers’ homes, and agricultural training to improve
harvests. We measure our success by our ability to make farmers more
prosperous: On average, farmers harvest 50 percent more food after working with
One Acre Fund.
We
are growing quickly. We currently serve more than 800,000 farm families in
Eastern and Southern Africa, with more than 7,500 full-time staff, and we aim
to serve 1 million farm families by 2020.
Job Description: Product Innovations drives One Acre Fund towards continual
growth by trailing trialing agricultural products, non-agricultural products,
and training with high impact potential that solve the fundamental challenges
that Tanzanian farmers face. The department also works to maximize adoption or
adherence and minimize logistical complications in an effort to reach as many
farmers as possible with high impact products.
The
Product Development and Evaluation Project Specialist will work closely with
Product Innovations (PI) leadership as a technical leader in product
development and evaluation. Our trials involve measuring farmer impact, farmer
adoption/adherence, and logistics challenges of a product when offered as a
choice for purchase in a One Acre Fund loan. This role serves to test and
evaluate products, materials, and/or training in order to provide actionable
recommendations to the execution team to mitigate product risks.
In
addition, this role will serve to identify and field test new products with
high impact potential. The position requires at least 20% time observing and
supervising field activities/farmers with the remaining time spent planning,
calendaring, drafting surveys, and preparing reports or recommendations. This
role will require the ability to manage many priorities at once and rapid
progress on deliverable to meet deadlines.
Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Project
Management: Manage simultaneous projects in line with One Acre Fund strategy
while maintaining flexibility to challenges and feedback
·
Calendar for activities, deadlines, and
decision points for projects for 6+ months in the future o Represent Product
Innovations within inter-department project management meetings
·
Understand complex topics by
synthesizing quantitative and qualitative data and communicating them in a
simple and concise manner
·
Draft professional analytical reports
quickly (4-8 hours) with a focus on actionable recommendations and few
grammatical/spelling errors
·
Produce written deliverable with no
revision necessary
·
Problem solving: adjust plans and
deliverable quickly to feedback and challenges
·
Adopts an attitude of encouraging
personal growth with humility and patience
·
Proactively asks for feedback, and
demonstrates ability to incorporate feedback
·
Dissents in a constructive fashion
and builds bridges to resolve conflicts
Lead
product development and evaluation with moderate support: Simultaneously manage
the execution of 1 to 2 high priority and high complexity projects. This
includes:
·
Coordination and execution of product
demonstration days
·
Field testing farmer facing training
and materials such as planting cards prior to their delivery in the field
·
Drafting field surveys and executing
qualitative research to test key product assumptions as well as executing
product needs assessments
·
Evaluating agronomic practices and
product needs in existing and new operating areas to provide product and/or
training recommendations.
·
Designing product behavior change and
adoption campaigns.
·
Assessing product or training failure
and providing actionable recommendations for next steps.
·
Draft and finalize reports to provide
clear, succinct analysis and recommendations based on project objectives and
next steps
Support
product adoption and logistics trial design and planning, by:
·
Identifying recommendations on
procurement options, package iterations, and training to address major behavior
change.
·
Assessing farmer response to products
and recommending adjustments to marketing/campaign messaging
Big
Wins for Upcoming Seasons
2019
·
Through qualitative and/or desk
research:
·
Execute a crop diversity assessment
in all districts so that One Acre Fund identifies new impactiful
products/services
·
Evaluate current farm practice on
pest management and design an integrated pest management training
·
Through farmer demonstration days:
·
Identify and recommend the preferred
brand and bundle specifications of tin roofing sheets to trial in 1-2 districts
for 2020-2021
2020
Through
qualitative research:
·
Identify and recommend 1-2 products
or strategies that improve soil organic matter content.
·
Identify farmer preferences and
current practices with poultry so as to inform a farmer facing poultry trial in
2021-2022.
·
Prepare
Through
farmer demonstration days:
·
Determine farmer preferred product
Through
field testing:
·
Draft and finalize training for soil
organic matter content product.
·
Design and finalize marketing
materials and behavior change campaigns for Phase 3 2021-2022 trials.
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 mentor-ship 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
·
Graduate of 4-year University
(mandatory); Graduate degree (preferred)
·
Personal or professional experience
with agronomy and/or rural livelihoods (preferred)
·
3-5 years practical experience
working on project management (mandatory), including preferred experience with:
1. Managing project calendars
2. Writing training for field-based staff
3. Drafting surveys for field data collection
4. Data analysis leading to specific recommendations
5. Report writing based on clear objectives
6. Creating Excel tools for clear communication and tracking
of projects
·
Proven ability to teach/mentor others
·
Fluency in Microsoft Excel and Word
·
Comfort and sensitivity working in a
multicultural environment
·
Excellent ability to communicate
clearly both verbally and in writing
·
Open to feedback, willing to admit
mistakes and learn from them
·
Typing speed needs minimal
improvement, at least 25-30 words per minute
·
Fluent Business Conversational
English
·
Ability to live and work in Iringa
and/or Mbeya region
Preferred Start Date: 1 August 2019
Job Location: Iringa,
Tanzania
Compensation: Commensurate
with experience
Duration: Full
time-Job
Benefits: Health
insurance, paid time off
Sponsor International Candidates: No; Tanzania country nationals are strongly
encouraged to apply.
Application link: https://grnh.se/798638d71
Closing date: November
23, 2019
Supply Chain Operations Associate
Location: Nairobi,
Kenya
Enhance
systems & implement data-integration tools that will drive efficient
scale-up of the supply chain. Deliver results on high impact projects designed
to drive performance, eliminate waste & achieve cost-effectiveness.
About One Acre Fund: Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund supplies smallholder
farmers with the agricultural services they need to make their farms vastly
more productive. We provide quality farm supplies on credit, delivered within
walking distance of farmers’ homes, and agricultural trainings to improve
harvests. We measure our success by our ability to make farmers more
prosperous: On average, farmers harvest 50 percent more food after working with
One Acre Fund.
We
are growing quickly. We currently serve more than 800,000 farm families in
Eastern and Southern Africa, with more than 7,500 full-time staff, and we aim
to serve 1 million farm families by 2020.
Job Description: One Acre Fund empowers farmers to grow their way out of hunger
by delivering only the highest quality agricultural inputs & life improving
products on time every season. It’s the Global Sourcing team’s job to make
those inputs readily available at the right price and quality when farmers need
them.
One
Acre Fund is growing quickly – we plan to more than triple our purchasing
portfolio in the next 5 years – to make that happen, our Global Sourcing team
is working hard to build efficient, streamlined systems and drive waste out of
our key value chains. In 2019 alone, the team will spend over $70M on
agricultural and life-improving inputs such as fertilizer, seed, and solar
products sourced all over the world on behalf of 6 countries in East and
Southern Africa.
Doing
this effectively will involve developing a flexible sourcing strategy, setting
clear and measurable targets, holding the full supply chain team accountable to
these ambitious targets using 100% accurate and transparent data, and
implementing tight controls across the value chain to guarantee inputs make it
from supplier to One Acre Fund’s warehouse on time and at the best possible
price.
We
are seeking an exceptional individual to drive our goals around efficiency and
effectiveness by supporting our continual improvement and cost saving projects
and working closely with key stakeholders to streamline processes across the
global procurement function.
The overarching goals of this role are to:
·
Drive waste out of the value chain
through a set of focused, high-impact projects and process improvements
·
Deliver better system and data
integrations across the supply chain team from demand planning to purchasing to
inventory management
·
Improve controls environment to
prevent and detect over-spend events and fraud
·
Work with the Supply Chain Operations
Manager to improve order accuracy to dramatically reduce excess inventory
without risking stock-outs
·
Make team key performance indicators
visible to executors and organization leadership to justify investments in
supply chain operations
The
Supply Chain Operations Associate will play a critical role supporting the
development and implementation of major cost saving and efficiency improving
initiatives with a heavy focus on process automation, reducing redundancies,
and better use of data.
The
ideal candidate has 4+ years of work experience in an operations or strategic
problem-solving role, with significant exposure to complex project management,
process automation, and forecasting.
Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Sourcing
Data & Reporting management: Work with the sourcing data team to automate
data processes and reports for better visibility into supply chain data across
the organization. More specifically:
·
Drive 100% real-time, accurate data
entry in SAP – this includes managing the data entry & reporting teams with
clear targets performance metrics, quality checking supply chain team data
regularly to catch errors, and streamlining data entry systems to reduce the
risk of errors;
·
Work with reporting unit to develop
and manage a full suite of automated, easy-to-consume PowerBI and SSRS reports
– these reports should provide the team with real time visibility into
performance against targets and empower country teams to make data-driven
business decisions;
·
Resolve and mitigate future pain
points between procurement staff and their counterparts of finance and
logistics – you align with cross-department stakeholders regularly to alleviate
friction caused by messy data and ensure you have a single-source of truth for
decision making.
·
Implement long term improvements in
our data and reporting systems – improve data collection tools, data reporting,
system process integration etc.
Driving
innovation in sourcing operations to eliminate waste: Work with Supply Chain
Operations Manager to drive innovation across the global sourcing and local
procurement teams by executing data-focused strategic projects and thinking
creatively. Example projects include:
·
Invest in data-driven forecasting and
new warehousing and sourcing strategies to minimize excess inventory in
regional warehouses without risking stock-outs during key seasonal deliveries;
·
Automate processes, tools, and
systems to reduce lead times & improve process visibility;
·
Improve data visibility to empower
internal clients, approvers, and purchasers to make better informed decisions;
·
Investigate projects that could save
massive amounts of money such as investing in an e-tendering platform to
solicit more competitive bids and make it easier to negotiate better pricing;
·
Identify methods for reducing
repetition, spend, and manual movements from sourcing processes – may include
collaborating with warehousing, last-mile-distribution, and finance teams in
addition to immediate global sourcing colleagues.
Improve
system integration & controls and use existing tools more effectively to
tighten controls and simplify frequent tasks:
·
Streamline order processing and
tracking tools to reduce repetition and manual data entry;
·
Identify opportunities to move
processes into existing platforms – for example, you’ll be responsible for
moving cash forecasting into SAP, implementing an e-tendering platform, and
streamlining vendor and contract management processes through SAP;
·
Manage day-day issue resolution and
ticket generation for SAP request portal;
·
Identify and close controls gaps in
sourcing processes with buy-in from team leadership and executors to reduce
possible fraud or over-spend events;
·
Report on controls to systems and
organizational leadership.
·
Integrate supplier performance &
database management capabilities into data systems
Capacity
building:
·
Learn systems and processes across
sourcing units in order to fill mission critical gaps as needed;
·
Run capacity building workshops and
trainings across the Sourcing team focused on hard skills (i.e. Microsoft
suite, data presentation skills, writing for clarity, etc.);
·
Work with sourcing managers to
evaluate hard-skills gaps on their team required for proper succession planning
and design training courses to help staff across the sourcing team master those
skills;
·
Identify strong talent pools to
support with recruitment at all job grades.
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
We
are seeking exceptional candidates with 4+ years or work experience, top
performing academic background, a love for data, and a passion for reducing
waste across supply chain operations. Prior operations or consulting experience
preferred but not required if the candidate has a track record of independent
problem solving and innovation in a fast growing organization. Candidates who
fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
Background:
·
Work experience in a demanding
professional environment, preferably in positions where frequent cross-department
communication was required
·
Experience in an operations,
consulting, manufacturing, or supply chain preferred
·
Track record of independent problem
solving and delivering results.
·
Proven ability to set and meet
targets.
·
Leadership experience at work or
outside of work.
·
Experience working in a multicultural
workplace preferred.
Professional
Skills
·
Extremely strong data and analytical
skills; advanced Excel required, experience working in SAP preferred
·
Incredible attention to detail – you
can pick out a mistake in a data set from a mile away
·
Creativity and strong problem solving
skills. You don’t take no for an answer and constantly look for alternative
solutions to problems.
·
Excellent stakeholder coordination
skills – you’re a strong writer and verbal communicator who can negotiate with
internal clients and be persuasive but who is also humble and open to other
viewpoints.
·
Professional maturity and ability to
stay calm under pressure
·
Strong quantitative reasoning skills
– you can QC contracts, POs, and orders effectively without support
·
Strong work ethic and ability to
handle a demanding, high pressure work environment as well as a strong sense of
humility, ethics, and integrity
Areas
of interest
·
You love data – you eat data for
breakfast. Empowering organizations, teams, and individuals to use data to make
better business decisions is what gets you out of bed in the morning. Bringing
real-time, accurate data to the global sourcing team at One Acre Fund is your
calling.
·
Passion for operations, building scalable
and efficient systems and solving problems in a difficult operating environment
·
You are passionate about delivering
world class customer service – you put customers first in all that you do and
understand the importance of building agile processes and systems that will
best serve your clients
Top-performing
academic background
Language: English
required, French and Swahili preferred
Preferred Start Date: As soon as possible
Job Location: Nairobi,
Kenya
Compensation: Commensurate
with experience
Duration: Full-time
job
Benefits: Health
insurance, paid time off
Sponsor International Candidates: Yes. East Africans are strongly encouraged to apply.
Application link: https://grnh.se/79ab461e1
Closing date: December
23, 2019
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
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