1.Rwanda Agriculture Product Research Specialis1.Rwanda
ABOUT ONE ACRE FUND
Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund supplies 1 million smallholder farmers with the agricultural services they need to make their farms vastly more productive. Our 8,000+ team is drawn from diverse backgrounds and professions. With operations across six core countries in Africa, we make farmers more prosperous by providing quality farm supplies on credit, delivered within walking distance of farmers’ homes, and agricultural training to improve harvests. On average, the farmers we serve harvest 50 percent more food after working with One Acre Fund.
To learn more about our work, take a look at our Why Work Here blog for more information.
ABOUT THE ROLE
The Product Innovations Department conducts research that helps to estimate the impact of new agricultural products and methods for Rwandan farmers. Products span a range of themes from cereal/legume/root crop agronomy (varietal trials, crop protection, and good agronomic practices) to cropping systems development, soil fertility, and beyond. All projects begin with a careful scoping of available information, potential impact, and identifying the research questions and continue on to trials at our stations or on farmers’ fields across Rwanda.
- Your main goal is to advise the organization on new products and practices that leads to “farmer impact” – the profit increment achieved through OAF interventions.
- Success is defined as producing high-confidence analyses of products in an appropriate timeframe (2-6 seasons) and supporting impactful products all the way to the scaling/implementation stage.
- In recent years, this Product Innovations team has scaled some important products – row intercropping, lime to combat soil acidity, and multiple maize varieties.
- You will sit on a team of 4 research specialists; You will report to the Product Innovations team lead and will manage up to one person.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Conduct rigorous desk research, market/client surveys, and modeling to understand potential areas where we might create impact for clients through new products, services, methods, training, and other behavior change solutions
- Design experimental trials to be conducted at our 3 agricultural research stations and in farmers’ fields
- Take ownership of trial implementation by working with station and field teams and ensuring quality data collection
- Build complex impact models to analyze the economic, environmental, and social impacts of promising products
- Data cleaning, data analysis, reporting, presentation of results, and assisting other teams in the roll-out of 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:
- Have experience in data analysis or other research activities related to plant/climate/soil science
- Have 1+ years of experience
- Have a completed Bachelor’s degree in agriculture or related disciplines (agronomy, agribusiness, or agricultural economics)
- Be a ‘generalist’ who may flexibly take on projects spanning different agricultural themes
- Be a scientific-minded person who has a passion for investigating thoroughly a research problem
- Be able to use Excel or Google Sheets for database creation and data analysis
- Can run simple statistical analyses
- Experiences in any of these topics are considered optional: plant pests and diseases; geospatial analysis
- Have proficiency in English and Kinyarwanda
PREFERRED START DATE
As soon as possible
JOB LOCATION
Karongi, Rwanda
BENEFITS
Health insurance paid time off
ELIGIBILITY
This role is only open to citizens or permanent residents of
APPLICATION DEADLINE
17, December 2021
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.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI), and anti-racism are deeply connected to our organization’s mission and purpose. One Acre Fund aspires to build a culture where all staff feel consistently valued, represented, and connected – so that our team can thrive as professionals, and achieve exceptional impact for the farmers we serve.
We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientaDirector
e, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
2.Global Impact Ventures Senior Manager / Director
ABOUT ONE ACRE FUND
Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund supplies 1 million smallholder farmers with the agricultural services they need to make their farms vastly more productive. Our 8,000+ team is drawn from diverse backgrounds and professions. With operations across six core countries in Africa, we make farmers more prosperous by providing quality farm supplies on credit, delivered within walking distance of farmers’ homes, and agricultural training to improve harvests. On average, the farmers we serve harvest 50 percent more food after working with One Acre Fund.
To learn more about our work, take a look at our Why Work Here blog for more information.
ABOUT THE ROLE
One Acre Fund’s Global Impact Ventures Department aims to support country teams build new business models that can grow to serve more than half a million farmers in just a few years. We have supported the launch of a diverse portfolio of investments, from large government partnerships to rural retail shops, to tree seedling nurseries, to coffee extension training across many of our countries of operation. The department provides experience and bandwidth to nurture these new impact opportunities through the important early years.
We are seeking an entrepreneurial leader to help conceptualize and scale-up early-stage ventures in partnership with country + global teams and continue to build a pipeline of new opportunities across One Acre Fund operations. You will report to the Head of the Global Impact Ventures department.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Conceptualize and Launch New Businesses and Services (60% of your time): You will work with others to identify new opportunities. You will evaluate the leading opportunities, developing business cases with financial models to help us decide what to invest in. For the most compelling opportunities, you will collaborate with others to launch early-stage pilots. Recent examples of such pilots include:
- Uganda Coffee Pilot – launched a new Robusta coffee training program in 2020, the first coffee-focused program in the organization. In addition to training farmers on improved production practices, we are also exploring opportunities across the value chain to create impact.
- Nigeria Tractor Trial – we partnered with a technology platform and a local tractor fleet provider to increase access to tractor services
- Engage with Potential External Partners (10% of your time): Our organization is stronger through learning from others. You will engage with external organizations that may strengthen our current or future investments, apply those learning to our operations and overall program design, and share these insights with the broader organization.
- Replicate New Businesses and Services (30% of your time): Our organization operates in eight countries and a strong business idea can often be applicable across many of our countries of operation. You will leverage the learnings from the launch market to support other country teams build similar programs, ensuring we are incorporating all the learnings while adjusting to each unique local context.
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:
- 8+ years of total professional work experience; of which 2+ years leading large teams and operations and 2+ years working in rural areas.
- Entrepreneurial or intrapreneurial leadership experience such as starting your own company, starting a new program/department, or launching new organization-wide programs.
- Ability to gather and synthesize different types of qualitative (e.g. farmer interviews) and quantitative (e.g. financial/impact modeling) information to guide major strategic and operational decisions
- Willingness to travel 30% of the time to rural areas pending Covid – One Acre Fund operations are predominantly based in rural areas, close to our customers.
- Fluency in English required, knowledge of other languages spoken in One Acre Fund countries is a plus
START DATE
As soon as possible
JOB LOCATION
Kigali, Rwanda or Nairobi, Kenya
BENEFITS
Health insurance, housing, and comprehensive benefits
ELIGIBILITY
This role is only open to citizens or permanent residents of Kenya or Rwanda
APPLICATION DEADLINE
1 February 2022
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.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI), and anti-racism are deeply connected to our organization’s mission and purpose. One Acre Fund aspires to build a culture where all staff feel consistently valued, represented, and connected – so that our team can thrive as professionals, and achieve exceptional impact for the farmers we serve.
We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity, or expression. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
3.Rwanda Agro-Processing Associate
ABOUT ONE ACRE FUND
Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund supplies 1 million smallholder farmers with the agricultural services they need to make their farms vastly more productive. Our 8,000+ team is drawn from diverse backgrounds and professions. With operations across six core countries in Africa, we make farmers more prosperous by providing quality farm supplies on credit, delivered within walking distance of farmers’ homes, and agricultural training to improve harvests. On average, the farmers we serve harvest 50 percent more food after working with One Acre Fund.
To learn more about our work, take a look at our Why Work Here blog for more information.
ABOUT THE ROLE
We are looking for an entrepreneurial agronomist with agro-processing experience to co-lead the setup of one of our newest ventures in Rwanda. You will be responsible for conceptualizing, setting up, and managing agro-processing and storing hubs for grains and fresh produce. You will report to our Commercialization Director, actively working towards facilitating access to markets for smallholder farmers in Rwanda.
RESPONSIBILITIES
The Agro-Processing Associate will be responsible for the successful setup and management of the hubs, this includes, but is not limited to:
- Identifying hub location and infrastructure needs
- Assessing machinery needs and leading negotiations with suppliers
- Establishing hub processes and optimizing operations
- Developing health and safety protocols
- Overseeing quality control of all agro-processing and storage activities
- Researching, trialing, and piloting drying and storage innovations
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:
- We are looking for candidates with a general agro-processing for the food industry and agricultural value chain background
- Good knowledge of at least one of the following: grain drying, grain storage (silo and warehouse), cold-chain management, aflatoxin risk reduction
- 4+ years of experience in a dynamic agricultural organization
- 2+ years of experience in one of our countries of operation
- Experience working with rural development programs; interest in rural programs is required
- People and project management skills, able to coordinate diverse teams
- Experience managing large grants and reporting
- Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree
PREFERRED START DATE
As soon as possible
JOB LOCATION
Kigali, Rwanda with frequent travel to rural areas
BENEFITS
Health insurance, housing, and comprehensive benefits
ELIGIBILITY
This role is only open to citizens or permanent residents of Rwanda.
23 January 2022 – The earlier the better for the applications
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.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI), and anti-racism are deeply connected to our organization’s mission and purpose. One Acre Fund aspires to build a culture where all staff feel consistently valued, represented, and connected – so that our team can thrive as professionals, and achieve exceptional impact for the farmers we serve.
We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
4.Compliance Officer
About One Acre Fund
Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund supplies 1 million smallholder farmers with the agricultural services they need to make their farms vastly more productive. Our 8,000+ team is drawn from diverse backgrounds and professions. With operations across six core countries in Africa, we make farmers more prosperous by providing quality farm supplies on credit, delivered within walking distance of farmers’ homes, and agricultural training to improve harvests. On average, the farmers we serve harvest 50 percent more food after working with One Acre Fund.
To learn more about our work, take a look at our Why Work Here blog for more information.
About the Role
The Compliance Officer verifies that all payments follow established guidelines. You will provide exceptional customer service as the internal representative of the finance team working with all departments on their payments. Your work will be aimed at increasing oversight in our payments process and driving consistency in standards among our countries.
You will report to the Compliance Team Lead.
Responsibilities
- Review requests for payment against the compliance checklist list of country-specific criteria, including the relevant withholding taxes.
- Confirm that all requests for payments are authorized by the designated approver following finance policy.
- Ensure that all approved requests for payments are supported with relevant documents.
- Contact approvers or requesters to follow up on non-compliance or rejected payments.
- Build a solid trail of documentation to be used during periodic audits.
- Support on ad hoc department projects as designated by the Compliance Team Lead.
Career Growth and Development
We have a strong culture of constant learning and we invest in developing our people. You’ll have weekly check-ins with your manager, access to mentorship and training programs, and regular feedback on your performance. We hold career reviews every six months and set aside time to discuss your aspirations and career goals. You’ll have the opportunity to shape a growing organization and build a rewarding long-term career.
Qualifications
Across all roles, these are the general qualifications we look for. For this role specifically, you will have:
- A University degree in Finance, Business Administration, or a related field
- 1+ years of work experience in Finance or a related field
- Language: English required; French and Kinyarwanda also preferred
- Ability to solve complex problems
Preferred Start Date
As soon as possible
Job Location
Kigali, Rwanda
Benefits
Health insurance paid time off
Eligibility
This role is only open to citizens or permanent residents of Rwanda.
Application Deadline
20 December 2021
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.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI), and anti-racism are deeply connected to our organization’s mission and purpose. One Acre Fund aspires to build a culture where all staff feel consistently valued, represented, and connected – so that our team can thrive as professionals, and achieve exceptional impact for the farmers we serve.
We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity, or expression. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
5.DevOps Engineer
ABOUT ONE ACRE FUND
Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund supplies 1 million smallholder farmers with the agricultural services they need to make their farms vastly more productive. Our 8,000+ team is drawn from diverse backgrounds and professions. With operations across six core countries in Africa, we make farmers more prosperous by providing quality farm supplies on credit, delivered within walking distance of farmers’ homes, and agricultural training to improve harvests. On average, the farmers we serve harvest 50 percent more food after working with One Acre Fund.
To learn more about our work, take a look at our Why Work Here blog for more information.
ABOUT THE ROLE
Our passionate development team manages a range of web and mobile solutions to support our field operations, from registering millions of farmers and their orders, optimizing delivery truckloads and routes, tracking deliveries, collecting mobile payments, analyzing loan repayments.
Our technologies include C#, NodeJS, CouchBase, React (Native), Docker/Kubernetes, and our tooling landscape include GitHub, JIRA, Slack, Azure DevOps.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Report to the DevOps manager and join a team of ~5 engineers
- Operate a dozen applications our farmers depend on, making up ~200 containers
- Manage and automate our cloud infrastructure based on Kubernetes / Azure Devops / Elasticsearch
- Manage a set of tools to support a smooth development cycle from commit to deployment
- Help shape our architecture decisions
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:
- 3+ years of work experience; bonus points if this work was in a country/region where we operate or social impact-related.
- High proficiency with Docker and Kubernetes
- Knowledge of CI / build and release tools (Azure DevOps is ideal)
- Experience working with public Cloud platforms (Azure preferred, but AWS and Google Cloud also fine)
- Scripting Skills (BASH preferred, powershell/CMD fine)
- Basic knowledge of common application development frameworks (Experience with javascript, C#, SQL, or similar languages required)
- Knowledge of automated testing tools recommended (JMeter / Selenium / Cypress)
- Curious mind and a willingness to help feed the world
- Willingness to commit to the position for at least two years
PREFERRED START DATE
As soon as possible
JOB LOCATION
Kigali, Rwanda
BENEFITS
Health insurance, housing, and comprehensive benefits
PERKS
- Health insurance, housing, and comprehensive benefits including professional development and personal travel allowances
- 6 weeks leave
- Flexible work from home policy
- Flexible Bring-Your-Own-Device policy with laptop allowance
- Free-lunch Fridays and regular happy hour nights
- A rare opportunity to make an impact in the world by working with a top-ranked social enterprise!
ELIGIBILITY
One Acre Fund can support a work permit for this role. However, nationals of (or those with an extensive professional background and work history in) our countries of operation are preferred.
APPLICATION DEADLINE
26 December 2021
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.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI), and anti-racism are deeply connected to our organization’s mission and purpose. One Acre Fund aspires to build a culture where all staff feel consistently valued, represented, and connected – so that our team can thrive as professionals, and achieve exceptional impact for the farmers we serve.
We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity, or expression. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
6.Carbon Projects Manager
ABOUT ONE ACRE FUND
Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund supplies 1 million smallholder farmers with the agricultural services they need to make their farms vastly more productive. Our 8,000+ team is drawn from diverse backgrounds and professions. With operations across six core countries in Africa, we make farmers more prosperous by providing quality farm supplies on credit, delivered within walking distance of farmers’ homes, and agricultural training to improve harvests. On average, the farmers we serve harvest 50 percent more food after working with One Acre Fund.
To learn more about our work, take a look at our Why Work Here blog for more information.
ABOUT THE ROLE
One Acre Fund is bolstering its Agroforestry work with payments for ecosystem services, especially the development and sale of verified carbon emissions reductions. We believe that helping smallholders participate in carbon markets represents an opportunity for advancing climate justice by increasing smallholder profitability and resilience, and for contributing to climate change mitigation.
We are looking for an entrepreneur with experience in the fields of Agroforestry and Carbon Emissions Reductions to lead our nature-based carbon projects. You will manage all aspects of our carbon work, including the participatory design of carbon projects, guiding field teams in the design and implementation of our CER pilots, developing robust monitoring and verification processes, managing carbon project certification, and supporting CER financing and sales.
This position is in the Global Impact division and will report to the Global Agroforestry Director.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Carbon Program Design. Design carbon projects that boost farmer prosperity and mitigate climate change
- With smallholders and local community members, use participatory methods to co-design carbon projects that stand up to rigorous certification standards.
- Work with partners to build One Acre Fund’s multi-year strategy and actionable plans for operations.
- Identify and support the introduction (or new development) of technology that dramatically improves smallholder access to carbon markets.
Carbon Project Implementation
- Lead the implementation of carbon work across the organization.
- Develop carbon project design documents for approval by established standards.
- Line up technical support resources for field teams to ensure that project implementation, monitoring, and verification meet certification requirements.
- Work with our Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning team to build a world-class MRV system for CER verification.
External engagement, project financing, and sales.
- Support One Acre Fund’s work in building relationships with global buyers and financing partners to stand up and sell certified carbon projects.
- Develop partnerships with project developers, carbon certification standards, and technical partners in all of the above responsibilities.
- Contribute to advocacy work that improves access to carbon markets for smallholder farmers.
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:
- 3+ years of experience leading nature-based carbon projects, including implementation and certification.
- Proven ability to lead complex projects and manage successful teams.
- History of collaboration with primary actors in the carbon sector, including implementers, technical advisors, and certification standards.
- Familiarity with carbon emissions reductions verification methodologies and standards.
- Experience implementing projects in Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Cross-cultural competence and ability to work with diverse teams.
- Excellent verbal and written communication across a wide range of audiences.
- English Fluency. Other preferred languages include Swahili, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Chichewa, Amharic, or French.
- Travel within the region up to 30% of the time.
PREFERRED START DATE
As soon as possible
JOB LOCATION
Kigali, Rwanda, with substantial travel time (other locations in Eastern and Southern Africa are possible)
BENEFITS
Health insurance, housing, and comprehensive benefits
ELIGIBILITY
One Acre Fund can support a work permit for this role. However, nationals of (or those with an extensive professional background and work history in) our countries of operation are preferred.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 21 December 2021
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.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI), and anti-racism are deeply connected to our organization’s mission and purpose. One Acre Fund aspires to build a culture where all staff feel consistently valued, represented, and connected – so that our team can thrive as professionals, and achieve exceptional impact for the farmers we serve.
We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity, or expression. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
7.Seniore Software Engineer
ABOUT ONE ACRE FUND
Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund supplies 1 million smallholder farmers with the agricultural services they need to make their farms vastly more productive. Our 8,000+ team is drawn from diverse backgrounds and professions. With operations across six core countries in Africa, we make farmers more prosperous by providing quality farm supplies on credit, delivered within walking distance of farmers’ homes, and agricultural training to improve harvests. On average, the farmers we serve harvest 50 percent more food after working with One Acre Fund.
To learn more about our work, take a look at our Why Work Here blog for more information.
ABOUT THE ROLE
Our passionate development team manages a range of web and mobile solutions to support our field operations, from registering millions of farmers and their orders, optimizing delivery truckloads and routes, tracking deliveries, collecting mobile payments, and analyzing loan repayments.
Specific challenges that our mobile solutions have to overcome include:
- High usability requirements – targeting users with little computer proficiency
- Offline-first, to provide a good experience with no or limited network connectivity
- Running on cheap hardware
Our mobile technology is React-Native, Sentry, Detox, and our tooling landscape is based on GitHub / JIRA / Slack / Azure DevOps.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Report to our Mobile team lead
- Work as part of a small, collaborative, and agile team of mobile developers
- Design, develop, document, test, and support our mobile solutions according to our standards
- Ensure smooth progress of your projects
- Participate in your Agile team’s lifecycle
- Contribute to your department’s improvement by sharing knowledge, sharpening your skills, suggesting different ways of working, and developing
- Provide technical mentoring to junior team members
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:
- 5+ years of experience in Software Development
- Expert level in one or more mobile frameworks, ideally React-Native for Android, with 3+ years of experience
- A mindset of testing and automation
- Experience working in Agile
- A passion for solving problems and a customer mindset
PREFERRED START DATE
As soon as possible
JOB LOCATION
Kigali, Rwanda
BENEFITS
Health insurance, housing, and comprehensive benefits
PERKS
- Health insurance and other comprehensive benefits including a professional development stipend
- 6 weeks of leave
- Flexible work from home policy
- Flexible Bring-Your-Own-Device policy with laptop allowance
- Free lunch on working days and regular happy hour nights
- A rare opportunity to apply your skills to make an impact in the world by working with a top-ranked non-profit!
ELIGIBILITY
One Acre Fund can support a work permit for this role. However, nationals of (or those with an extensive professional background and work history in) our countries of operation are preferred.
APPLICATION DEADLINE:19 December 2021
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.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI), and anti-racism are deeply connected to our organization’s mission and purpose. One Acre Fund aspires to build a culture where all staff feel consistently valued, represented, and connected – so that our team can thrive as professionals, and achieve exceptional impact for the farmers we serve.
We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity, or expression. W
8.Rwanda Credit Analyst/Manager
ABOUT ONE ACRE FUND
Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund supplies 1 million smallholder farmers with the agricultural services they need to make their farms vastly more productive. Our 8,000+ team is drawn from diverse backgrounds and professions. With operations across six core countries in Africa, we make farmers more prosperous by providing quality farm supplies on credit, delivered within walking distance of farmers’ homes, and agricultural training to improve harvests. On average, the farmers we serve harvest 50 percent more food after working with One Acre Fund.
To learn more about our work, take a look at our Why Work Here blog for more information.
ABOUT THE ROLE
You will oversee a total of over $20 million loan portfolio from farmer revenue and the Government of Rwanda subsidy revenue. You will design a customer repayment experience and strategy that leads to full recovery of all clients’ credit. You will develop systems to ensure seamless farmer subsidy registration and data reconciliation. . The work you do in this role is fundamental to the Rwanda program sustainability and requires data analysis, innovation, and reporting.
You will report to the Rwanda Field Operations Director and manage a team of 4-5 staff.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Client credit recovery
- Create annual plans for recovery with input from all relevant team members
- Bring credit recovery to at least 98% of the total credit
- Lead credit recovery performance analysis to understand performance risks and tailor solutions accordingly
- Create periodic credit recovery performance reports to share with country leadership
- Subsidy invoicing
- Develop an understanding of the subsidy processes from client’s registrations in Smart Nkunganire to invoicing in the MOPA.
- Build controls in our subsidy processes to ensure compliance with all Government of Rwanda guidelines about the subsidy program
- Lead cross-team collaboration workaround subsidy processes from registration to invoicing
- Create periodic subsidy performance reports to share with country leadership
CAREER GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
We have a strong culture of constant learning and we invest in developing our people. You’ll have weekly check-ins with your manager, access to mentorship and training programs, and regular feedback on your performance. We hold career reviews every six months and set aside time to discuss your aspirations and career goals. You’ll have the opportunity to shape a growing organization and build a rewarding long-term career.
QUALIFICATIONS
Across all roles, these are the general qualifications we look for. For this role specifically, you will have:
- You have 3 or more years of experience in strategic or consulting contexts or program management experience
- You are comfortable going to the field, take full ownership of projects, and bring them to results independently.
- You can quickly identify what matters and communicate that.
- You are a logical thinker and comfortable with analysis – We are looking for someone who can use analysis to create insights and inform recommendations.
- You understand complex concepts quickly and learn fast! – We are looking for someone who can step into any situation and start adding value very quickly.
- You have experience working in the banking sector or microfinance, although this is not a strict requirement.
- You at least have a Bachelor’s Degree
- You speak English (Kinyarwanda or French is also very useful)
PREFERRED START DATE
As soon as possible
JOB LOCATION
Rubengera, Rwanda
BENEFITS
Health insurance, housing, and comprehensive benefits
ELIGIBILITY
One Acre Fund can support a work permit for this role. However, nationals of (or those with an extensive professional background and work history in) our countries of operation are preferred.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: December 14, 2021
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.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI), and anti-racism are deeply connected to our organization’s mission and purpose. One Acre Fund aspires to build a culture where all staff feels consistently valued, represented, and connected – so that our team can thrive as professionals, and achieve exceptional impact for the farmers we serve.
We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity, or expression. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
