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 Tree Program provides farmers with long-term assets in trees with the aim to support them create more streams of income. In partnership with the Twigire Muhinzi Program, we have distributed more than 50 million live seedlings to farmers by since 2017, and we aim to distribute 20 million trees in 2022 alone. We produce seedlings in our 6 central nurseries and we are scaling our decentralized nursery model to more than 1,000 cells.
- We are looking for an analyst to oversee our priority strategic projects that can dramatically improve the tree program scale, impact, and efficiency outcomes over the next 3-5 years.
- You will report directly to the Rwanda Tree Program lead
- The tree department sits under the Impact Venture Division
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Maximize consolidated land tree planting: In collaboration with our internal and government partners you will expand our tree planting to consolidated land efforts with the aim to maximize tree impact outcomes.
- “Right size” tree packages: You would combine farmer engagements with saturation oversight to ensure that OAF Rwanda is maximizing trees distributed to farmers without hitting saturation.
- Advise the scale-up of decentralized nurseries and increase the scope of the out-grower network
- Lead the diversification of tree species offered to farmers with aim to maximize farmer adoption, survival, biodiversity, and impact
- Lead the tree innovations pipeline and potentially implement promising ventures
- Research the carbon credit opportunity for Rwanda’s tree program: You will review existing trials and current government policies and advise strategies for carbon offset for farmers
- Potentially link farmers to the timber market: You will conduct baseline research for Rwanda team and trial different mechanisms to link farmers to processing and different new markets
- You will work with our business development team in managing important data and potentially handling specific donor relations
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 in agriculture extension, scaling, and expanding programs, with an emphasis on systems building and innovations
- You have designed and implemented agroforestry programs in rural areas of Africa
- Masters degree in Agroforestry, or related field preferred, but is not strictly required
- Fluency in English is required
PREFERRED START DATE
As soon as possible
JOB LOCATION
Kigali, Rwanda (with frequent travel to districts of operations)
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:19 June 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.
