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
As the Food Processing and Retail Lead, you will help to build and launch One Acre Fund’s first end-to-end food value-chain intervention, innovating and executing along the value-chain to successfully produce and retail One Acre Fund’s first commercial food product. You will play an important role in local food system transformation, as we seek to identify, produce, and retail food products that are both sustainable and nutritious. You will deliver holistic impact to farmer nutrition, income, and sustainability.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- You will work with across teams to aggregate and store raw materials from One Acre Fund clients
- You will oversee the establishment of the first-ever One Acre Fund food processing facility, sourcing the necessary machinery and equipment, staffing the facility, and managing production experiments of new food products
- Working with One Acre Fund’s behaviour change experts, you will help to develop a retail and marketing strategy for the successful market entry of the new food product
- You will report to the Director of Sustainable Food System Innovations & Partnerships.
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 experience of work experience in food science, food processing, or food retail
- 2+ years of experience working with external partners
- Bachelors in Food Science or related field preferred
- Fluency in English and Kinyarwanda
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
28 April 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.
