Job Description
We are currently seeking a Repayment Program Associate for the Program Design team. Program Design is the heart of One Acre Fund and will lead the way in providing increased impact and prosperity to our farmers. The department provides strategic direction and annual planning for core activities, driving towards the achievement of the Kenya program’s ambitious scale and impact goals. We focus specifically on the strategic management of One Acre Fund Kenya’s loan portfolio, creation and management of the marketing and enrollment strategy, management of our core impact strategy, managing internal strategy research projects, and planning and research for future program expansion within Kenya.
The Repayment Program Associate will be responsible for the “repayment strategy and loan portfolio management” scope of work. We have highly ambitious scale goals, and ensuring a sustainable program through high loan repayment is an absolutely critical component of achieving the scale we are aiming for. Responsibilities of the Repayment Associate will include:
Building Yearly Repayment Strategy
Create and iterate on a repayment strategy to enable One Acre Fund Kenya to achieve our scale goals
Investigate individual interventions for efficacy and make strategic recommendations for future action.
Draw on the strategy throughout planning and execution to ensure that it is brought to life
Create all repayment related trainings and materials for field officers to execute the strategy in the field
Managing Farmer Repayment Incentives
With farmer and field staff feedback, set the annual items for repayment incentives and work with procurement on ordering
Work with finance to set yearly incentives budget and ensure we remain within budget on farmer repayment incentives
Plan for and execute field facing communication and delivery of repayment incentives
Leadership Liaison
Serve as liaison and strategic thought partner for country and global leadership groups, informing them of repayment progress and working with them on strategy development and contingency planning
Serve as key liaison for external donors on the loan repayment work
People Management
Regular check-ins and management with the Repayment Specialist to support them on the week-to-week execution of their work
Investment in the specialist’s professional skills, to enable them to take on more responsibility and grow their career at One Acre Fund
Progress Monitoring & Contingency Planning
Create the repayment calendar for the organization, and ensure that all teams are on track to achieve our goals through regular monitoring of progress
Create contingency plans and be ready to enact if our scale goals look like they may not be achievable with current Key Performance Indicators
Send monthly communication to key stakeholders about repayment progress, including advanced analysis on sub-components of repayment performance
Lead Strategic Research and Analysis
Determine further research needs to improve repayment performance for the Kenya program
Execute on all necessary qualitative field research, phone surveys, and data analysis effectively and synthesize into usable reports to help guide the program in making data-driven decisions
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
We are seeking exceptional professionals with 2 to 5+ years of work experience, and a demonstrated long-term passion for international development. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
Strong work experience. Demonstrated passion for microfinance, mobile money, or loan management preferred but not required.
An analytical mindset: ability to look at a situation and determine what data is needed to make a strong decision. Preference for analysis skills, particularly in R and Excel, but not required. If analysis skills are lacking, enthusiasm to gain these skills is required.
A passion for world class customer service.
Experience in leadership and management is strongly desired.
Ability to work in a team and to solve compels problems in a way that satisfies stakeholders and always puts farmers first.
Ability to work independently, and move a large portfolio of work forward quickly.
Strong oral and written communication skills.
Preferred Start Date
As soon as possible
Compensation
We offer a modest starting salary that affords a high quality of life in our areas of operation. This is a career-track role with performance-based raises and the ability to expand responsibilities over time.
Benefits
Health insurance, flights and regional travel, secure housing
Sponsor International Candidates
No
