Job DescriptionOne Acre Fund is looking for an exceptional individual to join our Business Development team. This position will be based in Nairobi and will work primarily on public funding opportunities. We are looking for someone with very strong research skills and a good base of knowledge in international development. The individual will play a strong support role within the Business Development unit and their workload will primarily be focused on the following three work tasks:
Research – This person will serve as the focal point for all Business Development research requests. This will involve receiving, prioritizing and organizing all research requests and following up with strong research outputs, which clearly outline concise, useable information to enable the Business Development unit to secure new funding and fuel our growth as an organization. The majority of these requests will be for meeting preparation and prospecting new funding opportunities.
Public Funding Opportunity Monitoring – In order to ensure the Public Funding team is staying on top of all new public funding opportunities, this role will involve regular opportunity monitoring and information management. This will involve consistent in-depth web research as well as organizing and managing meeting outcomes and information to prepare the organization for upcoming funding opportunities.
Donor Field Visits – This position will serve as the key liaison for organizing and managing donor visits to the field. This will involve managing all logistics for these visits and coordinating with the country team(s) to ensure an appropriate timetable is established. Often this will also involve accompanying donors to the field sites and responding to all questions they may have regarding One Acre Fund’s work. To be successful in this role, the individual will have to be a skilled communicator and develop strong fluency in One Acre Fund’s program details. Ideally this person will have previous experience in organizing events including complex logistical details.
Aside from the tasks listed above, the individual will also be expected to stay apprised of One Acre Fund’s public funding portfolio and may be called to provide additional ad hoc support for the team as needed.
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 an exceptional professional with 2+ years of work experience in international development. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
Strong work experience in international development; ideally experience engaging with public funding donors (ex: USAID, SIDA, DFID)
Excellent research and writing skills and experience conducting research in a professional environment.
Leadership experience at work, or outside of work.
Experience coordinating events and/or handling complex logistical requests.
Top-performing undergraduate background (include final grade/marks/GPA).
Humility. We are looking for passionate professionals who combine strong leadership skills with good humor, patience, and a humble approach to service to join our growing family of leaders.
Language: English required.
Ability to laugh at life and yourself – desirable.
Preferred Start Date
ASAP
Compensation
Starts modest. However, this is a career-track role paying a meaningful salary for long-term commitment to the organization.
Benefits
Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board.
Sponsor International Candidates
No
Website: Website https://www.oneacrefund.org/
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Public Sector Development Associate
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Agriculture Research Manager Monitoring and Evaluation Nutrition Associate
Wanted
Exceptional professional with 2-5+ years of experience and a demonstrated passion for and knowledge of agricultural sciences and development.
Duration
Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job.
Job Description
One Acre Fund has a robust research program spanning all countries of operation including thousands of farmers and well over a hundred agronomic and socioeconomic trials each year. The Agriculture Research Manager will be on the Agricultural Research Team, which works directly with each country research team (Innovations Teams) to identify new research opportunities, coordinate global research initiatives, and provide technical guidance where needed. The Agriculture Research Manager will be responsible for the following:
New Research Identification – The agricultural products and trainings that we provide to hundreds of thousands of smallholder farmers each year evolve each season as a result of lessons we learn from research. You will be responsible for identifying new products/trainings (e.g. new seeds, fertilizers, planting practices, pest management practices, etc.) and research methods that we can pursue to increase the impact that our program delivers to smallholder farmers.
External Relationships – We work with a number of external research institutions, including national research organizations and international research institutions such as those from the CGIAR. You will be partially responsible for liaising with some of these institutions in an effort to engage in two-way information sharing, collaboration, and to ensure that One Acre Fund is up to speed on the latest in applied agricultural research. You may also be partially responsible for supporting some of our business development work by liaising with donors on technical agricultural work.
Global Research Coordination – The Agricultural Research Team is responsible for coordinating cross-country research initiatives such as climate change adaptation strategies, a longitudinal study of the effect of the One Acre Fund program on soil health, and the adaptation of agronomic products and decisions to local, heterogeneous conditions. You will take on a leadership role in global research coordination, especially with respect to agronomic local adaptation.
Technical Support – Our field teams request guidance on practical applications of technical concepts from time to time. You will be responsible for synthesizing technical concepts and applying them to digestible, actionable recommendations. This may take the form of developing trainings and decision support tools in addition to more ad-hoc guidance. Additionally you will occasionally be responsible for writing topical memos / briefs on important agricultural research concepts to influence organizational decisions and improve organizational knowledge.
Soil Lab (if appropriate) – One Acre Fund manages a soil lab in western Kenya where we run spectroscopic soil analyses for country teams to inform research decisions and programmatic changes. Depending on your background you may be involved with the management of our soil lab.
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 an exceptional professional with 2-5+ years of experience and a demonstrated passion for and knowledge of agricultural sciences and development. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
Experience with agricultural research and application of findings, especially in smallholder tropical agriculture.
A formal educational background in the agricultural sciences, especially soil science, agronomy, or disease and pest management. MSc is required; PhD is strongly preferred.
Strong work experiences, which may include a demanding professional work experience, successful entrepreneurial experience, leading a conference, starting a business, solid Peace Corps accomplishments, etc.
Strong project management, communication, and leadership experience.
Strong data management and analysis skills. Experience with Excel required; experience with R or Stata strongly preferred.
We are looking for passionate professionals who combine strong leadership skills with good humor, patience, and a humble approach to service to join our growing family of leaders.
A willingness to commit to living in East Africa for at least two years – this is a long-term, career-track role. The ideal candidate will have at least one year demonstrated experience working in the developing world, although this is not a strict requirement.
Language: English required. Kiswahili and/or French preferred.
Preferred Start Date
Early 2017
Compensation
Commensurate with experience.
Benefits
Health insurance, immunizations, flights, housing and food stipend.
Sponsor International Candidates
Yes
East Africans strongly encouraged to apply.
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Inputs Data Specialist Technology Support Specialist Software Support Specialist
Job Description: One Acre Fund purchases $30 million per year in goods over 500+ complex transactions on behalf of 400,000+ smallholder farmers.
We are seeking a Data Manager to manage SAP data entry, architect standardized data management processes, implement with 100% sustained data accuracy, and drive on-time deliveries through frequent SAP reporting.
This Data Manager will coordinate across the global inputs team, finance, and logistics to maintain the consistent flow of purchasing information.
This person will develop standardized quality control metrics to assess data accuracy, report on inputs team KPIs, and ensure all data is entered in real time to ultimately deliver a world class data management system at the feet of our 400,000 farmers across rural East Africa.
Responsibilities of the Data Manager will include:
SAP Data Management
Becoming an expert on how to work with the SAP purchasing module including all special cases
Ensuring 100% of data is entered accurately and in real time
Resolving data entry issues quickly and independently by working closely with the SAP finance administration team and inputs purchasers
Running SAP reports on a weekly basis for inputs purchasers to ensure all purchasers are on track with their projects
Develop and Implement Data Quality Controls
Ensuring consistently accurate data by building strong Quality Checking processes
Preventing fraud and corruption challenges by implementing controls and reporting outliers to Inputs Team Lead.
Coordinating across inputs team, finance, and logistics to evaluate and improve data accuracy and data entry timeliness
Team Management & Leadership Development
Mentoring a strong data entry officer under you to enter data consistently accurately
Define Best Practices
Mapping out current data management practices to identify and implement time-saving improvements.
Implementing standardized practices across the team to improve efficiency, effectiveness, and drive improved customer service
Building Outstanding Communication Channels
Becoming familiar with One Acre Fund structures and products purchased to ensure you have a clear understanding of how to manage complex SAP entries
Working closely with logistics and finance teams to ensure entries are done correctly and clarify confusion where needed
Improving overall inputs process transparency
Career Growth and Development
One Acre Fund invests heavily 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.
You will have access to regular and ongoing professional development opportunities aimed at building the soft and hard skills required for quick rapid professional growth.
Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for our staff.
QualificationsWe are seeking an exceptional professional with experience in and a passion for data management and supply chain. Experience in an entrepreneurial environment is a plus.
Candidates that meet the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
Work experience in a demanding professional environment, preferably in positions where frequent cross-department communication was required
Experience in data management and data entry required
Some experience in SAP Data management strongly preferred
Knowledge of procurement and supply chain preferred
Creativity and strong problem solving skills. You don’t take no for an answer and constantly look for alternative solutions to problems.
A passion for world class customer service
Outstanding communication skills with peers and management
Leadership experience at work or outside of work.
Ability to work and make decisions independently
Top-performing academic background
Language: English required, French and Swahili a plus
Preferred Start Date: ASAP
Compensation: Starts modest. However, this is a career-track role with raises for performance.Benefits: Health insurance, housing stipend, transport stipend, airtime stipend.Note: We will not be able to sponsor a visa for this position.
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Global Director of People Operations
Job Location
E. Africa rural field site or capital city, with up to 25% travel (initial 6 months will require 50% time in rural East Africa)
Duration
Minimum 3 years commitment for full-time career role
Job Description
Our Global Director of People Operations will be one of the most important people in the organization, and will quickly join the organization-wide leadership group. S/he will be a key deputy of the Global Director of Operations, and will lead all human resource and talent management functions in our 4,000+ person organization, spanning several departments.
This is not a typical HR management role, since we think of HR differently than most companies. We take pride in our innovative approach to talent and team; our creative recruitment strategies drive more than 35,000 international and 100,000 country national applications per year; we retain top professionals in field postings far longer than most organizations and companies; we are building a high-performing, mission-driven team that is primarily based in rural areas, so that they can learn from our customers on a daily basis. Our team matters more than anything else, and we are seeking an exceptional, innovative leader who can help take our HR and talent functions to the next level as we continue to scale rapidly.
The overarching goals for this role are to:
Continue building best-in-class people functions to help us recruit, develop and retain top global and country-national talent across more than 10 countries. We have a team of dozens of experienced staff members working on innovative People solutions and are seeking an innovative leader to help push the team and our progress even further.
Make One Acre Fund the best place to work in the world for development professionals looking to build a career in social impact
Drive innovation across all HR and talent functions
Help us maintain our unique culture as we scale
Specific responsibilities include:
Setting Vision & Strategy:
Work with senior leaders to collaboratively set and execute on long-term vision for all HR and talent functions, under the “People Division” umbrella
Work with leadership on organizational design and change management, to help maintain a high-performing, motivated, and impactful team
Build and maintain strong collaborative working relationships across several global departments, and amongst key leaders in all countries
Identify and execute on key areas for strategic innovation
Building Team: Day-to-day management of multiple director-level staff, with a total team size of several dozen staff
The following teams fall under the management of the Global Director of People Operations (HR):
Global Recruitment and HR, Country-based Recruitment and HR, Training and Development, People Innovations, and Corporate Operations (health, safety, facilities, visitors)
Global Director of HR will be responsible for rapidly growing the careers of the leaders of these departments through weekly check-ins and workshops, ongoing development feedback, and bi-annual career reviews.
Executing on Key Organizational Initiatives: Deliver results on key organizational initiatives related to all aspects of HR and talent management, including working with our outstanding team of department directors in the following areas:
Recruitment
Help strengthen and diversify our recruitment pipeline from global and in-country talent pools, and streamline hiring processes
Build a strong internal and external brand to attract and retain top talent in our field
Help recruit top talent to fill leadership positions
Continually monitor and (when necessary) improve upon compensation and benefits package to remain competitive
Development
Collaborate with leadership to identify and address training and development needs to roll out to our global staff.
Design and implement scalable professional development services to build the careers of our amazing staff members in 10+ countries.
Retention
Maintain our unique organizational culture across a growing number of country operations
Develop an innovative approach to retaining talent, particularly in rural postings
Build practical systems to ensure health and safety of staff across several field and capital city sites
Data and Compliance
Improve collection and use of data using HRIS and other systems
Use data to make educated decisions about people strategy
Work closely with Legal team to minimize HR and compliance risks
Generally – design and implement innovative and impactful systems that can scale across several countries in E. Africa, Europe, North America, and Asia
Note: Most work will be done through our incredible team of key deputies and department directors, but direct involvement in sketching, creating, and editing of key deliverables will be required.
Leading Innovation in HR and Talent Management: Drive innovation across all HR and talent management functions, by thinking creatively and outside the box. We are not looking to build a run-of-the-mill HR department. Example focus areas include:
Creatively expand our global reach into untapped talent pools, and attract the best people available (E. Africa, W. Africa, Asia, etc.)
Continue designing creative solutions to retaining top talent in rural field locations
Use technology to cost-effectively deliver professional development services across several countries
Continually raise the bar and create an exceptional “customer experience” for all staff
Communication:
Serve as the global voice for all HR and talent-related issues, to the organization and top leadership. Help all HR teams work and communicate together to provide the most impactful results to our staff and clients.
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 candidates with 7-10+ years work experience as a general manager/ leader in a fast-growing organization, and a propensity for innovation – C-level executives or co-founders would be ideal candidates. Prior HR experience preferred but not required if the candidate has held a senior-level position at an innovative organization that places a strong emphasis on People. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encourage to apply:
Passion for building teams, finding talent, building relationships and tackling challenging people-related issues
Proven ability to manage teams and develop leaders; experience in remote management a plus
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Strong data and analytical skills; advanced Excel a plus
Experience working in a multi-cultural work place in a developing country, ideally in East Africa, a plus
Creativity and strong problem solving skills
Top-performing educational background; related Master’s Degree is an asset, but not strictly required
We are looking for passionate professionals who combine strong leadership skills with good humor, patience, and a humble approach to service.
A willingness to commit to living in East Africa for at least two years – this is a long-term, career-track role.
Language: Fluent English required; Swahili, Kinyarwanda and/or French a plus
Preferred Start Date
Flexible
Compensation
Commensurate with experience.
Benefits
Health insurance, retirement contribution, immunizations, flights, housing and food stipends, flexible work environment.
Sponsor International Candidates
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Monitoring and Evaluation Nutrition Associate
Job Description We are seeking a smart and dedicated self-starter to be an M&E Associate, based either in Bungoma Kenya or Murmvya Burundi, to lead the evaluation of a growing body of nutrition work. Overall, the M&E Associate will be responsible for using data to gain a deeper understanding of the depth and nature of program impact on a broad range of nutrition outcomes.
General Responsibilities:
Work in partnership with supervisor to craft long term evaluation strategy across multiple nutrition interventions.
Act as main liaison with external evaluation partner for select nutrition interventions, working to agree upon evaluation approach, data collection strategy and analysis and report writing framework.
Design, field-test and revise survey instruments, using tablets for data collection
Work with field-based staff to complete their objectives of collecting, analyzing and reporting on data to both understand and improve program performance.
Supervise and develop local M&E supervisors and enumerators, which will include:
Regular mentorship of M&E supervisor through field visits, meetings and career reviews
In field supervision of key M&E activities with an eye towards extremely high quality standards.
Conduct regular skills development trainings.
Conduct data analysis and results dissemination to draw both early and final conclusions and actionable recommendations.
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 an exceptional professional with 1 to 5+ years of work experience and ideally a demonstrated passion for international development. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
Strong work experiences. Examples include a demanding professional work experience, analyzing data or devising strategy for the private sector, in academia or for consulting firms, and solid Volunteer Service Organization accomplishments (VSO, Peace Corps, JICA, etc).
Prior field-based M&E experience
Academic or professional experience designing and implementing evaluations/research and analyzing findings
Top-performing undergraduate and (if applicable) graduate background (include final grade/marks).
Self-starter, who is a hard worker and highly accountable to deadlines, goal-oriented and highly flexible.
Humility. We are looking for passionate professionals who combine strong leadership skills with good humor, patience, and a humble approach to service to join our growing family of leaders.
A willingness to commit to living in rural areas of East Africa for at least two years – this is a long-term, career-track role. The ideal candidate will have at least one year demonstrated experience working in the developing world, although this is not a strict requirement.
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Programme Associate
Programme Associate Job Responsibilities
Understanding and solving problems: observing field operations, meeting with leaders of our field staff , running surveys, conducting desk research, analyzing KPIs, etc. Then creating simple and lasting solutions to complex problems.
Planning and executing large projects: identifying clear goals, creating project calendars, designing workflows, creating field tools and talking points, designing incentive systems and understanding stakeholders, following up and monitoring project execution in the field, etc.
Building teams: hiring staff using One Acre Fund’s unique “experiential hiring” system, mentoring key deputies, and steadily handing off responsibility to your team as you build it.
Communicating with other teams: working in coordination with One Acre Fund’s other teams on the ground to execute a smooth customer experience in the simplest way possible.
One Acre Fund has deep operational experience running rural field programs at a scale of 1,000+ full-time staff per country. Program Associates benefit from this past experience, quickly building their skill-set through immersion in our operating environment. At the same time, the main role of Program Associates is to accelerate growth and to constantly stretch and improve our operations. This presents an excellent career opportunity to both learn from One Acre Fund’s accumulated experience and constantly improve and enable 40%+ program growth per year.
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 for the Programme Associate Job
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 experiences. Examples include a demanding professional work experience, or successful entrepreneurial experience, e.g. starting a field program in a developing country, leading a conference, starting a business, solid Volunteer Service Organization accomplishments (VSO, Peace Corps, JICA, etc).
Leadership experience at work, or outside of work.
Top-performing undergraduate background (include final grade/marks/GPA).
Humility. We are looking for passionate professionals who combine strong leadership skills with good humor, patience, and a humble approach to service to join our growing family of leaders.
A willingness to commit to living in rural areas of East Africa for at least two years – this is a long-term, career-track role. The ideal candidate will have at least one year demonstrated experience working in the developing world, although this is not a strict requirement.
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Agriculture Research Manager
Qualifications
We are seeking an exceptional professional with 2-5+ years of experience and a demonstrated passion for and knowledge of agricultural sciences and development. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
Experience with agricultural research and application of findings, especially in smallholder tropical agriculture.
A formal educational background in the agricultural sciences, especially soil science, agronomy, or disease and pest management. MSc is required; PhD is strongly preferred.
Strong work experiences, which may include a demanding professional work experience, successful entrepreneurial experience, leading a conference, starting a business, solid Peace Corps accomplishments, etc.
Strong project management, communication, and leadership experience.
Strong data management and analysis skills. Experience with Excel required; experience with R or Stata strongly preferred.
We are looking for passionate professionals who combine strong leadership skills with good humor, patience, and a humble approach to service to join our growing family of leaders.
A willingness to commit to living in East Africa for at least two years – this is a long-term, career-track role. The ideal candidate will have at least one year demonstrated experience working in the developing world, although this is not a strict requirement.
Language: English required. Kiswahili and/or French preferred.
Preferred Start Date
Early 2017
Compensation
Commensurate with experience.
Benefits
Health insurance, immunizations, flights, housing and food stipend.
Sponsor International Candidates
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Software Quality Assurance Associate
Job Location
Kakamega, Kenya
One Acre Fund relies on several key home-grown software systems. As we grow our organization we need to continually improve and adapt the features of these software systems. Our systems are developed in Microsoft Access, SQL Server, and C# and help us to manage a wide variety of operations including enrolling clients, taking farm supply orders, tracking millions of payment transactions, assisting with the delivery of seed and fertilizer, and creating a wide variety of business intelligence reports.
The organization is constantly looking for new ways to improve services to our clients often resulting in radical changes to the way we do things as an organization and in software. The Software Quality Assurance Associate will initially be based in Western Kenya, with an opportunity to relocate to other countries. S/he will:
Improve our current testing procedures to test for a wide variety of data and use cases.
Manage a team of locally-based QA Testers.
Develop automated UI testing for web tools and Access in addition to manual test procedures.
Perform scalability testing based on our client number projections.
Update testing procedures according to changing requirements and new features.
Test one-off scripts as well as structural migrations.
Coordinate testing, software releases, bug reporting, and bug fixes with developers.
Work with end-users to identify usage bottlenecks and requirement gaps.
Develop tools to measure and analyze software usage in order to identify process improvements.
Perform field visits to verify that tools/reports produced by the system are effective in the field.
Eventually, the Quality Assurance Associate could be promoted to Quality Assurance Manager and will be involved in long-term design and architectural decisions with developers answerable to the QA Manager for best practices in coding and documenting code.
Career Growth and Development
One Acre Fund 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
Candidates fitting the following profile are strongly encouraged to apply:
Solid programming skills.
Knowledge of database concepts and SQL, experience with SQL server a plus.
Very strong self-manager, very well-organized.
A “test to break” attitude.
An ability to take the point of view of the user.
A strong desire for quality, and an attention to detail.
Tact and diplomacy are useful in maintaining a cooperative relationship with developers.
An ability to communicate with both technical and non-technical people.
Work experience, or internship, in some professional environment – ideally 2+ years of work experience.
Willingness to commit to the position for at least 2 years, with ideally some experience living in a developing country.
We are looking for passionate professionals who combine strong technical skills with good humor, patience, and a humble approach to service.
Preferred Start Date
Flexible
Compensation
Starts modest. However, this is a career-track role with fast raises for performance, paying a meaningful salary for long-term placement in developing nations.
Benefits
Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board.
Sponsor International Candidates
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Recruitment Lead
Your Role
Manage Western/Nyanza outreach activities by supporting One Acre Fund’s recruiting initiatives by cultivating strategic relationships for proactive recruitment
Train and Manage the Recruitment Staff: You will train and manage the performance of recruitment team members. You will host monthly trainings, provide individualized feedback, and improve OAF Western /Nyanza capacities and capabilities.
Act as a passionate ambassador of company, promoting the company as an employer of choice and delivering an outstanding experience for internal and external candidates
Proactively research and evaluate new sourcing strategies and develop methods for innovative sourcing solutions
Leverage online recruiting resources to source for quality candidates
Maintain networks through internal and external networking & social media platforms
Build a talent pool of qualified candidates for critical positions and develop a rapport with them for future openings
Build and manage team of recruiters who will be remotely located at major towns of One Acre funds Operation
Develop and execute successful recruiting strategies, setting hiring protocols and training hiring managers as needed
Develop, maintain and report key recruitment KPI’S and continually upgrade recruitment tools/materials as per the current trends of recruiting
Partner with hiring managers to understand their recruitment needs, develop and maintain hiring needs calendars
Work with hiring manager to extend offers including quality checking candidates references
Ensure effective and legal interviewing techniques are applied during interview process
Facilitate and host remote interviews in satellite towns
Maintain a collaborating partnership with HR leaders to ensure effective and high quality on boarding process
Provide weekly and monthly recruitment reports to your supervisor
Any related duty as requested by your supervisor
Our Requirements
Undergraduate degree from a recognized academic institution preferably in HR
Previous experience in the recruitment field locally (Kenya) in an NGO setting preferable
Has extensive experience in hiring top of the notch candidates for an organisation
Has head hunting experience
5 work experience in HR, 2 of which should be in a Management role
Proficient knowledge of office packages (Excel/word/power point)
Must be willing to live and work in Kakamega
Must bring a Certificate of good conduct
Career development: One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership capacity. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through weekly mentorship and two annual 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.
Opportunity to grow and salary increase are based on personal performance.
One Acre Fund is an equal opportunity employer.
If you feel motivated to work for One Acre Fund as the Recruitment Lead (Western & Nyanza) and if you fulfill our requirements for this role, we look forward to receiving your application 30th November 2016 -
Program Associate
Responsibilities for the Program Associate Job
Understanding and solving problems: observing field operations, meeting with leaders of our field staff , running surveys, conducting desk research, analyzing KPIs, etc. Then creating simple and lasting solutions to complex problems.
Planning and executing large projects: identifying clear goals, creating project calendars, designing workflows, creating field tools and talking points, designing incentive systems and understanding stakeholders, following up and monitoring project execution in the field, etc.
Building teams: hiring staff using One Acre Fund’s unique “experiential hiring” system, mentoring key deputies, and steadily handing off responsibility to your team as you build it.
Communicating with other teams: working in coordination with One Acre Fund’s other teams on the ground to execute a smooth customer experience in the simplest way possible.
Program Associate Job Qualifications
Strong work experiences. Examples include a demanding professional work experience, or successful entrepreneurial experience, e.g. starting a field program in a developing country, leading a conference, starting a business, solid Volunteer Service Organization accomplishments (VSO, Peace Corps, JICA, etc).
Leadership experience at work, or outside of work.
Top-performing undergraduate background (include final grade/marks/GPA).
Humility. We are looking for passionate professionals who combine strong leadership skills with good humor, patience, and a humble approach to service to join our growing family of leaders.
A willingness to commit to living in rural areas of East Africa for at least two years – this is a long-term, career-track role. The ideal candidate will have at least one year demonstrated experience working in the developing world, although this is not a strict requirement.
Language: English required in all locations. French required for Burundi placement. Other notable and useful languages are Swahili, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Chichewa, Amharic.