Jobs Kenya

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  • Product Innovations Research Station Officer

    Product Innovations Research Station Officer

    Job Description

    Job Location: Sagana
    Reports To: Crop Research Station Supervisor
    Organization Description: Most of the world’s poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a growing NGO in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Malawi, Zambia and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income.
    We provide farmers with a “market bundle” that includes education, finance, farm inputs and solar lights, and market access. Our program is proven impactful-every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve.
    We are growing quickly. In ten years, we have grown to serve 0ver 500,000 farm families with more than 5,000 full-time field staff. Our approach has won widespread validation, winning grants from The MasterCard Foundation and Gates Foundation.
    Website: www.oneacrefund.org.
    Job Description: The mandate of the Product Innovations Team is to develop and test new products and product delivery systems. As a member of the Product Innovations team, you contribute to the research needed to move products from early stage trials to scale.
    Your Role

    Know Your Trials: Develop a thorough knowledge of the requirements for crop station trials including planting, top dressing, and harvesting
    Trial Supervision: Supervise anywhere from 5 – 10 crop station trials each season, including all trial replications
    Ensure Quality Execution: Fully understand the quality policy and meet quality standards by conducting regular follow ups to the trial plots to ensure quality standards are met
    Perform Hard Labor Duties: Carry out all labor related activities as required by your manager, including land preparation, planting, top dressing, harvesting and all intermediate tasks. In summary, your role will require you to physically maintain the trial plots assigned to you using the farm equipment provided to you.
    Carry out Technical Tasks: Carry out all technical activities as required by your manager, including spraying, creating planting tools (such as planting strings, planting sticks and row sticks), creating harvest boxes, etc.
    Quantitative Data Collection: Conduct quantitative data collection according to trial requirements, including at planting, top dressing and harvesting, and ensure data quality and accuracy
    Meet KPI Targets: Follow work plan set in the weekly meeting and track daily activities and KPI’s to report to your supervisor
    Participate in Trainings & Staff Activities: Attend and participate in weekly staff meetings and trainings

    Our Requirements

    A minimum of 2 years work experience in a related field
    National Identification Card (ID)
    Minimum Education; KCSE D+
    Strong numeric and data collections skills
    Knowledge of agricultural practices for smallholder farmers
    Excellent communication skills
    Exceptional personal organizational skills and attention to detail
    Time management skills and ability to work independently
    Positive attitude with a strong work ethic
    Demonstrated commitment to teamwork and collaboration
    Eager to learn, teach, enhance current processes and develop new operations
    Be willing to participate in hard physical labor, using the farm equipment provided
    Humility, we are looking for passionate professionals who combine strong leadership skills with patience and a humble approach to service to join our growing family of leaders
    Passionate about serving smallholder farmers
    Language: English, Kiswahili required

  • Research Station Officer

    Research Station Officer

    JOB LOCATION: Sagana REPORTS TO: Crop Research Station Supervisor
    Job Description
    The mandate of the Product Innovations Team is to develop and test new products and product delivery systems. As a member of the Product Innovations team, you contribute to the research needed to move products from early stage trials to scale.
    Roles

    Know Your Trials: Develop a thorough knowledge of the requirements for crop station trials including planting, top dressing, and harvesting
    Trial Supervision: Supervise anywhere from 5 – 10 crop station trials each season, including all trial replications
    Ensure Quality Execution: Fully understand the quality policy and meet quality standards by conducting regular follow ups to the trial plots to ensure quality standards are met
    Perform Hard Labor Duties: Carry out all labor related activities as required by your manager, including land preparation, planting, top dressing, harvesting and all intermediate tasks.
    In summary, your role will require you to physically maintain the trial plots assigned to you using the farm equipment provided to you.
    Carry out Technical Tasks: Carry out all technical activities as required by your manager, including spraying, creating planting tools (such as planting strings, planting sticks and row sticks), creating harvest boxes, etc.

    We are an international non-profit that works in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi and Zambia. In these countries, our 5,000+ strong staff serves over 500,000 smallholder farmers and enables them to grow their way out of hunger and poverty.
    Farmers First

    Quantitative Data Collection: Conduct quantitative data collection according to trial requirements, including at planting, top dressing and harvesting, and ensure data quality and accuracy
    Meet KPI Targets: Follow work plan set in the weekly meeting and track daily activities and KPI’s to report to your supervisor
    Participate in Trainings & Staff Activities: Attend and participate in weekly staff meetings and trainings

    Job Requirements

    A minimum of 2 years work experience in a related field
    National Identification Card (ID)
    Minimum Education; KSCE D+
    Strong numeric and data collections skills
    Knowledge of agricultural practices for smallholder farmers
    Excellent communication skills
    Exceptional personal organizational skills and attention to detail
    Time management skills and ability to work independently
    Positive attitude with a strong work ethic
    Demonstrated commitment to teamwork and collaboration
    Eager to learn, teach, enhance current processes and develop new operations
    Be willing to participate in hard physical labor, using the farm equipment provided
    Humility, we are looking for passionate professionals who combine strong leadership skills with patience and a humble approach to service to join our growing family of leaders
    Passionate about serving smallholder farmers
    Language: English, Kiswahili required

  • Case Investigations Associate

    Case Investigations Associate

    Job Location: Western / Rift-Valley
    Reports To: Case Investigations Team Lead
    Job Description: The Case Investigations Associate will mostly be based in the field, carrying out field visits to interview farmers and field staff, and collect statements. The information collected will be used to resolve farmer complaints around inputs, repayment and the quality of One Acre Fund services.
    The agents will be responsible for resolving all cases raised by farmers in the shortest time frame to the highest levels of satisfaction. This is very visible and important position that cuts across many departments at One Acre Fund and supports senior field directors in their execution duties as well as informing and guiding senior departmental heads on programmatic issues.
    Your Role
    Case Management

    Familiarize with all cases of farmer complaints through phone calls to One Acre Fund, through working with the Customer Service Call team
    Meet with the Customer Service Call Team each week to review open cases and ensure the investigation database is up to date
    Prioritize weekly cases to follow up and prepare a travel schedule
    Investigate and acquire relevant documentation including budgets and records for farmer refund payments, UAP insurance payments and inputs delivery documents to detect any anomalies and errors and launch investigations based on the following:
    UAP Insurance: work closely with expense auditor in charge of UAP payments to investigate complaints on this
    wrongly dropped farmers at qualifiers deadline
    refunds for dropped clients and refunds for overpayments
    customer care issues and staff harassment to farmers
    cases on Incentive Fraud, Input fraud and stolen inputs by field staff
    ghost farmer issues
    mobile repayment fraud related issues
    Group Leader level training as follow ups from investigations
    core package issues
    HR related issues
    warehouse staff input balances
    Forward all investigation reports to the relevant parties to ensure resolution and case closure
    Provide recommendations for documentation and process improvement on an ongoing basis
    Any other duty assigned by supervisor

    Field Visit Activities

    Schedule visits to investigate cases with Field Directors, Field Leaders and Group Leaders as appropriate
    Meet with impacted and affected parties and obtain written statements and evidence such as default acknowledgement forms and reports from relevant parties for recovery of cash lost by One Acre Fund staff
    Arrange any follow up appointments to help with the investigation

    Departmental Liaison Activities

    Work closely with the regional teams on any requirements for the cases and advise on appropriate resolution and recommendations
    Liaise closely with HR and District Office Administrators on all pending disciplinary actions from cases investigated
    Work with the Investigation Management to examine processes and policies to prevent future occurrences

    Our Requirements

    Must be able to speak either Kalenjin or Luhya
    Must be willing to travel frequently to the field using motorbike taxis in all weather
    Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (both verbal and written)
    Proactive in identifying and solving problems
    Should possess strong conflict resolution skills
    Should demonstrate high levels of integrity and a positive attitude
    Should demonstrate strong attention to detail and possess strong organization skills
    Deep understanding of the One Acre Fund core program model, preferred
    Demonstrated computer skills in email, internet usage, Microsoft Office Suite
    Ability to work with minimum supervision to meet strict deadlines
    Able to stay calm in all situations

  • Financial Advisory Services Associate

    Financial Advisory Services Associate

    Job Description
    The Finance Advisory Services (FAS) team is made up of in-country associates that are the trusted advisors to country leadership teams in the area of financial sustainability. Taking vast amounts of financial intelligence from budgets, spending patterns and projected work plans, FAS provides concise, actionable advice around how to allocate scarce resources to best achieve the country’s scale and impact goals. The goal of our small group of financial consultants is complete financial sustainability. 
    As a young organization, we are ready to hand over significant responsibility for specific, well-defined strategic initiatives as well as day-to-day management of our financial systems. As such, we are seeking an exceptional professional with 3+ years work experience, and a long-term career interest in international development. They will serve in a career-track position that combines financial and operational analysis with management experience.
    We are seeking a candidate to be based in Kakamega, Kenya and support the country leadership team for our Kenya program. 
    Primary Duties and Responsibilities
    Typical tasks will include:

    Supporting Country Leadership to determine strategy by providing strong financial recommendations. Using the financial intelligence gained in the above priorities, the FAS Associate will work with the country leadership to ensure that a solid strategic plan is in place to meet all impact and scale goals.
    Develop and Support Key Strategic Projects.

    Supporting/developing data strategy for Operations Innovations, Field, and Logistics such as:

    Building a repayment analysis tool
    Building analytic capacity, to be specified (training staff, developing standards)

    Maintaining fertilizer projection model
    Other projects as needed

    Financial Analysis and Driver of Sustainability. The FAS Associate is tasked with pushing the country towards sustainability; you will provide reports on district and country-wide spending to budget performance, and will oversee the measurement of Financial KPI’s, and detailed EOY projections that will include unexpected costs as well as financial risks, ensuring appropriate action. The Associate will provide analysis and recommendations for improved efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and product pricing.
    Annual Budget Facilitator and Champion. With support from the rest of the Finance team, the FAS Associate will spearhead the annual budgeting process, including tools training, workshop facilitation with department heads and review of the compiled budgets.
    Country Finance point of contact. The FAS Associate will act as the main country representative and project manage a variety of finance-related projects by working to connect our FP&A, Accounting, and Treasury teams with country teams. The Associate will also be the main point of contact for the org-wide finance leadership on the Kenya program. This includes presenting the country’s monthly results to all finance leadership across the organization, including providing a clear and concise explanation of the analysis on current results and future risks and projections. 
    Manage and Mentor Staff. To support the above-mentioned activities, you will recruit, manage and develop a small team (one to five) of experienced staff that will assist with your analysis and communications goals.

    Career Growth and Development
    One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager and a global support team will commit 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.
    Qualifications
    We are looking for truly extraordinary candidates that will help take our organization to the next levels of impact and scale. This is a competitive posting for a career-track role with a minimum initial commitment of two years. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:

    3+ years work experiences. Examples include a demanding professional work experience in a finance function (e.g. SME management consulting, an entrepreneurial role, working as a business or finance analyst).
    Confidence with numbers and providing quick, insightful analyses of the stories behind the numbers.
    Ability to clearly communicate in a logical and structured way to an audience with widely varying levels of expertise and interests.
    Ability and drive to work independently, while effectively prioritizing potentially conflicting demands from various teams.
    Outstanding interpersonal skills, including both verbal and written communications.
    Experience with process design and implementation.
    Leadership experience at work, or outside of work, particularly in a matrix based organization.
    Strong educational background.
    A willingness to commit to living in rural areas of East Africa for at least two years – this is a long-term, career-track position with potential to grow into a management role.
    Language: English required. Swahili strongly preferred.

  • Fund Relations Assistant Data Analysis Supervisors NGO

    Fund Relations Assistant Data Analysis Supervisors NGO

    JOB DESCRIPTION: 
    One Acre Fund’s Government Relations department is seeking to fill the position of a Local Government Relations Assistant (LGA). An officer in this position will be responsible for building effective local government relations which include participating in local government functions, producing and sharing quarterly reports, tracking local government concerns and supporting resolutions to risks that may emanate from local governments.
    The person will play an active role in coordinating our participation in internal and external field events which include input delivery field visits, harvest field visits and exhibition days among others. This is a crucial position which will determine how One Acre Fund engages with government and other stakeholders at the local level.
    Roles

    Building and managing relationships with government officials at the county levels and below through meetings and organized functions
    Writing detailed reports of meetings held with stakeholders
    Tracking and participating in resolution of risks and issues affecting field-facing operations
    Coordinating One Acre Fund’s involvement in agriculture shows and other agriculture sector functions
    Planning and executing on logistics for events that the department holds in the field
    Collecting and delivering documents, reports, and invitations to officials and stakeholders
    Any other duties as may be assigned to you from time to time

    Job Requirements

    Certificate/Diploma and above from a recognized academic institution
    Public relations, community development or agriculture-related experience preferred
    Proven ability to manage relationships with government officials
    Computer skills in emailing, general internet use, and intermediate-to-advanced fluency with Microsoft Office, Excel, and PowerPoint
    Willingness to live in Kakamega, with extensive travels within Rift Valley and Western
    Strong written and oral communicator
    Fluency in Kiswahili and English; Kalenjin-speaking applicants are encouraged to apply
    Passion for serving smallholder farmers

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  • Core Execution & Tree Kit Coordinator

    Core Execution & Tree Kit Coordinator

    Job Description

    Reporting To: Core Deliveries Unit Lead
    Job Description:
    The Core Execution and Tree Kit Coordinator is responsible for the overall management and execution of the annual Tree Kit project and provides process and execution support during core Input Deliveries.
    By liaising with the relevant Unit Leads, the Coordinator will budget, plan and develop the relevant processes and policies that will guide tree kit creation. They will devise and present strategy which will enable tree kits production run effectively and sustainably.
    During the year on year core Input Deliveries, the Coordinator will support the execution functions of Input Delivery such as Truck Scheduling, Transfers Planning, Discrepancy Investigations, etc.
    Your Responsibilities

    Develop and execute a repeatable annual operational plan for Tree Kit production. Designing a tree kit production budget, resource planning with the management, creates a schedule of activities and identification of staffing need and works closely with HR to meet the staffing needs.
    Act as the key liaison for all stakeholder departments supporting the Tree Kit project. Coordinates all relevant stakeholders, providing timely and comprehensive updates and acts as a point of contact for all relevant teams to troubleshoot tree kit production challenges.
    Ensure production performance, volume and quality goals for the Tree Kit project are met, coordinates with all relevant teams to ensure material needs are met as per operational plan, proactively resolve production challenges and conduct regular reviews and suggest production improvements.
    Provides process and data execution support for Input Deliveries year on year. Through collaboration with the data unit ensures correct input data and bale sizes are captured in the roster and relates exactly to sap unit sizes.
    Plan for, develop and document new policies/processes in support of scalability. Works with management to design, build and implement better policies, more and efficient processes for their project
    Provides professional development opportunities and coaching to their direct reports. Working closely with team members managers, Invest heavily in understanding each of their team member’s strengths and key development areas and plans appropriate skills- trainings or coaching sessions .
    Supports management in any staff training or hiring processes for their unit. Identifies gaps or needs within the unit and drafts hiring propositions and job description documents for review by management and engages in the appropriate stages of the hiring process for any staff in their unit
    Supports the implementation / growth of mechanisms which improve team culture by overseeing the implementation of new mechanisms which management have designed and providing regular feedback to management on the success/failure of these mechanisms within their unit.

    Our Requirements

    College Level Education (Logistics, Supply Chain Management, and Manufacturing preferred)
    3-4 years of relevant work experience
    Demonstrable experience in supervising a manufacturing or production activity preferred
    Strong analytical skills in analyzing processes and designing improvements
    Proficiency in using MS Office and related online tools such as Google Documents and Sheets
    General team management experience – you will supervise a team of production casuals
    Experience in managing medium sized projects
    Positive attitude with a strong work ethic. Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
    Demonstrated commitment to teamwork and collaboration.
    Respect and extends dignity to all people.
    Integrity, foster trust and a positive work environment.
    Innovation and creativity at the workplace.
    Ambitious, thrives on new challenges and opportunities to contribute on a large and small scale.
    Eager to learn, teach, enhance current logistic practices and develop new standard operating procedures
    Task Oriented, driven by milestones and deadlines. Stays organized under pressure and enjoys fast paced environment.
    Reliable, takes pride in meeting deadlines, exceeding expectations and being accountable for mission critical endeavors.
    English spoken and written fluently

    Benefits: Mutual Health Insurance, staff loans, small airtime and transportation allowances
    Career development: Twice annual career reviews and constant feedback. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development.

  • Senior Business Development Director

    Senior Business Development Director

    Job Description
    One Acre Fund is looking for an exceptional individual to join our Business Development team. One Acre Fund aspires to one day be the world’s largest and most impactful nonprofit organization. To a large extent, the growth of One Acre Fund in the next ten years will hinge on this person’s ability to mobilize resources for the team to utilize in service to rural farmers. You will lead our relationship manager team, breaking new ground in identifying scalable funding sources that will drive One Acre Fund to put more food on the table for over 1 million farm families by 2020.
    Responsibilities
    The main position roles and responsibilities are across three main categories, including
    The Senior Business Development Director role will independently develop a pipeline of new grant funding using their own networks while providing critical people development and strategic leadership support to the broader Business Development team.

    70%+ of time spent on origination and growing a new donor portfolio.
    Attract new donors and close major gifts, preferably in the areas of individual and institutional giving. This will require networking and prospecting amongst some of the most thoughtful and forward-looking funders in the international development arena to grow One Acre Fund’s funding beyond $50M in 2018.
    Develop funding partnerships. Increasingly, many of our funding arrangements are strategic partnerships crafted around objectives that align with One Acre Fund’s long-term strategy. This role will help craft the strategy around these funding agreements, particularly with institutional donors. For example, our grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation aims to create a long-term platform for agricultural research and innovations that can scale to impact hundreds of thousands of smallholder farm families.
    Be a spokesperson for our farmers. One Acre Fund is increasingly contributing to global discussions around agricultural development, and this role will serve as a spokesperson for the organization, attending and presenting at events like the Sankalp Forum and SoCap.
    20% of time spent on coaching and mentoring our Relationship Manager team.
    The Senior Director will be responsible for mentoring and developing professionals under her/his management. We have a small but growing, action-oriented team of relationship managers, who work alongside our writing, finance, and compliance teams. We would foresee this role taking over management of 2-3 Relationship
    Managers initially, and growing their management scope over time.
    We are looking for a humble leader who can help grow this business development team as we steward more funds from existing donors and access new donor segments.
    10% of time spent on building a best-in-class team culture, thought leadership, and/or systems.
    As a member of our leadership team, there is an expectation this person contributes to our growth. These activities could include:
    Contribute strategically to our fundraising direction; for instance, analyzing the potential and steering the direction of new geographic and funding type sources.
    Build and/or coordinate people functions to help us recruit, develop and retain top talent.
    Strengthen team culture, diversity, and inclusion to make One Acre Fund the best place to work, especially as we scale.
    Drive innovation across team functions and systems such as strategic planning, professional development, financial forecasting, and communications.

    Career Growth and Development
    One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager, the Business Development Team Lead, and a global support team will commit 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.
    Qualifications
    We are seeking an exceptional professional with 12+ years of work experience, a proven passion for fundraising, and a demonstrated commitment to international development. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:

    Proven fundraising experience, originating donor relationships and closing gifts, is required. In your cover letter please describe the major donors you have worked with and your role in building those relationships
    Speaks the language of business. Our donors are looking for someone with business fluency (communicates in financial sustainability, return on investment, impact per donor dollar, etc.). We are seeking someone with excellent external communication skills, and who speaks the language of business.
    Strong interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence. The candidate should be a highly organized team player, ready to work with our writing, finance, and compliance teams to manage new and existing donors.
    Demonstrated people development experience. Ideally has managed a team of 3 or larger.
    Strong existing networks in the philanthropic community to leverage past relationships to develop a strong pipeline of new donors and partnerships.
    Demonstrated understanding of and experience in international development or the social sector more broadly.
    Strongly align on values. We put a high premium on values. We want someone who has a true service orientation and humility – someone that puts our farmers before themselves.
    Willingness to travel.
    Language: English required.

    Preferred Start Date
    As soon as possible.
    Location
    Any major global city, preference for New York, Nairobi, or Kigali.
    Duration
    Minimum 2.5-year commitment, full-time job.
    Compensation
    Commensurate with experience, and dependant on location.
    Benefits
    Health insurance in our group plan, 401k contributions, education savings contributions, flexible work environment, strong maternity/paternity benefits, sabbatical policy, and others.
    Sponsor International Candidates
    Yes, but for Kigali location only.
    East Africans strongly encouraged to apply.

  • Planning and Data Unit Lead – Kenya Logistics

    Planning and Data Unit Lead – Kenya Logistics

    Job Description
    The Planning and Data Lead guides and manages the overall direction of the Data Unit of the Kenya Logistics Team, and leads the planning and data work for our Core Deliveries Unit. This person is responsible for ensuring all necessary planning, data gathering, analysis and reporting happens across both these units of the Logistics team. The Planning and Data Lead oversees all Inventory Data Management and works with the Logistics Team management to craft a long-term vision around the analysis and use of our data to improve delivery execution, reduce inventory loss and provide superior service to our farmers.
    Responsibilities of the Planning and Data Unit Lead will include:

    Oversee all payments and procurement operations for the Kenya Logistics Team
    Manage and improve Inventory Management systems, processes and controls
    Explore new ways to use Logistics data for advanced problem-solving
    Build, monitor and report on key tracking tools for staff & process performance
    Provide data-focused support for other units within the Kenya Logistics team
    Works with management to set and monitor team OKRs, KPIs and budgets
    Develop annual delivery expansion planning tools and oversee all expansion planning tasks
    Provide all necessary data support for annual Input Deliveries
    Liaise with Business Operations team to improve the management and use of Logistics Data
    Own the Input Ordering process pipeline and support team management with critical tasks
    Provide professional development opportunities and coaching to reports
    Supports the implementation / growth of mechanisms which improve team culture

    Career Growth and Development
    One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager and a global support team will commit 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.
    Qualifications
    We are seeking an exceptional professional with five years of work experience and ideally a demonstrated passion for international development. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
    Broad knowledge and experience in:

    Using SAP Business Solutions for Inventory Management (or similar ERP/Inventory Management Software)
    Data visualization software / tools, preferred if this experience is with Microsoft’s Power BI tool

    Excellent skills in:

    Advanced Excel analysis
    including at least Pivot Tables, V-Lookup and Array Formulas
    Strong work experiences. Examples include a demanding professional work experience, or successful entrepreneurial experience (e.g. leading a conference, or starting a business).

    Specific experience in:

    Logistics Operations [Warehousing and Fleet Planning] preferred
    People Management
    Leadership experience at work, or outside of work
    Humility. We are looking for passionate professionals who combine strong leadership skills with patience and a humble approach to service to join our growing family of leaders.
    Outstanding communication skills with direct reports, peers and management
    Strong analytical skills – ability to quickly review, synthesize, analyze and communicate data
    Software Development experience would be an added advantage
    Problem solving and ability to work to tight deadlines

    Language: English required
    Preferred Start Date
    ASAP
    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
    Housing, transportation, and airtime allowances
    Duration
    Minimum three year’s commitment, full-time job.
    Please note that we are not able to sponsor a visa for this position.

  • Kenya Repayment Program Associate

    Kenya Repayment Program Associate

    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

  • Strategy and Research Analyst/Manager

    Strategy and Research Analyst/Manager

    Job Description
    We are looking for driven, strategic problem-solvers dedicated to social impact to join One Acre Fund’s Internal Consulting Team (ICT). ICT is responsible for sharpening the organization’s strategy and for supporting other One Acre Fund teams at key junctures where additional analytical resources could have an outsized impact for the organization. Above all we are seeking skilled professionals capable of delivering high-quality work in a flexible and independent manner, supporting teams across the organization on a wide range of project types.
    A Sample Of Recent Internal Consulting Team Work Includes

    Shaping One Acre Fund’s expansion strategy – To help One Acre Fund hit its ambitious farmer growth targets, two analysts were challenged to develop a rigorous and scalable approach to program expansion that could be rolled out across all countries. This new approach involved quantitative and qualitative analysis, field survey design and analysis, financial modeling, as well as a political and security risk assessment. The work was adopted by in-country Field Operations teams and is bringing OAF closer to achieving its 2020 target of reaching one million farmers.
    Conducting a Kenya program health check-up – A manager recently conducted a “health check-up” of our Kenya program in order to proactively identify and resolve risks to that program’s ambitious goals, independently examining a number of programmatic areas including management quality, hiring standards, and team culture and morale. The final prioritized list of synthesized takeaways and actionable recommendations will give the Kenya leadership team additional visibility into program pain points, and will ultimately improve the program’s overall efficiency, while having a positive influence on staff experience.
    Building a customer protection dashboard – To better understand how well we are doing protecting our clients, team members collaborated to develop a customer protection dashboard. They used an online software to summarize results in real-time from numerous customer protection surveys that captured data at a national, district and site level. The dashboard has enabled our in-country Field teams to more easily roll-out targeted interventions to improve our customer protection practices and ensure we truly are putting farmers first.
    Coordinating the Country Directors Working Group – Our Country Directors meet periodically in a working group that generates coherent guidance for country programs and shares cross-country knowledge. An ICT manager sets the working group’s agenda, structures topic discussions and decisions, and helps to connect the group to org-wide goals.
    Championing organizational wide Objective Key Results (OKRs) – Every year, One Acre Fund uses a strategy-setting methodology known as Objective Key Results (OKRs) to help set annual goals at the organizational and team level. ICT managers played a central role in the initial adoption and subsequent rollout of OKRs across the organisation. Over the past two years, a manager has worked with other members of ICT to coordinate OKR-setting across the organization, culminating in an organization-wide Town Hall where org-wide OKRs are shared and annual targets are set against them.

    We Are Hiring For Two Different Levels
    Analysts take full ownership of projects, from planning through execution and follow-up. They manage anywhere from 2-5 projects at any given time, are typically responsible for at least one other team-specific initiative, and are expected to be able to tackle any type of project – from quantitative modeling to primary research – with a relentless focus on solving the problem at hand. Experienced Analysts are sometimes also asked to take on direct management responsibilities for one of our Strategy & Research Specialists and help grow them into exceptional Analysts.
    Managers do the same type of critical work as Analysts, plus meaningfully invest in building staff capacity—both within our team and across the organization. Managers are often responsible for launching key initiatives across multiple countries, managing the roll out of high-priority programs in several departments, and maintaining close working relationships with some of our senior leaders.
    Career Growth and Development
    A core value at One Acre Fund is continual growth. Your supervisor will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through daily discussions as needed, weekly mentorship sessions, and quarterly management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one coffee chats where we discuss career goals and work collaboratively to craft career paths that each person can be passionate about. Because of One Acre Fund’s rapid growth, we often have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions, resulting in fast career growth for our high-performing staff.
    Qualifications
    We are looking for extraordinary professionals who will help take One Acre Fund to the next levels of impact and scale. **This is a competitive posting for a career–track role. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
    Strong work experiences: We are looking for candidates with a proven track record of solving complex, ambiguous problems in a structured way (e.g., management consultants, research managers, business analysts). Ideally 2-3 years of experience for analysts, 3-5 years of experience for managers.
    Ultimately, we are looking for the ability to take a complex question, identify the most efficient route to a useful solution, and structure the work into manageable milestonesWe also look for leadership experiences, in or outside of work, particularly in roles that demonstrate relationship management and driving resultsBonus for previous work experience directly serving executive-level leadership
    Professional/technical skills
    Analysts are expected to have advanced proficiency in bothExcel and PowerPoint. Experience with other professional programs (e.g. R, STATA, Access) is a plusManagers should have demonstrated experience in project management, capacity building, and professional development of others
    Outstanding responsiveness to feedback: we firmly believe that ability to act on both reinforcing and redirecting feedback is the fastest way to grow. As a team, we give and expect to receive open and frank feedback, both to our reports and to our managers. Candidates should exhibit an ability to take feedback as a chance to improve, and know how to give feedback in a constructive manner.Humility: in everything One Acre Fund does, we put farmers first. We do this by approaching our work and individual growth with humility, efficiency, and compassion.Language: English fluency required; proficiency in any languages spoken in East Africa is a bonus
    Preferred Start Date
    Flexible
    Job Location
    East Africa capital city, with preference for Nairobi, Kenya. However, strong candidates could be based in Kigali, after an initial 3-6 month period in Nairobi.
    Duration
    Full-time, open-ended contract with a minimum of 2 years commitment.
    Compensation
    Starts modest, though enough to have a comfortable quality of life. This is a career-track role with fast raises for performance, paying a meaningful salary for long-term placement.
    Benefits
    Health insurance, immunizations, flight, room and board.
    Sponsor International Candidates
    No
    East African applicants strongly encouraged to apply.