Wanted Health professional for career–track role
in Africa, with a focus on family planning training.
Job Location Rural Kenya, Rwanda, or Burundi.
Duration Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time
job.
Organization Description M
ost 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, 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, seed and fertilizer, 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.
Job Description By providing agriculture services, One
Acre Fund has set up one of Africa’s most promising new rural distribution
networks. We offer training, product delivery, and financing at more than 1,000
“market points.”
We have started pushing health
goods through this network. Most notably, we recently provided chlorine for
water treatment for more than 500,000 children for a year. We are increasingly
interested in searching for other “low-hanging fruit” – simple
products and trainings that we can distribute with minimal effort, for maximum
humanitarian impact.
We are particularly interested in
providing family planning training. No matter how large our agricultural gains,
our farmers are facing a grim situation if population growth continues at its
current rapid pace.
Specific responsibilities:
- Determine the best products and services to roll through
our network. Use a combination of primary research with the world’s
foremost health distribution NGOs and companies, and also secondary
journal research to decide which products and services to provide. - Run high-quality research pilots with small numbers of
farm families to determine uptake and usage rates, and to estimate health
impact. - Scale up. Source materials, design trainings, and
potentially hire specialty staff.
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. 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 minimum
initial commitment of two years. Candidates who fit the following criteria are
strongly encouraged to apply:
- At least one year living and working in the developing
world. This is a requirement. - Strong work experiences. Entrepreneurial and
unstructured work experiences are particularly helpful. - Leadership experiences at work, or outside of work.
- Top-performing undergraduate background (please include
GPA and test scores on your resume). - Humility and personal stability. We are looking for
passionate professionals that combine strong leadership skills with good
humor, patience, and a humble approach to service. - A willingness to commit to living in rural East Africa
for at least two years – this is a long–term, career–track role. - Professional/technical skills – very high levels of
proficiency with PowerPoint, Excel and other software programs. - Language: English required; French highly desirable.
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.
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