Job
description
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 start-up NGO in Kenya, Rwanda, and
Burundi that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their
full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre 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 more than 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 six years, we have grown to serve 130,000 farm families with more
than 1,000 full-time field staff. In three more years, we will at least
quadruple in size, while adding several new countries. Our approach has won
widespread validation, winning grants from the highly competitive Echoing Green
and Skoll Foundations, and the global Financial Times/ IFC award for
“basic needs financing” in 2010 and 2011. Website: www.oneacrefund.org
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. We provide constant,
actionable feedback delivered through weekly mentorship and through regular
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 and
countries. 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.
Location: Rural Kenya, Rwanda, or
Burundi.
Preferred
Start Date:
Flexible
Compensation: Starts very 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 cover, immunizations,
two home flights per year if applicable
Career
development:
Bi-annual management consulting-style career reviews, and significant
investment in career development. Your manager will invest significant time in
your career development.
How
to apply
To Apply
Email cover letter
and resume to jobs@oneacrefund.org (Subject
line: Health Dissemination Manager Search + name of the site that referred you)
