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 five years, we have grown to serve 130,000 farm families with more
than 1000 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
Rapid organization
growth translates into great career opportunities for our staff. We invest
heavily in careers – we want to develop our next group of country directors,
R&D directors, and partnership leaders.
As a fast-growing,
multinational organization, One Acre Fund places great importance on sharing
knowledge and best practices across borders and continents. To help stream line
and systematize this function, we are looking for a dedicated associate to
focus on these tasks. The knowledge management associate will:
- Become
intimately familiar with our processes for hiring, training and evaluating
field staff, executing core field operations and piloting new and
innovative agricultural trials and help standardize these activities
through a series of manuals and on-line training materials; - Capture
new improvements to our model, and write those improvements into our
operating materials; - Help to
manage innovation. Serve as a shared knowledge center for our innovation
team throughout Africa and the US to both store best practices and access
our standardized materials; - Work
with our program staffers in Africa to create organizational-wide
knowledge sharing procedures; and - Spend
approximately 3 weeks per month in rural Kenya and 1 week per month in
rural Rwanda (or vice-versa).
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, and a
demonstrated long-term passion for international development. They will serve
in a career-track position that combines both field and management 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:
- Strong
work experiences. Examples include a demanding professional
work experience, or successful entrepreneurial experience (e.g. high level
consulting assignments, starting a field program in a developing country,
leading a conference, starting a business). - Leadership
experience
at work, or outside of work - Top-performing
undergraduate background (include GPA and test scores on your resume) - Humility
and personal stability. We have a fantastic and
likeable team. 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 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. - Professional/technical
skills
– prior experience working in the field of knowledge management is
desirable, but not required; strong technical skills required. - Language:
English required; French highly desirable - Ability
to cook / laugh – desirable
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,
flight, room and board.
Career
development:
Quarterly management consulting-style career reviews and constant feedback.
Your manager will invest significant time in your career development.
Sponsor
International Candidates:
Yes
How
to apply
To Apply
- Complete
this form. - Email
cover letter and resume to jobs@oneacrefund.org
(Subject line: “Innovation Capture Associate Search” + name of
the site that referred you) - If you
are a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer (RPCV), please submit a copy of your
Description of Service (DOS).
