One Acre Fund Monitoring & Evaluation Associates Jobs Vacancies in Rwanda

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 135,000 farm families with more
than 1400 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 find and retain our next group of country
directors, R&D directors, and partnership leaders.

We are seeking 2
smart and dedicated self-starters to be M&E Associates – 1 in rural Kenya
and 1 in rural Rwanda. Overall, the M&E Associates will be responsible for
using data to continually improve our operations, and impact on our customers.

General
Responsibilities

Manage 3-5
M&E supervisors,
20-30 full-time M&E data collectors, 4 data entry staff, plus casuals. This
will include the following duties:

• Regular
  mentorship of M&E managers through field visits, meetings, and career
  reviews
• In-field
  supervision of key M&E activities, with an eye to “perfect”
  quality standard
• Quality-control
  and supervision of data entry, with zero tolerance for data-entry errors
• In-field
  follow-up on errors

Hire and
develop
M&E data collectors.

• Update
  hiring protocols, and use them to hire top-quality data collectors
• Conduct
  regular trainings to improve skills of data collectors
• Appropriately
  deal with under-performing staff

Innovation on new methods such as
tablet-based data collection

Data
analysis
to draw both early and final conclusions and actionable recommendations

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. This results in fast career growth
for our staff.

Qualifications

We are seeking
exceptional professionals with 1 to 5+ years of work experience, and a
demonstrated long-term passion for international development.

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. starting a
  field program in a developing country, leading a conference, starting a
  business, solid Peace Corps accomplishments).
• Prior
  field-based M&E experience is required
• More
  importantly, we are seeking someone with proven entrepreneurial and leadership
  experience – the vast majority of the job is to monitor
  and improve M&E operations in the field
• Statistical
  knowledge
  is nice-to-have, but we also have experts who can help with that side of
  things.
• Leadership
  experience
  at work, or outside of work
• Top-performing
  undergraduate record (please include GPA and test scores on your resume).
  Master’s degree is not required
• 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 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:
  French and English required for Rwanda; English for Kenya

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 insurance,
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

• Complete
  this form.
• Email
  cover letter and resume to jobs@oneacrefund.org
  (Subject line: “Monitoring & Evaluation Associates 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).