One Acre Fund Program Associate Jobs in Uganda

Job description

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. In their first year, our program associates lead 3-5
internal consultin
g projects, such as:

Impact innovation: A program associate recently designed
a new harvest storage product and farmer training, and tried it with a few
hundred farmers. The trial demonstrated an increase in harvest profits by
more than 10%. Next year, we expect to sell this product to over 40,000
farmers.
Growth innovation: A staffer recently designed a new
viral marketing initiative. She identified our best and most enthusiastic
farmers, and turned them into volunteer “replication agents” who
are empowered to recruit new groups of farmers. Our staff person designed
the trial protocols, trained 10 field staff to test the idea, and observed
the trial in-field, resulting in 25% higher client enrollment. We are now
rolling this out across more than 200 field sites.
Operations rotation: In addition to internal consulting
projects, program associates also spend time paired with a regular
“operating unit,” which has 50+ staff. This is an opportunity to
observe how regular operations work, while also building leadership skills
by mentoring a larger number of staff.

In their second year, our strongest
performers take leadership over a relatively independent pilot within the One
Acre Fund network, while earning a significant and sustainable salary increase.
Examples include:

Burundi: One Acre Fund plans to launch one new country
per year, for the next five years. A program manager moved to Burundi
early in 2011 to direct field operations for an initial 400-farmer pilot.
Six months later, that pilot is now being quadrupled in size and is our
newest country launch.
Farmers United: One of our program managers piloted an
innovative trial in a new area of Kenya. This trial helps farmers to save
up for farm inputs over time, in addition to taking loans, and has high
potential to scale rapidly. Over two years, he has created a field
organization of 80 staff from scratch. His organization, called
“Farmers United,” cooperates closely with our existing field
units, but also operates with a high degree of independence within the One
Acre Fund umbrella.

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. starting a field program in a developing country, leading a
conference, starting a business, solid Peace Corps accomplishments).
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.
Language: English required.
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