Wanted Early-career high-performing
professional with at least 2 years of work experience.
Job Location Anticipate extensive
international travel.
Duration Minimum 2 years commitment,
full-time job.
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 growing NGO in Kenya,
Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm
families to a
chieve 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
As One Acre Fund expands, a key part of our long-term goal to reach at least
1.1M farm families this decade is to launch one new country per year. It is
also important that we understand the landscape of potential countries as soon
as possible – so that we know how we may need to change our program model to
fit new areas.
We are seeking an
exceptionally talented professional with very strong independent
problem-solving skills, an ability to self-manage, and strong overall judgment.
This person should also have strong networking ability, and general stability /
ability to deal with traveling alone for a long stretch of time. The minimum
commitment to this job is 2 years.
The New Country
Scout will:
- Spend
3-6 months training on the core One Acre Fund program model in Kenya or
Rwanda. - Move to
a new country, where they will either begin a pilot from scratch, or
expand an existing pilot. - Core
operating duties will include: - Hiring
and training 3-8 initial trial staff. - Engaging
local government officials and sensitizing them to our program. - Handling
initial recruitment of 100-300 farmers. - External
networking will include: - Purchase
of seed, fertilizer, and other farm inputs from local vendors. - Making
contact with local horticultural support. - The new
country scout wil also set up our initial office. This may include: - Handling
legal registration. - Finding/hiring
of office and housing. - Initial
equipment purchases. - Creation
of well-functioning finance and accounting operation with proper
financial controls. - The end
goal will be to validate the country as a possible area of operation for
One Acre Fund. If scouting is successful, the organization will proceed to
grow our core program there to a goal scale of 10,000+ farmers and 100+
staff within two additional years. This would be staffed either by an
experienced manager from one of our existing countries, or possibly the
new country scout can grow into this role.
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, 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 (please 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 Africa or Asia 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, 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.
Sponsor
International Candidates
Yes
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