Muramvya, Burundi; Iringa, Tan
PROGRAM
DIRECTOR
DIRECTOR
Job Location
Kakamega, Kenya; Rubengera,
Rwanda; Muramvya, Burundi; Iringa, Tanzania
Rwanda; Muramvya, Burundi; Iringa, Tanzania
Duration
Minimum 3-year commitment, full-time
Job Description
As we grow, One Acre Fund is seeking to
add one new country per year to our operations. We are seeking the kind of
person that can be dropped into a country with significant support financially
and logistically and can create from scratch a high-quality company in a very
short time.
add one new country per year to our operations. We are seeking the kind of
person that can be dropped into a country with significant support financially
and logistically and can create from scratch a high-quality company in a very
short time.
We are seeking someone who can do the following things:
- Create
a strategic vision: This position does not involve managing an existing
operation – we are seeking an entrepreneur who can create an operation,
growing it from roughly 5 existing staff to hundreds. This involves a lot
of strategic flexibility and independence. We are also seeking someone who
is based in the field (in rural areas) at first, in order to craft a
vision that results in the best possible customer service to farmers.
- Hire
and develop staff: Our program directors will have to hire a lot of
people, and more importantly, invest the majority of their energy in
developing managers and leaders underneath them.
- Engage
staff and lead: Our program model requires high tailoring to specific
contexts. The program director will have to make decisions together with
their leadership team by engaging them and then lead them to execute a
common vision.
- External
and internal relations: We are seeking someone who will be a strong
communicator both externally and also internally, together with fellow
leaders in the organization.
Career Growth and
Development
Development
One Acre Fund invests in building
management and leadership skills. Your manager and a global support team will
commit 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.
management and leadership skills. Your manager and a global support team will
commit 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.
Qualifications
We are seeking exceptional
professionals with 4 to 8+ 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.
professionals with 4 to 8+ 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 three years.
Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
- Strong
work experiences. We are seeking an entrepreneur who has previously grown
an operation from scratch to hundreds of staff, or tens of thousands of
customers, etc, in a developing nation. And we want someone who wants to
go back to scratch and do it again, instead of managing a large existing
operation.
- Likeability
and humility. All of our country directors to date have grown up within
our operation, learning directly from farmers in a start-up environment.
We value humility and likeability and wish to be joined by leaders that
value the same.
- Top-performing
undergraduate background (please include GPA and test scores on your
resume).
- A
willingness to live outside of a capital city, close to our customers in
East Africa for at least three years – this is a long-term, career-track
role. The candidate should have at least one year demonstrated experience
working in the developing world.
- Language:
English required in Kenya, Tanzania, and Rwanda. French required in
Burundi.
Preferred Start Date
Flexible
Compensation
We offer a modest starting salary that
affords a high quality of life in our areas of operation. This is a
career-track role with performance-based raises and the ability to expand
responsibilities over time.
affords a high quality of life in our areas of operation. This is a
career-track role with performance-based raises and the ability to expand
responsibilities over time.
Benefits
Health insurance, immunizations,
flights, housing
flights, housing
Sponsor International
Candidates
Candidates
Yes
East Africans are strongly encouraged
to apply.
to apply.
