Wanted
Dedicated associate to focus on sharing knowledge and best practices across borders and continents.
Job Location
This position will spend approximately 3 weeks per month in rural Kenya and 1 week per month in rural Rwanda (or vice–versa).
Duration
Minimum two year's 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 start–up non-profit 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.
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 streamline and systematize this function, we are looking for a dedicated associate to focus on these tasks. The innovation capture associate will:
Dedicated associate to focus on sharing knowledge and best practices across borders and continents.
Job Location
This position will spend approximately 3 weeks per month in rural Kenya and 1 week per month in rural Rwanda (or vice–versa).
Duration
Minimum two year's 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 start–up non-profit 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.
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 streamline and systematize this function, we are looking for a dedicated associate to focus on these tasks. The innovation capture 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 online 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 organization–wide knowledge sharing procedures.
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:
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 (i.e. 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.
- Ability to cook/laugh – desirable
Language
English required; French highly 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
To Apply
English required; French highly 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
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).
