People Innovations Associate at One Acre Fund

Job Description

One Acre Fund believes its most valuable asset is its people. We invest significant resources in our team, including trialing new and innovative ways of recruiting, developing, and retaining talent. Our goal is to build a team of the world’s best international development professionals who are committed to putting Farmers First.

People Operations Innovations (iPOPS) is tasked with helping One Acre Fund achieve its most pressing people-related goals. The iPOPS associate will immediately take on the team’s recruitment innovations portfolio, including projects of major strategic importance to the organization. The role will involve running recruitment project trials and supporting our Global Recruitment Team.

Projects include:

• Build the organization’s network of experienced candidates by running an outreach trial to ~100 professionals in East Africa.
• Provide targeted outreach support to the Global Recruitment Team, with a focus on trials for high-priority recruitment needs.
• Research new recruitment prospects and own key outreach relationships.
• Manage one-off special projects. For example, a project to better understand our labor market or enhance our employer brand.
• Conduct some day-to-day recruitment activities, including running ~3 interviews/week, attending weekly Global Recruitment Team meetings, and liaising with Global Recruitment Team managers.

iPOPS responds directly to the organization’s strategic people needs. While this role will initially focus on recruitment, the project portfolio will likely shift over time to include other initiatives to help hire, grow, and retain our team. As you grow in your role, you will have the opportunity to propose projects that solve “people problems” and take on new projects and responsibilities.

Career Growth and 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.

Qualifications

We are seeking someone with a genuine interest in people and exceptional productivity. The ideal candidates possesses the following qualities:

• Genuine passion for people: We are committed to building an exceptional global team at One Acre Fund. Ideal candidates must intrinsically understand of the importance of team in achieving our organizational goals. Experience in organizational development, change management, diversity and inclusion, or operations is a plus.
• Exceptional productivity and independence: The iPOPS associate will immediately responsible for hitting challenging targets and must be able to quickly plow through a large volume of work with increasing independent project ownership.
• Strategic thinker: The ideal candidate will constantly seek new ways to achieve our ambitious people objectives. We’re not looking for someone who only does payroll or recruitment. We’re looking for someone who overhauled a payroll system or implemented a new recruitment campaign and achieved results.
• Professionalism and leadership presence: The iPOPS associate will be immediately coordinating senior organization leadership and liaising with external professionals. Candidates must be exceptional representatives of One Acre Fund.
• Collaborative spirit: The iPOPS associate will regularly collaborate with the Global Recruitment Team, other departments, and organization leadership, and must be able to effectively coordinate stakeholders.
• A humble approach to service: We are looking for passionate professionals who combine strong leadership skills with good humor, patience, and humility. Responsiveness to feedback is a must.
• A willingness to commit to this position: This is a long–term role that requires a minimum two-year commitment.
• Language: English required; Swahili, Kinyarwanda, and/or French a plus.

Travel Requirement

Up to 15-20% regional travel.

Preferred Start Date

Flexible, but as soon as possible.

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.

Benefits

Health insurance, immunizations, flights, housing.

Sponsor International Candidates

No