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  • Posted: Sep 23, 2022
    Deadline: Nov 5, 2022
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    One Acre Fund is a nonprofit organization that supplies smallholder farmers in East Africa with asset-based financing and agriculture training services to reduce hunger and poverty.
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    Kenya Contact Center Engagement and Fulfillment Senior Agent

    About the Role

    The Engagement and Fulfillment agent will provide a high-quality, friendly service to customers by registering new/existing clients into the Tupande program and ensuring all orders through the Tupande Online mobile app are closed as per the SOPs. You will report to the team coordinator.

    Responsibilities

    Tupande Client Registration and Order Processing (60%)

    • Register new/existing Tupande clients using the playgroups app ensuring IPRS checks are done
    • Monitor all incoming customer orders via the order tracking tool, capture and update the order details in real time, and close out all orders.
    • Oversee the communication between the Tupande program and the customer by updating the customer on the status of their order as per the order fulfilment and communication process to ensure quick product delivery.
    • Coordinate with the duka team on all the necessary processes from the time you receive the customer orders to the point the customer goes to the duka, pays and collects their products.
    • Accurate data entry in all the tools provided as per the SOPs to ensure the daily, weekly and monthly goals are met.
    • Prepare and submit daily reports on the day's performance as per your allocated Dukas.
    • Always put the customer first by identifying any issues and quick to ensure the customer gets their products as per the stipulated time and that any issues faced are resolved as quickly as possible.
    • Demonstrate good call handling techniques that enable a conversation to flow naturally, while at the same time ensuring important messages are communicated to customers within a set time limit for each call.
    • Participate in training to build knowledge on subject matter topics and customer engagement techniques.

    Enrollment/Repayment Support and Payment Reconciliation (35%)

    • Support FOs by identifying and calling struggling Group leaders on prepayment calls and struggling clients on prepayment and repayment calls to encourage them to settle their outstanding loans in time to avoid late fees or defaulting. Target loan portfolios include PAYGO, Individual loans and Group loans.
    • Support FO by identifying and escalating clients who are unavailable during repayment reminder call for a change in strategy on how to make follow-ups with them.
    • Deliver Important Repayment Information to Tupande Clients and Setting Strategies With Clients On How to Remain On or Above Healthy Path(HP).
    • Reconcile orphaned payments captured in Paygops.
    • Make phone calls follow up with clients whose payments did not autosave in Roster and track the account numbers given for uploads.
    • Make follow-up calls to FOs whose clients still have missing information in PaygOps that prevent payments from automatically reconciling, and ask the FOs to update all the required information for the clients for automatic reconciliation to take place.
    • Make follow-up calls to FOs with clients stuck at Awaiting Loan Approval status and preventing payments from getting reconciled in PaygOps to do the troubleshooting for the payments to reconcile.

    Other Duties (5%)

    • Attend all department meetings including check-ins with your manager

    Career Growth and Development

    We have a strong culture of constant learning and we invest in developing our people. You’ll have weekly check-ins with your manager, access to mentorship and training programs, and regular feedback on your performance. We hold career reviews every six months and set aside time to discuss your aspirations and career goals. You’ll have the opportunity to shape a growing organization and build a rewarding long-term career.

    Qualifications

    Across all roles, these are the general qualifications we look for. For this role specifically, you will have:

    • Certificate/ Diploma or Bachelor's Degree in a related field
    • Sales and marketing experience 2+ years will be an added advantage
    • Telemarketing skills
    • Excellent call handling skills
    • Knowledge of Google sheets, email, internet usage, and using databases to retrieve and record information
    • Fluency in English and Swahili,
    • Luhya, Luo, Kisii, Kalenjin, Kikuyu,

    Preferred Start Date

    As soon as possible

    Job Location

    Kakamega, Kenya

    Benefits

    Health insurance paid time off 

    Eligibility

    This role is only open to citizens or permanent residents of Kenya

    Application Deadline

    5 November 2022

    One Acre Fund never asks candidates to pay any money or pay for tests at any stage of the interview process. Official One Acre Fund emails will always arrive from an @oneacrefund.org address. Please report any suspicious communication here (globalhotline@oneacrefund.org), but do not send applications or application materials to this email address.

    Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI), and anti-racism are deeply connected to our organization’s mission and purpose. One Acre Fund aspires to build a culture where all staff feel consistently valued, represented, and connected – so that our team can thrive as professionals, and achieve exceptional impact for the farmers we serve.

    We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression. We are proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace.

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    Kenya eCommerce Innovations Associate

    About the Role

    The goal of the Tupande Online business unit is to give farmers integrated access to all One Acre Fund products, good agricultural practice and agronomic recommendations, credit services and access to markets via our mobile app. We believe this will double the number of clients One Acre Fund serves, increase impact, and improve sustainability. We aim to achieve this by leveraging technology to better serve our clients.

    We are looking for an eCommerce Innovations Associate who will lead in the day-to-day management and implementation of various growth strategies within the Online business unit. You will play a pivotal and exciting role in evolving and implementing our strategy in this area, and building and executing data-driven strategies and processes that improve the overall quality of One Acre Fund's customer experience through the Tupande mobile app. You will also drive analysis of important strategic decisions and inform key business unit initiatives, including understanding the key levers to improve the customer experience and sentiment, and internal operations. This is a high-growth potential role as we aim to accelerate the access of One Acre Fund services to customers across the country, through technology. You will report to the Tupande Online Lead.

    Responsibilities

    • You will play a vital role in the development, planning and implementation of the Tupande Online growth strategy and use data to drive continuous improvements and iterations.
    • You will drive the data strategy, act on the insights and evaluate the effectiveness of the data to support the evolution of the operational, Tupande app, and sales and marketing strategy.
    • You'll be in charge of driving and improving strategy around customer acquisition & retention and the brand of our Online business unit by leading market research work to identify industry, customer & competitor trends.
    • You will manage complex projects aimed at improving customer experience and business unit sustainability.
    • You will coordinate across multiple teams and articulate the business unit's vision and expectations to multiple stakeholders to ensure smooth operations and achieve the desired outcome.
    • You will directly manage 1-3 direct reports and invest in their professional growth.

    Career Growth and Development

    We have a strong culture of constant learning and we invest in developing our people. You’ll have weekly check-ins with your manager, access to mentorship and training programs, and regular feedback on your performance. We hold career reviews every six months and set aside time to discuss your aspirations and career goals. You’ll have the opportunity to shape a growing organization and build a rewarding long-term career.

    Qualifications

    Across all roles, these are the general qualifications we look for. For this role specifically, you will have:

    • 2+ years of experience in a leading role handling customer-facing channels, managing complex projects and coordinating across multiple teams.
    • Demonstrated success in setting and advancing business/ project strategies, including the ability to drive improvements and adoption of those strategies in response to an evolving situation.
    • Project management skills, including the ability to gather and use relevant data to support key decisions or judgments to drive desired outcomes. Familiarity with research methods such as human-centred design is a plus.
    • Experience in data analysis to assess key outcomes and make data-driven recommendations.
    • Enthusiasm for continuous learning, feedback, and improvement.
    • Commitment to listening and working with humility; ways of working that are respectful to all people; and that support space and voice for all diverse perspectives in our workplace.
    • Experience mentoring and supporting others to achieve their professional goals.
    • Commitment to building an inclusive and diverse team culture.
    • Education: Bachelor's Degree.
    • English required; Kiswahili preferred.
    • A willingness to commit to living in a rural area for at least two years.

    Preferred Start Date

    As soon as possible

    Benefits

    Health insurance, housing, and comprehensive benefits

    Eligibility

    This role is only open to citizens or permanent residents of Kenya

    One Acre Fund never asks candidates to pay any money or pay for tests at any stage of the interview process. Official One Acre Fund emails will always arrive from an @oneacrefund.org address. Please report any suspicious communication here (globalhotline@oneacrefund.org), but do not send applications or application materials to this email address.

    Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI), and anti-racism are deeply connected to our organization’s mission and purpose. One Acre Fund aspires to build a culture where all staff feel consistently valued, represented, and connected – so that our team can thrive as professionals, and achieve exceptional impact for the farmers we serve.

    We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression. We are proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace.

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