Career Opportunities at One Acre Fund

Agronomist Job Responsibilities

• Conducting early stage agricultural research on new innovations: conducting literature reviews, continually tracking agricultural research developments globally, and preparing memos to synthesize knowledge and inform trial and program decisions.
• Managing all research station trials: identifying research priorities, developing trial strategies each season, and managing multiple teams across five research stations conducting experimental trials in Kenya
• Building and managing relationships with experts: reaching out to other experts at universities and research institutions to help guide our agricultural research strategy and ensure we are pursuing the most promising innovations.
• Providing technical inputs and guidance: serving as a major source of technical knowledge about agriculture to help inform key decisions for the Product Innovations department and the Kenya country program more broadly.
• Staff mentorship: supporting all staff members working on agricultural trials to develop their technical knowledge, research and data analysis capacity, and leadership and management skills.

Qualifications for the Agronomist Job

• We are seeking an exceptional professional with 2+ years of work experience and ideally a demonstrated passion for international development.
• Advanced academic training in an agricultural field such as soil science, with a PhD and previous field trial experience in a smallholder farming context strongly preferred.
• 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 Volunteer Service Organization accomplishments (VSO, Peace Corps, JICA, etc).
• Advanced data analysis knowledge, with training in statistics and experience working with R strongly preferred.
• Leadership experience at work, or outside of work.
• Top-performing undergraduate background (include final grade/marks/GPA).
• Humility. We are looking for passionate professionals who combine strong leadership skills with good humor, patience, and a humble approach to service to join our growing family of leaders.
• 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.
• Language: English. Swahili-speakers are particularly encouraged to apply.

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Monitoring & Evaluation Associate Job Responsibilities

• Goal–oriented survey design, field-testing of survey instruments, and revision.
  Supervise 3–5 M&E supervisors, 20–30 full–time M&E data collectors, 4 data entry staff, plus casuals. This will include the following duties:
• Regular mentorship of M&E managers through field visits, meetings, and career reviews.
• In–field supervision of key M&E activities, with an eye to “perfect” quality standard.
• Quality–control and supervision of data entry, with zero tolerance for data–entry errors.
• In–field follow–up on errors.
• Hire and develop M&E data collectors.
• Update hiring protocols, and use them to hire top–quality data collectors.
• Conduct regular trainings to improve skills of data collectors.
• Appropriately deal with under–performing staff.
• Innovation on new methods such as tablet–based data collection.
• Data analysis to draw both early and final conclusions and actionable recommendations.

Qualifications for the Monitoring & Evaluation Associate Job

• We are seeking exceptional professionals with 1 to 5+ years of work experience, and a demonstrated long–term passion for international development.
• 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).
• Prior field–based M&E experience is required.
• More importantly, we are seeking someone with proven entrepreneurial and leadership experience – the vast majority of the job is to monitor and improve M&E operations in the field.
• Statistical knowledge is nice to have, but we also have experts who can help with that side of things.
• Leadership experience at work, or outside of work.
• Top–performing undergraduate record (please include GPA and test scores on your resume). Master’s degree is not required.
• Humility and personal stability. We have a fantastic and likable 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 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.
• Language – French and English required for Rwanda; English for Kenya

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Qualifications for the Program Manager Job

• Demonstrated interest and experience in international development, requiring at least one year of living in a developing nation.
• A willingness to live outside of a capital city, close to our customers for at least two years, minimum.
• Top-performing undergraduate background (include GPA and test scores on your resume).
• Strong work experiences. Examples include professional work experience, or some kind of successful entrepreneurial experience (e.g. starting a field program in a developing country, leading a conference, starting a business, Peace Corps).
• Leadership experience at work, or outside of work.
• Humility. We are looking for passionate professionals who combine strong leadership skills with good humor, patience, and a humble approach to service to join our growing family of leaders.
• Language: English required in Kenya, Tanzania, and Rwanda. French required in Burundi.