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  • Posted: Jul 11, 2019
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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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    Business Intelligence Analyst

    Job Description

    One Acre Fund plans to serve 10 million farmers by 2030. To reach this ambitious goal, leaders across all of our countries of operation need access to timely and actionable data. As a member of the Business Intelligence (BI) team, you’ll partner with leaders across the organization to identify strategic opportunities for data to drive value for our farmers. You’ll work with members of the tech division and data engineers to build our data warehouse, create datasets, and design dashboard and reporting solutions. Through your work, you’ll become an expert on our data and it’s source systems. At the root of it, you will identify the most effective ways to get data into the hands of decision makers with the highest possible value addition; and then you’ll do it from start to finish.

    As a successful candidate, you’ll be comfortable building relationships in a multi-country, cross-cultural environment and enjoy the challenge of designing global solutions that work in unique and complex local country contexts. You’ll work with both technical and non-technical peers. We’re looking for someone who will love working with data and seeing the results improve the lives of millions of farmers.

    Example Projects Include

    • Coordinate between field teams in multiple countries to identify the most pressing global data needs
    • Create an ETL package to pull impact data into our warehouse; perform transformations to create a multi-country panel data set; and design a portal to share with external researchers
    • Strategically expand self service BI, empowering analysts across all business units to access data directly - we believe in getting data in the hands of those who know it best
    • Present a business case with strong ROI; then design and build a repayment dashboard to track farmer repayment across all countries of operation
    • Optimize SQL queries to improve report performance
    • Create a UAT strategy in coordination with our stakeholders; drive testing requirements for a new dataset in the data warehouse; and build confidence in the accuracy of our data across the organization

    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

    We are seeking an exceptional professional with 3+ years of relevant work experience and ideally a demonstrated passion for our mission. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:

    • Strong educational background; A bachelor's degree in computer science, mathematics, economics, statistics, finance, or a related technical field
    • Demonstrated leadership experience at work or outside of work, enthusiasm for learning, and openness to feedback.
    • Ability to build teams and collaborate with colleagues from diverse backgrounds.
    • Technical knowledge:
      • BI platforms: preferably Power BI; Tableau, Qlik or similar is also okay
      • ETL: building and testing ETL packages
      • SQL: writing complex, optimized queries with large relational datasets
    • At least a year of demonstrated project management experience with converting business needs into technical requirements and managing competing priorities simultaneously.
    • Communication in person and in writing with technical and non-technical colleagues at all organizational levels
    • The ideal candidate will have at least one year of demonstrated experience working in the developing world, although this is not a strict requirement.
    • Fluency in English required, Kiswahili and/or French a plus.

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    Business Development Operations Associate

    Job Description

    One Acre Fund’s Business Development team is seeking an exceptional professional with at least 3-5 years of relevant work experience to fill the Business Development Operations Associate role.

    One Acre Fund aspires to one day be the world’s largest and most impactful nonprofit organization. We are constantly growing in scale, impact, and sustainability; our ability to do so reliably and rapidly depends on raising an ambitious level of external funding. The Business Development team uses Salesforce as the central data hub for storing and analyzing information related to all of our fundraising opportunities. We are therefore seeking an exceptional professional with exacting attention to detail to manage and optimize our use of our donor database, innovative and improve our core team systems, lead systems administration projects, and provide team-wide support. The candidate should have a passion for getting every number right, derive excitement from delivering error-free work, and thrive on running and improving systems and processes.

    Specific Responsibilities Include, But Are Not Limited To

    • Donor database management (60%):
      • Donation processing: entering incoming donations into Salesforce, issuing acknowledgement letters, ensuring functionality of One Acre Fund’s give page.
      • Systems administration: building and pulling reports from Salesforce, auditing newly-awarded grants, implementing data quality improvement projects, ensuring team compliance with processes, training new staff on Salesforce.
      • Researching and implementing Salesforce improvements.
    • Manage team-wide operations projects (40%):
      • Supporting team-wide projects such as the work-life sustainability initiative.
      • Designing and implementing a team health dashboard.
      • Leading compliance initiatives.
      • Planning logistics for our annual team retreat.
      • Other systems innovations projects to support the Biz Dev team’s continued 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

    Specific qualifications include, but are not limited to:

    • Exacting attention to detail and ability to deliver error-free work.
    • A passion for numbers and data accuracy.
    • Excellent command of Excel.
    • Knowledge of Salesforce or other CRM/donor database a plus.
    • A demonstrated interest in or understanding of fundraising is required.
    • Customer service-oriented personality.
    • Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
    • Strong project management skills.
    • A willingness to commit to this position for the long term (minimum 2 years).
    • Language: English required.

    Preferred Start Date

    As soon as possible

    Job Location

    Kigali, Rwanda or Nairobi, Kenya

    Compensation

    Commensurate with experience

    Duration

    Full-time job

    Benefits

    Health insurance, housing, and comprehensive benefits

    Sponsor International Candidates

    No. East Africans are strongly encouraged to apply.

    Method of Application

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