One Acre, founded in 2006, supplies smallholder farmers with the agricultural services they need to make their farms more productive. We provide quality farm supplies on credit, delivered within walking distance of farmers’ homes, and agricultural trainings to improve harvests. We measure our success by our ability to make farmers more prosperous: On average, farmers harvest 50 percent more food after working with One Acre Fund. We serve more than 800,000 farm families in Eastern and Southern Africa, with more than 7,500 full-time staff, and we aim to serve 1 million farm families by 2020.
We
are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job
Title: Agroforestry Director
Location: Kigali, Rwanda (flexible within our countries of
operation)
Preferred Start Date: As soon as possible
About the Role
- Smallholder farm families are at the nexus
of several of this century’s defining challenges: extreme poverty, climate
change, and biodiversity loss.
- The challenges of subsistence farming are
compounded by an volatile climate and declining ecological health.
- As stewards of the land, smallholders can
help end the cycle of degradation if they are equipped with the right
tools, support, and motivation.
- You will help us address this challenge
through agroforestry and Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR). Specifically,
you will improve existing programs that currently serve more than 2
million farm families and produce over 70 million seedlings per year.
- You will also have ample opportunity to
innovate new approaches to generate positive change for farm families and
the environment.
- The Director of Agroforestry will directly
supervise a dedicated international agroforestry team, will co-lead
embedded agroforestry teams in each country program in collaboration with
senior program leaders, and will report to the Impact Director
Responsibilities
Build vision and implement impactful FLR programs, aimed at planting 1 billion
trees by 2030 in a way that generates meaningful impact:
o Work with leaders and teams across 10 markets to
develop and refine the strategy in each country to maximize impact (outcomes
for landholders and the environment) from our tree planting programs.
o Assess the main levers for reaching primary goals
including scale (1 billion trees by 2030), cost-effective impact (SROI),
climate resilience, and ecological restoration.
Lead
engagement and build relationships to accelerate scale and impact:
o Lead external engagement related to our agroforestry
work. You will help us build our network in the agroforestry and the climate
sector. You will work with senior leaders to expand our network of funding
partners and secure funding to grow operations.
o Explore new programmatic and/or technical partnerships
to expand our network of farmers, improve the quality of our programs, and
identify new opportunities.
Develop
and Oversee New Initiatives to Broaden and Deepen Impact for Farmers and the
Environment:
o Identify, pilot, and scale new investments to improve
program impact and reach. You could bolster our growing Payments for Ecosystem
Service programs, explore additional economic opportunities associated with
non-timber forest products, or launch entirely new programs.
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:
Experience
in Agroforestry and Landscape Restoration:
- University or Advanced Degrees in
Agroforestry, Ecology, Restoration, or related fields
- 5+ years of leadership and demonstrated
results in agroforestry, restoration, or related domains in Sub-Saharan
Africa.
- Familiarity with nature-based carbon
projects, including implementation and certification.
External
Relationships:
- Exceptional written and verbal
communication to engage a range of audiences, including rural farmers,
internal staff, external partners, and organizational leadership.
- History of collaboration with primary
actors in the forestry and landscape restoration sectors, including
implementers, technical resources, and policy-makers.
- Experience launching new programs or
building successful partnerships.
Management
Skills:
- Experience managing high-level team
members and coordinating complex and scalable programs.
- Penchant for data-driven decision-making
with structured analysis and fact-based recommendations.
- Experience with multi-year, multi-project
budgeting and planning.
Other:
- Willingness to travel within the region up
to 25% of the time.
- English Fluency. Other preferred languages
include Swahili, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Chichewa, Amhar.
Eligibility:
- One Acre Fund can support a work permit
for this role. However, nationals of (or those with an extensive
professional background and work history in) our countries of operation
are preferred.
Benefits
Health insurance, housing, and comprehensive benefits.
Application
Closing Date
23rd January, 2024.
Method
of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click
here to apply online
Note
- 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.orgaddress. 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, color, 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.
