One Acre Fund Vacancies in Tanzania

One Acre Fund Program Rotation Associate Vacancies in Tanzania


Responsibilities

  • Field Operations: This team is the direct service provider to our farmers, with the primary objective of building the capacity of our local staff to provide financially sustainable impact, at scale, to all One Acre Fund farmers. A rotation with Field Operations could include managing an entire season’s worth of training materials for 100,000+ farmers, designing incentives to ensure high repayment, or serving as a liaison to our crop health teams which monitor in-field agricultural problems for our farmers.
  • Business Operations: The objective of our Operations departments is to ensure that we are able to deliver on all of our promises to our clients. Operations encompasses mission-critical systems like finance, client data management, print, procurement and investigations. A rotation with Business Operations could include running bulk SMS service for 100,000+ farmers, creating a new customer service line and systems to support it, or ensuring that we can process farmer insurance claims fairly and rapidly.
  • Logistics: The primary responsibility of our Logistics team is to ensure that we deliver life-changing inputs and materials to farmers on time and at high quality. A rotation with Logistics would likely include managing a season’s worth of deliveries to thousands of farmers, including planning, troubleshooting, procurement of trucks, liaising with warehouses, etc.
  • Program Innovations: The Scale Innovations team aims to deepen One Acre Fund’s impact on every community we serve by increasing the percent of households who join our program, and by developing innovations that help our field staff serve farmers better. Example projects with the Scale Innovations team include running trials related to using tablet computers in field operations, a “junior OAF member” marketing trial, or reconfiguring the role of farmer group leaders in our operations.

    Qualifications

  • 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, etc).
  • Leadership experience at work, or outside of work.
  • Top-performing undergraduate background (include GPA and test scores on your resume).
  • 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 live outside of a capital city, close to our customers 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 required in Kenya, French a plus in Rwanda and Burundi. Swahili-speakers are particularly encouraged to apply.

    How to apply

    Applicants Should apply online

    For more information and job application details, see;
    One Acre Fund Program Rotation Associate Vacancies in Tanzania






    One Acre Fund Global Director of Systems Vacancies in Tanzania

    Responsibilities

  • Work with senior leaders to collaboratively set and execute on long-term vision for all operations functions, under the “Systems Division” umbrella
  • Work with leadership on organizational design and change management, to help maintain a high-performing, motivated, and impactful team
  • Build and maintain strong collaborative working relationships across several global departments, and amongst key leaders in all countries
  • Identify and execute on key areas for strategic innovation
  • Increase delivery network flexibility, allowing farmers to order goods more frequently and receive them with less lag time
  • Identify opportunities to digitize data flows to improve operational efficiency
  • Explore new client communication channels, such as two-way SMS, interactive voice, and call centers
  • Serve as the global voice for all operations-related issues, to the organization and top leadership.

    Qualifications

  • Passion for operations, building scalable and efficient systems, and solving problems in a difficult operating environment
  • Proven ability to manage teams and develop leaders; experience in remote management a plus
  • Strong data and analytical skills; advanced Excel a plus
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Experience working in a multi-cultural work place in a developing country a plus
  • Creativity and strong problem solving skills
  • Top-performing educational background; related Master’s Degree is an asset, but not strictly required
  • We are looking for passionate professionals who 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.
  • Language: Fluent English required

    How to apply

    Applicants Should apply online

    For more information and job application details, see;
    One Acre Fund Global Director of Systems Vacancies in Tanzania

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