Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a start-up NGO in Kenya, Rwanda, and Burundi that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a "market bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market access. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure more than 100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve.
We are growing quickly. In five years, we have grown to serve 65,000 farm families with more than 500 full-time field staff. In three more years, we will at least quadruple in size, while adding several new countries. Our approach has won widespread validation, winning grants from the highly competitive Echoing Green and Skoll Foundations, and the global Financial Times/ IFC award for "basic needs financing" in 2010 and 2011. Website: www.oneacrefund.org
Job Description
One Acre Fund is a rapidly-growing organization, and increasingly needs professional support in the area of administration and support. These are important tasks to the organization – so important that the founder and director often finds himself doing these things personally.
We are seeking somebody to work closely with the founder to provide administration support. Initial tasks would be similar to that of an executive assistant, but this is also a career path role. We are seeking someone to eventually become an administration officer, and possibly the chief administration officer at some point. Example duties:
Special Assistant to the CEO
- Donor relations:Arrange all logistics of donor visits including housing, food, visit agenda, and sometimes accompany donors into the field.
- Calendar:Keep calendars of key outward-facing staff, set up conference calls, etc.
- Construction and housing management: Supervising construction projects, housing rental and construction, furnishing, etc.
- Security management: Supervising our security manager, making security improvements, arranging outside security contracts.
- Vehicle maintenance: Supervise mechanics in regular vehicle repair and maintenance.
- Legal compliance: Tax filings, work visas, etc.
- Medical Support:Preventing malaria amongst staff (e.g. mosquito netting, spraying), ordering of drugs, arranging timely treatment.
Possible promotion to Administration Officer with good performance:
- Initiation of projects: Similar duties to the above, but an administration officer would largely anticipate needs, and initiate his or her own projects, proactively.
- Development of staff: An administration officer would invest significant time in the development of their staff. Example staff include construction manager, security manager, vehicle manager, assistant pool.
Possible eventual promotion to Administration Director with good performance:
One Acre Fund will grow by 20-30x in the next eight years. Every large organization eventually relies on a strong Administrator Director (a top leadership post, supervising dozens of staff). We are looking for someone who wants to grow their career within administration.
Career Growth and Development
One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through weekly mentorship and through regular career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions and countries. This results in fast career growth for our staff.
Qualifications
We are seeking exceptional professionals with 1 to 5+ years of work experience, and a demonstrated long-term passion for international development. They will serve in a career-track position that combines both field and management experience.
We are looking for truly extraordinary candidates that will help take our organization to the next levels of impact and scale. This is not a short stint in Africa – this is a competitive posting for a career-track role. Only 3% of applicants make it to a phone screen. Therefore, please only apply if you fit these criteria:
- Strong work experiences. Examples include a demanding professional work experience, or successful entrepreneurial experience (e.g. starting a field program, leading a conference, starting a business, solid Peace Corps accomplishments).
- Leadership experience at work, or outside of work.
- Top-performing undergraduate background (please include GPA and test scores on your resume).
- Prior administration experience is ideal, but mostly we are looking for a smart generalist.
- Humility and personal stability. We have a fantastic and likeable 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 rural areas of East Africa for at least two years – this is a long-term, career-track role.
- Language: English required, and French nice-to-have.
- Ability to cook/laugh – desirable.
Preferred Start Date: Flexible
Compensation: Starts very modest. However, this is a career-track role with fast raises for performance, paying a meaningful salary for long-term placement in developing nations.
Benefits: Health cover, immunizations, flight, room and board. 2 annual home flights provided.
Career Development: Twice annual management consulting-style career reviews, and constant feedback. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development.
Sponsor International Candidates: Yes
To apply:
Email cover letter and resume to jobs@oneacrefund.org (Subject line: Special Assistant + name of the site that referred you)
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