One Acre Fund NGO Job Openings in Africa

One Acre Fund NGO Impact Ventures Associate/Manager Jobs in Tanzania

Team and Job Description

The mission of the Impact Venture team is to dream up, trial, and scale new businesses to create positive impact for rural families.
We invest in “moon shots” and other ambitious ideas to rapidly create impact for tens of millions of families. Examples of new businesses include:

Retail Chains – we set up a chain of retail stores to sell impactful products to rural families.

Retail fronts are a traditional, but effective means for marketing and selling goods to key populations of people.

Seed Technology – improved seed varieties provide rural households with better returns than just about any other technology. We are running large scale, innovative marketing campaigns at the regional level to raise adoption of the best available seeds on the market.

Responsibilities for qualified candidates will include:

Direct Trials and Support Rapid Scale to a Regional or National level.

New team members are expected to own key operational functions and run trials to test key questions to help us create businesses which can generate significant impact and grow at a rapid pace. Example projects include:

an Associate on the Impact Venture team opened a series of stores in rural communities to sell key goods and services.

The Associate hired and managed a growing team to run the operation, developed operational strategies to select store locations and organize store operations, and worked with global teams to develop inventory and cash tracking processes.

a Manager hired a team of 75 people to run a series of marketing trials to promote use of improved seed. Improved seed is proven to significantly increase yields at very little added cost. The Manager designed our messaging strategy and marketing materials and established partnerships with dozens of local private businesses to increase sales of improved seed in communities with very low adoption levels.

an Associate is running trials to test the efficacy of different mobile tools, from two-way SMS to IVR to mobile games. Our goal is to use these mobile tools to support our different business units to communicate with existing and prospective clients.

Dream Big and Operationlize New Ideas – identify innovations to enhance new business units and contribute to organizational strategy in identifying new opportunities to pursue.

Team members are expected to prioritize new ideas and figure out how to translate the best ideas into live trials and operations.

Build and Manage a Team – hire, develop, and lead a team to effectively execute in the field. To grow fast, Associate and Managers need to be capable of hiring and leading large teams in short periods of time.

Coordinate with External Partners – manage relationships with key partners who are relevant to our work.

Partners could include executives at seed companies, representatives from solar companies, key officials in government ministries, etc.
Career Development

One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills.

Your manager and a global support team will commit significant time in your career development.

We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews.

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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.

Qualifications

We are seeking ambitious young professionals with 2 to 5 years of work experience, and a demonstrated long-term passion for international development. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:

3 – 6+ years of work experience.

Demonstrated passion for, and preferably experience in, cultivating and developing new ideas and opportunities.

We want people who are entrepreneurs at heart.
Leadership experience at work, or outside of work
Top-performing academic background.

Independence and ownership.

Associate and Managers will be expected to operate and grow operations with moderate oversight.

Ability to cook / laugh – desirable.

Language: English required.

How to Apply:

Apply Online on or before 15th July 2017


For more information and job application details, see; One Acre Fund NGO Impact Ventures Associate/Manager Jobs in Tanzania

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One Acre Fund NGO Country Logistics Lead Vacancies in Tanzania

Job Description

Our vision for 2020 is to improve the lives of more than one million farm families by delivering exemplary services to their doorsteps.
To achieve this, One Acre Fund must grow in both scale and complexity – and we need additional high performing staff members to continue our strong growth trajectory. Working with our Logistics team presents the opportunity to build upon our strong operational foundations, extend our geographic reach, and explore new ways to impact our well-established network of hundreds of thousands of farm families.

Career Growth and Development

One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills.

Your manager and a global support team will commit significant time in your career development.

We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style 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.

Qualifications

We are seeking exceptional professionals with 5+ years of work experience. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:

Strong work experiences with demonstrated leadership and management experience. Examples include a demanding professional work experience, or successful entrepreneurial experience (e.g. starting a program in a developing country, leading a conference, starting a business,).

Experience in supply chain, logistics, or other operational management. Development world experience is an asset but not required.

Strong analytical skills – ability to quickly review, synthesize, analyze and communicate data
Creativity and strong problem-solving skills.

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.

Language: Fluent English required

How to Apply:

Apply Online on Or before 15th July 2017

For more information and job application details, see; One Acre Fund NGO Country Logistics Lead Vacancies in Tanzania