One Acre Fund Rwanda Strategy Manager Jobs Manager - Office of the CEO Jobs

One Acre Fund Rwanda Strategy Manager Jobs Manager - Office of the CEO Jobs


About the Role

  • We are looking for a motivated person, who is dedicated to social impact, to lead our Rwanda Finance & Strategy department.

  • The team is made up of 10 professionals offering financial and strategic program support to country leadership across all business units.

  • You will sit on the Rwanda program steering committee, report to the Country Director, and directly manage ~3 team members.

  • When not focused on team management, or steering committee work, you will spend time on strategic and financial projects of the highest importance to the program.

  • This is a full-time career-track role within One Acre Fund Rwanda's leadership team. With so many varied projects happening across the team, no day is ever the same.

    Responsibilities

  • Team management and coaching to ensure team and program goals are met.

  • The Finance & Strategy Team is split into the following responsibilities which you will manage:

  • Strategic Projects: Strategic projects to support the program to increase farmer impact and efficiency, solve complex operational and strategic issues, and support in scoping out new ventures (5-6 full-time staff)

  • Specific projects depend on program priorities but range from quantitative modeling to primary research. Recent examples include running a partnership trial for market access services, building financial models for new products, or creating a new farmer communication strategy.

  • Financial Strategy: Budgeting, financial reporting,
    strategic finance projects such as financial modeling, creating investment proposals, tax efficiency projects (2 full-time staff)

  • Product Strategy & Management: A new team dedicated to maximizing sales and farmer impact, ensuring strong supply chains and partnerships, and improving customer service for each product we sell (3 full-time staff)
    Full oversight of the country budget and investments

  • Program-wide strategic project prioritization (and sometimes new project creation and scoping)

  • Coordinate resource allocation for strategic projects

  • Create Rwanda program annual goals and monitor results

  • Run at least one strategic or financial project yourself at any one time.

  • Sit on the Rwanda program steering committee, to present and give feedback on wider program strategies and challenges.

    Qualifications

  • Across all roles, these are the general qualifications we look for.

    For this role specifically, you will have:

    Work Experiences

  • We are targeting strategy, management consulting, and finance professionals (or people with similar experience), who have 5 yrs + professional experience working in strategy or large strategic project management, with a strong foundation of financial knowledge and quantitative skills.

  • We are looking for leadership experience, particularly in roles that demonstrate team building and relationship management.

    Technical skills

  • Advanced in Microsoft/Google Suite packages, especially Excel.

  • Experience with other professional programs (e.g. R, STATA) is a plus.

    Language

  • English

    How to Apply

    For more information and job application details, see; One Acre Fund Rwanda Strategy Manager Jobs Manager - Office of the CEO Jobs

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