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Join One Acre Fund as a Global R&D Data Analyst and help drive strategic decision-making across diverse data types to impact the lives of millions of farmers in Africa.
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Kenya, Rwanda
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About One Acre Fund
Established in 2006, One Acre Fund is a humanitarian organization dedicated to making farming more productive for smallholder farmers across nine African countries. The Fund provides everything from farm supplies and tree seedlings to credit, training, and diverse agricultural services. Grown to a team of over 9,000 staff, One Acre Fund is dedicated to increasing farmer income, asset growth and resilience.
Role Summary
- Playing a pivotal role in decision-making across all aspects of One Acre Fund's operations.
- Executing various analyses for strategic decision-making on repayment, expansion, and other business functions.
- Interacting directly with program leaders to interpret results and make data-driven decisions.
Role Requirements
- A Bachelor's Degree in economics, econometrics, mathematics, or statistics.
- Proficiency in R and/or Python, including knowledge of database connectivity, RESTful APIs, data manipulation libraries, data visualization packages, advanced statistical analysis and modelling, machine learning frameworks, and spatial data manipulation libraries.
- In-depth knowledge of statistical trial design methodologies and survey design methods.
- Experience with agronomy and GIS tools like ArcGIS and QGIS.
Application Process Details
- One Acre Fund can support a work permit for this role. Preference is given to the nationals of the operating countries or those with extensive professional background and work history in those countries.
- Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis until a hire is made.
About One Acre Fund Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund equips 5.5 million smallholder farmers to make their farms more productive. Across nine countries that together are home to two-thirds of Africa's farmers, we provide high-quality farm supplies, tree seedlings, accessible credit, modern agronomic training, and a wide range of other agricultural services. On average, this model enables any farmer to increase their income and assets on supported land by more than 35 percent, while permanently improving their resilience. This is all made possible by our team of 9,000+ full-time staff, drawn from diverse backgrounds and professions.
The Role From R&D to sales to strategy to operations, the Global R&D Data Analyst has the unique opportunity to improve decision-making across all aspects of One Acre Fund's program using many diverse data types, such as sales, yield, demographic and satellite data, to help us reach more farmers with greater impact. The Global R&D Data Analyst will help us reach over one million farmers by executing analyses for strategic decision-making on repayment, expansion, and other business functions, and work directly with program leaders to interpret results and make data-driven decisions.
Job Requirements Bachelor's Degree in one of the following fields: economics, econometrics, mathematics or statistics. Proficiency in R and/or Python, including working knowledge of database connectivity, interacting with RESTful APIs, data manipulation libraries, packages for data visualisation, advanced statistical analysis and modelling, machine learning frameworks, and spatial data manipulation libraries. In-depth knowledge of statistically rigorous trial design methodologies and survey design methods. Working knowledge of agronomy and GIS tools such as ArcGIS and QGIS.
Benefits Health insurance, housing, and comprehensive benefits are provided. Career growth and development opportunities are available, with access to mentorship and training programs.
Application Details 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. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis until a hire is made.
