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Unique opportunity to lead Agricultural Development with One Acre Fund, serving over 25,000 farmers across Africa
Overview
Salary No salary declared 😔
Location Jinja, Uganda
Expires Expires at anytime
One Acre Fund is an exciting organization impacting the lives of over 4 million smallholder farmers through the provision of high-quality farm supplies, credit, modern agronomic training, and several other agricultural services across 9 countries in Africa.
Role Summary:
- You will be responsible for leading cash crop extension training programs, driving strategy, and adopting impactful agricultural products.
- You will manage field programs and ensure alignment with the organizational goals.
Role Requirements:
- Minimum 5 years of experience managing field programs in Agriculture
- Degree in Development Studies, Agriculture or Agribusiness development
- Proficiency in English
- People and Project Management skills
- Knowledge in agroforestry and agribusiness development
- Intermediate proficiency in Google Sheets/Excel and Google Suite
Application Process Details:
- This role is open only to citizens or permanent residents of Uganda
- Health insurance and paid time off benefits are provided
- Applications are reviewed and processed on a rolling basis.
About One Acre Fund Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund equips more than 4 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.
The Role As the Regional Lead for the Eastern Program, you will drive strategy and leadership for cash crops extension training and the adoption of impactful agricultural products, serving over 25,000 farmers. You will manage field programs and ensure they align with organizational goals.
Job requirements At least 5 years of experience implementing field programs in agriculture. Bachelor's degree in development studies, Agriculture, Agribusiness development. People management skills. Project Management skills Knowledge in agroforestry and agribusiness development. Proficiency in English. Intermediate proficiency in Google Sheets/Excels and Google Suites.
Benefits Health insurance, paid time off
Applications details This role is only open to citizens or permanent residents of Uganda. Application Deadline 01 May 2025. Please note that we hire on a rolling basis which means that applications are reviewed and processed on a continuous basis until a hire is made.
Additional Information One Acre Fund never asks candidates to pay any money or pay for tests at any stage of the interview process. Official One Acre Fund emails will always arrive from an @ oneacrefund.org address. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
