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Join One Acre Fund as a Field Operations Lead to make a transformative impact on smallholder farming in DRC
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Location
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
Expires
Expires at anytime
About One Acre Fund
Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund is working to make farms more productive for 5.5 million smallholder farmers across nine of Africa's countries. They offer not only high-quality supplies and seedlings, but also accessible credit, modern training, and a variety of other services. Overall, this approach allows farmers to increase their income and assets by more than 35 percent, while also making their work more resilient.
Role Summary
- Lead planning and execution of program scale-up in Kongo Central.
- Coordinate across teams to secure staff, budget and materials.
- Oversee main field activities: expansion, enrollment, distribution, training, and impact delivery.
- Design staffing structures and carry out management activities to enhance operational delivery and staff satisfaction.
- Implement scalable improvements and create a greater impact per farmer.
- Manage an expanding operational budget and mitigate potential risks.
- Supervise leadership roles including managers at levels JL5-JL8.
Role Requirements
- Master's degree in a relevant field.
- 3-5 years of team management experience.
- Strong project management skills, with the ability to operate autonomously.
- Prior experience working with or for farmers, with frequent field visits required.
- Competency in data analysis for evidence-based decision making.
- Proficiency in French and English.
- Demonstrated passion for people development and team success.
- Values aligned with One Acre Fund.
Application Process Details
- Please note that this role is only open to citizens or permanent residents of Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Malawi, Ethiopia, Zambia, Nigeria, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
One Acre Fund is looking for a Field Operations Lead with 3-5+ years experience to help us scale our impact in DRC. This is a unique opportunity to lead a fast-growing field program that directly serves thousands of smallholder farmers.
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.
About the Role We are looking for an inspired Field Operations Lead to lead our program scale-up in Kongo Central. Over the next 3 years, we aim to expand exponentially, reaching more farmers with greater impact. The Field Operations Lead will ensure we hit these targets through planning, execution, and people management.
Responsibilities Lead Program Scale & Execution Maintain critical deliverables for regional scale-up. Coordinate across support teams to ensure delivery of resources (staff, budget, materials). Oversee implementation of main field activities: expansion, enrollment, input distribution, farmer training, and impact delivery.
Build Field Teams Directly manage main field staff and ensure a pyramidal management structure. Design and improve staffing structures to enhance operational delivery and staff satisfaction. Develop career growth plans for team members and support succession planning.
Drive Process & Impact Improvements Implement cost-effective, scalable improvements. Expand the program's value to farmers through new products and services (e.g., tree planting). Improve operations to create greater dollar impact per farmer.
Budget & Risk Management Oversee a growing operational budget. Implement controls to mitigate fraud and manage material, incentive, and staff-related spend wisely.
People Management Supervise a range of leadership roles, including JL5–JL8 level managers. Ensure team alignment with strategic goals and One Acre Fund values.
Career Growth and Development We have a strong culture of constant learning and we invest in developing our people. You’ll have weekly check-ins with your manager, access to mentorship and training programs, and regular feedback on your performance. We hold career reviews every six months, and set aside time to discuss your aspirations and career goals. You’ll have the opportunity to shape a growing organization and build a rewarding long-term career.
Qualifications Master degree in relevant field 3 to 5 years experience in team management Project management skills and can operate with autonomy. Leadership, with the ability to manage operation of large field teams. Data analysis expertise, for evidence-based decision-making. Experience working directly with or for farmers (frequent field visits required). Proficiency in French and English. A passion for people development and team success. Values alignment with OAF.
This role is only open to citizens or permanent residents of Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Malawi, Ethiopia, Zambia, Nigeria and Democratic Republic of Congo.
