Human Centered Design Specialist (Fixed-Term)

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 You will drive customer-centric innovation and designing products and services that align with Tupande’s user needs, business objectives, and impact goals. You will work across departments to integrate design thinking into strategic processes, ensuring that all initiatives consider end-user insights from conception to execution. You will report to the Tupande Human Centered Design Lead. This role is based in Kakamega.

Job Requirements Bachelor's degree in Design, Human-computer interaction (HCI), Anthropology, or a related field. Minimum of 2+ years of experience in human-centered design, user experience design, or service design. Experience leading user research and translating insights into successful product and service design. Proficiency in design research methods, user testing, and usability evaluation. Proficiency in design tools such as Sketch, Figma, Adobe XD, and InVision.

Benefits Health insurance, paid time off. Contract Duration 1 Year 8 Months.

Application Details This role is only open to citizens or permanent residents of Kenya. Application Deadline 12 August 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.

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.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI), and anti-racism are deeply connected to our organization’s mission and purpose. One Acre Fund aspires to build a culture where all staff feel consistently valued, represented, and connected – so that our team can thrive as professionals, and achieve exceptional impact for the farmers we serve. 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.