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Staff Care Associate
Seeking a skilled HR professional to manage global staff benefits, HR systems & tools, and ensure a positive staff experience.
Kenya
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Growing Resilience: Farmers Lead the Way in Kenya and Rwanda
Picture a farmer in Kenya sowing seeds of managu, an indigenous leafy green packed with nutrients her children need to thrive. Or a farmer in Rwanda planting cover crops to enrich her soil and protect against erosion. These small acts of resilience are happening against a backdrop of enormous challenges: climate change, degraded soils, and rising food insecurity.
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How the science of soil testing translates into farmer impact
Oliver Shibonje, a retired geography and music teacher from Kenya's Kakamega County, has traded in his chalk and classroom for the open fields, embracing full-time farming with a focus on maize, vegetables, and sugarcane.
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Digital Fundraising Lead
Seeking an exceptional digital fundraising professional with 7+ years of experience to drive strategy, optimize donor journeys, and grow revenue through innovative digital campaigns.
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Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Associate.
Seeking an FP&A professional with 4+ years of experience to join our Global Finance Advisory Services (FAS) team. They will lead our financial planning activities, including budgeting and forecasting
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Tupande User Experience Lead (Fixed-term)
Seeking an exceptional and experienced Lead to drive user-centered innovation, ensuring products and experiences align with customer needs. They will oversee the research and design lifecycle to deliver insights shaping Tupande's strategy and impact.
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Tupande Human Centered Designer (Fixed-term)
HCD Specialist will drive human-centered innovation at Tupande, shape strategies with user insights, and embed HCD across the organization to create impactful, user-focused solutions that transform lives at scale.
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Tupande Demand Planning Lead
We are seeking an experienced individual to ensure smooth supply chain operations through precise demand forecasts and sales trend analysis.
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Environmental and Social Governance Lead (Fixed-Term)
The Environmental and Social Governance (ESG) lead will build systems to track, audit, and analyze our commitments. They will collaborate with partner teams to execute our commitments, and they will share our approaches with donors and lenders.
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How profitable farming is nurturing a generation of women entrepreneurs
Eugine’s Asubila story is a testament to how smallholder agriculture is empowering women across Kenya – and sub-Saharan Africa – to become entrepreneurs by creating the means for them to set up new businesses.
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More Than A Tree: How trees are changing Esther’s future
On most days, you will find Esther Wangari tending to her farm, located deep in the heart of Kirinyaga County, in Kenya’s central highlands. Bordering her maize and beans fields, Esther’s latest passion – tree planting – thrives. For this Kenyan smallholder farmer, her new venture is more than just about planting trees; it is also about her livelihood and securing her family’s future.
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How tree nurseries are changing fortunes in Kenya and Burundi
In Kenya and Burundi, farmers like Wycliffe Nzaga, Eunice Nguu, and Sylvie Nahimana have witnessed first-hand the detrimental effects of climate change on farming.
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Why investing in women farmers catalyzes community development
Women smallholder farmers like Hilder Ongeri typically invest more of what they earn back into their families and communities than their male counterparts. This has knock-on effects for the generations that follow.
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Maize Urea vs. CAN Trial
This report shares the results of a trial in Kenya to test the maize yield effect of urea compared to CAN. A secondary objective of the trial was to measure the soil acidity level effect of the different top dress options.
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2014 Kenya Kitchen Vegetables Trial
One Acre Fund sought to evaluate recommended planting best practices for crops that commonly grow in western Kenya.
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Blast resistant finger millet trial
Through it's research station in Kenya, One Acre Fund conducted agricultural trials to search for better performing and more blast resistant varieties of finger millet.
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Investing in a new generation of farming entrepreneurs
Our Executive Director, Andrew Youn, shares his vision on why investing in young farmers is key to addressing the challenges we face in agriculture today – from sustainably feeding the world’s growing population to finding lasting solutions to resilient, profitable agriculture.
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Doorstep delivery: How're we're reaching farmers in new ways
At One Acre Fund, we specialize in last-mile delivery, distributing agricultural supplies within walking distance of some of Sub-Saharan Africa’s hardest-to-reach places. And in 2022, we set up our first-ever Home Delivery Unit in Kenya.
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Women in Senior Leadership: Why it Matters
Michelle, our Global Director for Government Relations and Policy, talks about her career, her journey to the top, the hurdles she’s overcome along the way, and why she thinks “good girls” can get the figurative corner office.
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Carving a Space for Women in a Male-dominated Field
Pauline, who is one of our Regional Managers, talks about her career journey and success in a male-dominated field.
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Introducing Tupande by One Acre Fund
One Acre Fund Kenya launches new services for farmers under a new name.
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Let’s Keep Leveling the Ground to Break Gender Bias
We speak to Annie and Gloria, two women in our Fundraising team, about their careers, what inspires them for the future, and how they are celebrating women everywhere this year.
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A Day in the Life of a Recruiter
Here, Emilie Umuhire, Kennedy Kimiti and Olivier Irakoze speak about their experiences working in our Global Recruitment team.
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In My Own Words: Nadia Onsando
Nadia Onsando is a Human Resource Senior Specialist at One Acre Fund. She speaks about her journey to the organization, the scale and impact of our work, and the value of inclusive organizational culture.
