Rwanda Forest Landscape Restoration Specialist/Associate (Fixed-Term)

About One Acre Fund

Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund supplies 1 million smallholder farmers with the agricultural services they need to make their farms vastly more productive. Our 8,000+ team is drawn from diverse backgrounds and professions. With operations across six core countries in Africa, we make farmers more prosperous by providing quality farm supplies on credit, delivered within walking distance of farmers’ homes, and agricultural training to improve harvests. On average, the farmers we serve harvest 50 percent more food after working with One Acre Fund. 

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About the Role

• The main purpose of this role is to lead the execution of our Forest Landscape Restoration pilot through excellent planning, team capacity building, and execution.
• The Rwanda program is in the second season of implementing an exciting agroforestry pilot with over 3,500 farmers in six districts.
• Success for this position is: excellent implementation of customized agroforestry advice for over 3,500 farmers.
• You will fall under the Tree Department and within a dedicated FLR pilot team.
• You will report to the Tree Department lead and the Carbon Project Manager jointly.

Responsibilities

The primary role of this Specialist/Associate is to ensure high-quality implementation and iterative design of FLR pilot year on year. You will do this though:

• Program Implementation. Ensure the excellent execution of the FLR pilot in Rwanda by:
  • Work with lead to develop actionable workplans for operations towards critical path
  • Set short-medium term goals and help create specific action plans for team members to contribute to shared goal
  • Use these workplans to map out field team activities and trainings
  • Help supervise field team execution and make pivots where needed
  • Lead the documentation of learnings and pivots to improve implementation for future seasons
• Team building and management:  
  • Support field team hiring, onboarding, and ongoing performance management
  • Develop participatory training materials for field staff
  • Improve and/or develop farmer-facing materials
• Data Analysis & Management
  • Build digital data collection tools including surveys, survey field guides, and dashboard for decision-making
  • Support the development of traceable processes for farmer enrollment, distribution, planting, etc.
• Program Design.   Support designing impactful carbon projects that meaningfully boost farmer resilience, while also contributing to climate change mitigation.  Specifically by:
  • Support systematic decisions regarding scaling and expansion
  • With manager, support the iterative design of tree packages year-on year
  • Utilize qualitative research to co-design carbon projects that stand up to rigorous certification standards.
  • Utilize quantitative research to track how the project is doing against tree survival goals, tree diversity goals, and farmer enrollment goals
• Communal Restoration (Special project focus)
  • Research best practices in community-led restoration
  • Map out action plan for a communal pilot of 5 sites for the coming 25A growing season
  • Develop materials for a easy-to-use and scalable toolkit for restoration
  • Train team on toolkit
  • Monitor execution & rollout
  • Write comprehensive post-mortem so that can improve for the next season

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

Across all roles, these are the general qualifications we look for. For this role specifically, you will have:

• 3+ years of experience in project management, preferably for agriculture or agroforestry programs
• 3+ years of experience in one of our countries of operation.
• Excellent project management skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication across a wide range of audiences
• Strong team dynamics, cooperation, and humility
• Cross cultural competence and ability to work with diverse teams.
• English required in all locations, and Kinyarwanda preferred for Rwanda-based positions.

Preferred Start Date

As soon as possible

Job Location

Kigali, Rwanda

Benefits

Health insurance, paid time off 

Contract Duration

2 years

Eligibility

This role is only open to citizens or permanent residents of Rwanda

Application Deadline

14 October 2024

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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.