Job Description

The Supply Chain, Procurement, and Fundraising Lead will be a part of the leadership team in one of One Acre Fund's fastest-growing country programs. The Ethiopia program is aiming at serving over 230,000 farmers in 2025, grow 30 million trees, and improve a successful seed multiplication program.

You will report directly to the Ethiopia Country Director or Deputy Country Director and will manage procurement, logistics, IT, field technology, and data operations through a team of ~10 permanent staff and dozens of seasonal staff.

Job Level

JL 9, JL 10, or JL 11

Location

Addis Ababa with significant travel to Bahir Dar (about 1 week a month) and some rural sites (when the security situation allows)

Expected Manager

Florence Lepelletier or Gabrielle Savalle

Will this position be managing others?

Yes

Key Job Responsibilities

Lead Ethiopia's Supply Chain and Procurement Division.
- You'll directly manage our Logistic and Data Management Specialist, our two Procurement Specialists, and our IT coordinator (with a permanent team of around 10 people).
- You and your team will procure and deliver more than 100 MT of tree or seed inputs to our kebeles of operations, maintain a database of 200,000+ farmers, and support our Innovation department with new products or services.
- You'll manage project planning, SOPs, performance management tools, KPIs, and goal setting within the Logistics & Data Management, IT, and Procurement departments.
- You will be responsible for the division’s budget and will represent your division in cross-department coordination meetings and Ethiopia's Senior Management Team.
Improve operations to help grow our programs. In the next five years, we hope to work with more than 500,000 farmers across multiple regions in Ethiopia. You will oversee the expansion of our procurement, logistics, and data operations systems to support this growth and in particular:
- Improve processes to make sure we provide the best quality inputs to our clients in the most efficient manner.
- Build internal controls and data tracking processes to help us manage our expanding operations while mitigating fraud and security risks.
- Grow our existing team through coaching and training.
Find tech solutions to help us reach scale. As the technology environment in Ethiopia evolves, we are open to new solutions that help us reach more farmers, train our staff better, and solve broad agroforestry and agricultural system challenges. Together with our Global IT and Supply Chain departments, you'll lead the exploration, recommendation, and implementation of new solutions.
Support the Ethiopia team on fundraising activities.

Top Skills and Qualifications

5 years of experience in Procurement and/or Supply Chain activities (procurement, logistics, etc.). We welcome applications from more experienced candidates - depending on experience, we might expand the scope of responsibilities.
Proven experience in developing process improvements and driving implementation.
People management experience (at least two years, please describe your people management experience in your CV).
Project management and interdepartmental coordination experience.
International networking, grant writing, and fundraising experience.
Solid data analysis skills.
A Bachelor's degree.
Fluency in English.

Benefits

Health insurance, housing stipend, child stipend, pension contributions, and other benefits.

Eligibility

One Acre Fund can support a work permit for this role. However, nationals of (or those with an extensive professional background and work history in) our countries of operation are preferred.

Application Deadline

1 April 2024. Applications after this date will be accepted on a rolling basis.

For more information reach out to gabrielle.savalle@oneacrefund.org.

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Ethiopia Supply Chain, Procurement, and Fundraising Lead