Job Description
One Acre Fund has nearly 400 mid level managers who will develop into our future senior leaders. We believe the development of this cohort will determine our ability to reach our 2030 goals of serving 10 million farm families and creating a billion dollars of impact. You will lead the entire Learning and Development (L&D) team’s portfolio of programs geared towards developing managers throughout the organization. You will report to the Global L&D Lead and manage 1-2 direct reports.
Job Level
JL 10
Location
Kigali, Rwanda or Nairobi, Kenya
Expected Manager
Jen Stuart
Will this position be managing others?
Yes
Key Job Responsibilities
- Strategy & Program Management
- You will set the training strategy designed to develop and build excellent managers across One Acre Fund.
- You will create the roadmap and deliver efficient and impactful manager training programs that strengthen manager quality.
- You will use feedback from staff and senior leadership, and the data we have available on managers, to curate and facilitate custom management training for One Acre Fund’s managers.
- Innovation + Data Driven Results
- You will use qualitative and quantitative data to improve the manager support program's return on investment each year. Data will directly inform both content creation and the overall impact of your work.
- You will propose, develop, trial and scale up new ways to provide training services to better meet the needs of OAF’s managers.
- Relationship Management
- You will seek out and build relationships with program and team leads across One Acre fund to deliver effective learning programs.
- You will work with internal and external collaborators to ensure seamless execution of manager quality and support training.
- You will identify targeted participants through collaboration with team leaders across the organization.
- You will collaborate with other L&D team counterparts to deliver a holistic development experience for One Acre Fund Staff
Top Skills and Qualifications
- 5+ years of management consulting, program management, or people operations projects management experience (including experience in performance management, capacity building, training, etc).
- Project management, process improvement, and program design experience.
- Stakeholder Management Skills.
- Language: English is required.
Benefits
Health insurance, housing, and comprehensive benefits
Contract Duration
1 Year
Sponsor International Candidates
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
16 April 2024. Applications after this date will be accepted on a rolling basis.
For more information reach out to emilie.umuhire@oneacrefund.org
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. Please report any suspicious communication here (globalhotline@oneacrefund.org), but do not send applications or application materials to this email 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.