People & Internal Communications Manager
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Seeking a highly skilled people/internal communications professional to drive a transformation of our people engagement experience including leading the continuous review, design/redesign, streamlining, or integration of internal communications channels.LocationKenya, RwandaCareer LevelProfessionalsApply now
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.
To learn more about our work, take a look at our Why Work Here blog for more information.
About the Role
There’s room to improve our internal communications channels to make them effective in enhancing greater employee engagement. In this role, you will lead continuous review, design/redesign, streamlining, and integration of internal communications channels, while supporting senior leaders with the right messaging and narrative development for high-stakes internal issues. You will report to the Global Head of Communications
Responsibilities
Senior leadership advisory/ Executive advising
- You’ll advise senior leaders (including the CEO, DEI Council, and People and HR leaders) on framing for complex issues, and prepare them as spokespeople.
- You’ll provide intel on key staff issues and work with leaders to close the loops.
Staff engagement, Change management, and Organizational culture
- You will identify, and design campaign initiatives yearly focused on driving a positive staff experience in the organization (e.g. EVP, culture code drive, etc)
- Working with various teams, you’ll identify and design strategic organizational/country-level major change initiatives.
- You’ll plan the rollout of major change efforts, and develop nuanced messaging about complex and sensitive People topics
- You will sit on key People Division working groups, identify emerging communications needs, and support People teams to coordinate staff outreach and speak with a unified voice.
Channels
- You will lead the development, planning, and rollout of an intranet platform to drive an enhanced employee engagement experience throughout the organization
- You will apply real-time data from a real-time intranet platform to drive content production for staff engagement
Team Management
- You will manage the Internal Comms sub-unit.
- You will oversee team professional development and advise on resourcing needs.
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:
- A Bachelors Degree
- Technical skills: Project/Program Management, Strategy, Messaging, Writing & Editing, Training, Stakeholder engagement, People & Team management, Risk management.
- Knowledge: Background in International Development, Communications (or similar).
- Excellent relationship and trust-building skills, with the ability to lead and influence across various levels of the org, especially with senior leaders.
- Experience in project management around directing different teams and driving toward results across multiple initiatives simultaneously.
- Exceptional, nuanced, clear, crisp communication with an ability to inspire a broad base/diverse staff base.
- A high sense of collaboration, emotional intelligence, and comfort in a dynamic environment.
- Strategic/creative thinking with exceptional storytelling skills.
- Change management experience.
Preferred Start Date
As soon as possible
Job Location
Kigali, Rwanda (Preferred); Nairobi, Kenya
Benefits
Health insurance, housing, and comprehensive benefits
Eligibility
This role is only open to citizens or permanent residents of Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, Zambia, Nigeria.
Application Deadline
13 May 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. Please report any suspicious communication here ([email protected]), 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.
