Professionals seeking opportunities in agriculture, supply chain, communications, finance, monitoring and evaluation, laboratory operations, health and safety, and investor relations can now apply for several exciting positions at One Acre Fund. The organization has announced multiple professional vacancies across Kenya and several African countries, offering qualified candidates an opportunity to contribute to programs that improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers.
These vacancies span different departments including procurement, communications, finance, monitoring and evaluation (MEL), laboratory management, factory controls, fundraising, and product development. Some positions are Kenya-based, while others are open to applicants across multiple African countries, providing excellent career opportunities for experienced professionals looking to make meaningful contributions in international development.
Below are the available positions and their respective job descriptions.
- Fertilizer Procurement Associate
Location: Kenya
Category: Professionals
One Acre Fund is seeking an exceptional Supply Chain professional to oversee fertilizer procurement operations. The successful candidate will ensure cost-efficient sourcing while maintaining reliable and timely delivery of fertilizer supplies. The role also focuses on execution excellence, supplier management, and leading a high-performing procurement function through data-driven decision-making.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead fertilizer procurement activities to ensure uninterrupted supply.
- Source fertilizer products in a cost-effective manner.
- Ensure suppliers meet delivery timelines and quality expectations.
- Drive procurement execution excellence across the supply chain.
- Utilize data to support procurement planning and decision-making.
- Lead and coordinate procurement projects.
- Supervise and support a high-performing procurement team.
- Improve procurement efficiency and operational performance.
- Creative Lead
Locations
- Burundi
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Ethiopia
- Kenya
- Malawi
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- Tanzania
- Uganda
- Zambia
Category: Professionals
The Creative Lead will serve as the deputy to the Creative Director within the Global Communications team. The position is responsible for managing incoming creative support requests, coordinating work allocation across creative teams, ensuring service-level agreements (SLAs) are met, and maintaining high creative standards across organizational communications.
The successful candidate will also contribute to creative ideation, oversee brand consistency, review creative outputs, and provide leadership to a team of creative professionals.
Key Responsibilities
- Serve as deputy to the Creative Director.
- Manage the Global Communications support request system.
- Oversee incoming creative requests.
- Assign projects across creative team units.
- Ensure creative projects meet agreed SLAs.
- Maintain quality standards for creative outputs.
- Participate in creative brainstorming and ideation sessions.
- Support organizational brand management initiatives.
- Review Tier 2 and Tier 3 creative content before publication.
- Lead final creative quality reviews.
- Manage approximately five creative professionals.
- Directly supervise around three team members.
- Support staff coaching and professional development.
- Video Editor
Locations
- Burundi
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Ethiopia
- Kenya
- Malawi
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- Tanzania
- Uganda
- Zambia
Category: Professionals
One Acre Fund is recruiting a Video Editor who will also perform videography responsibilities. The successful candidate will create high-quality videos supporting training, fundraising, marketing, and organizational branding initiatives while telling compelling stories about the impact of One Acre Fund on farmers, particularly youth and women.
Key Responsibilities
- Produce professional-quality video content.
- Capture impactful stories from farmers.
- Support training programs through video production.
- Develop marketing and fundraising video campaigns.
- Produce content that strengthens organizational branding.
- Combine storytelling, marketing, and social behavior change techniques.
- Conduct video filming and editing.
- Highlight the impact of One Acre Fund across farming communities.
- Showcase individual and generational success stories.
- Global Investor Relations Manager
Locations
- Burundi
- Kenya
- Malawi
- Rwanda
Category: Professionals
This position seeks an experienced banking professional to support One Acre Fund’s capital-raising activities. The role focuses on securing working capital through partnerships with financial institutions and innovative capital providers.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead working capital fundraising initiatives.
- Structure financing arrangements with financial institutions.
- Build relationships with innovative capital providers.
- Support loan structuring activities.
- Strengthen investor relationships.
- Contribute to capital mobilization strategies.
- Support financing initiatives that strengthen organizational operations.
- Global MEL Senior Associate (Fixed-Term)
Locations
- Burundi
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Ethiopia
- Kenya
- Malawi
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- Tanzania
- Zambia
Category: Professionals
One Acre Fund is seeking a Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning professional to strengthen monitoring systems across multiple country programs and the organization’s agroforestry portfolio. The role focuses on improving data quality, evaluation rigor, and organizational learning.
Key Responsibilities
- Strengthen monitoring and evaluation quality.
- Improve data collection systems.
- Support rigorous evaluation methodologies.
- Enhance learning across growth country portfolios.
- Support monitoring activities within the agroforestry program.
- Promote high-quality MEL practices.
- Improve organizational evidence generation.
- Tupande Soko Laboratory Specialist (Fixed-Term)
Location: Kenya
Category: Professionals
The Laboratory Specialist will lead the establishment, commissioning, and daily laboratory operations supporting Tupande processing activities. The role ensures laboratory operations maintain high-quality standards and food safety requirements.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead laboratory setup activities.
- Coordinate laboratory commissioning.
- Oversee routine laboratory operations.
- Ensure processing quality standards are maintained.
- Support food safety compliance.
- Monitor laboratory performance.
- Improve quality assurance processes.
- Tupande Controls, Health & Safety Specialist (Fixed-Term)
Location: Kenya
Category: Professionals
This role combines internal controls management with factory health and safety oversight. The successful candidate will design internal control systems while ensuring safe working environments across Tupande factories in Kenya.
Key Responsibilities
- Design internal control frameworks.
- Strengthen operational risk controls.
- Manage factory health and safety programs.
- Promote workplace safety compliance.
- Support risk management initiatives.
- Monitor internal control effectiveness.
- Improve operational governance.
- Global Safety Nets and Microinsurance Senior Associate (Fixed-Term)
Locations
- Kenya
- Rwanda
Category: Professionals
The successful candidate will support the design, piloting, and rollout of safety net products across One Acre Fund markets. This highly agile role will oversee the end-to-end development of products that improve resilience for farming households.
Key Responsibilities
- Design safety net products.
- Lead product piloting initiatives.
- Support initial product implementation.
- Coordinate rollout across One Acre Fund markets.
- Develop microinsurance initiatives.
- Strengthen farmer resilience programs.
- Support innovative product development.
- Grants Finance Manager
Locations
- Burundi
- Kenya
- Malawi
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- Tanzania
- Uganda
- United States
Category: Professionals
One Acre Fund is recruiting a Grants Finance Manager to oversee financial management for major donor partnerships. The position will ensure strong budget development, financial compliance, and long-term finance systems improvement.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead budget development for grants.
- Manage financial compliance requirements.
- Support high-value donor partnerships.
- Strengthen grant financial management systems.
- Improve finance processes.
- Ensure compliance with partnership requirements.
- Drive long-term finance systems improvements.
- Tupande MEL Manager
Location: Kenya
Category: Professionals
The Tupande MEL Manager will lead measurement strategies that strengthen data quality and demonstrate Tupande’s impact across Kenya. The position supports evidence-based decision-making and program improvement through effective monitoring and evaluation systems.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead monitoring, evaluation and learning activities.
- Develop measurement strategies.
- Strengthen data quality systems.
- Support evidence-based decision-making.
- Measure program impact across Kenya.
- Improve MEL processes.
- Generate insights to strengthen program performance.
Application Information
Interested candidates should submit their applications through the official One Acre Fund careers portal before the respective deadlines indicated for each vacancy. Applicants are encouraged to review the complete job descriptions and submit all required application materials through the official recruitment platform.
Only applications submitted through the official recruitment process will be considered.
