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One Acre Fund has announced multiple professional job opportunities across Kenya and several other countries where the organization operates. The latest vacancies cover a wide range of professional areas, including compliance, government relations operations, strategic partnerships, carbon finance, automation engineering, procurement, communications, investor relations, grants finance, and monitoring, evaluation and learning.

The recruitment provides opportunities for professionals interested in contributing to an organization whose work is closely connected to agriculture, farmer services and rural development. Some positions are specifically based in Kenya, while others may be based in Kenya or alternative listed locations including Burundi, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia and the United States.

The vacancies vary considerably in their areas of responsibility and level of seniority. Some roles focus on highly technical functions such as automation engineering, carbon finance, compliance and monitoring systems, while others concentrate on procurement, donor partnerships, financial management, communications and organizational coordination.

Applicants should carefully review the location and experience information attached to each vacancy before submitting an application. The following is a detailed overview of all the positions currently listed.

1. Tupande Biochar Compliance Specialist (Fixed-Term)

Location: Kenya

Employment category: Professionals

The Tupande Biochar Compliance Specialist will own the facility’s compliance function. The position combines leadership of the Monitoring, Reporting and Verification programme with responsibility for designing and overseeing the facility’s Health, Safety and Environment programme.

The specialist will also be responsible for developing and operating the data systems needed to capture information relating to feedstock, production, quality and end use. These systems must produce information that meets the standards required by external verification processes.

Key duties and responsibilities include:

• Owning and coordinating the facility’s overall compliance function.
• Leading the Monitoring, Reporting and Verification programme.
• Designing systems for collecting and maintaining compliance-related information.
• Ensuring that feedstock data is properly captured and maintained.
• Overseeing the collection of production information required for verification.
• Ensuring quality information is incorporated into the facility’s monitoring and reporting systems.
• Maintaining end-use data to the standards required by external verifiers.
• Designing the facility’s Health, Safety and Environment programme.
• Overseeing implementation of the HSE programme.
• Developing appropriate HSE training activities.
• Maintaining HSE documentation and supporting effective record management.
• Ensuring that the facility remains prepared for compliance and HSE audits.
• Serving as the primary point of contact for external verifiers and auditors.
• Coordinating interactions with relevant regulators.
• Engaging with the National Environment Management Authority where required.
• Coordinating compliance matters involving the Directorate of Occupational Safety and Health.
• Working with third-party carbon verifiers during external verification processes.
• Supporting overall audit readiness and ensuring required compliance information is available.

The position reports to the Biochar Lead and therefore plays an important role in connecting facility operations with internal leadership, regulators and external verification organizations.

2. Global GR Operations and Systems Specialist

Locations: Burundi, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia

Employment category: Professionals

The Global GR Operations and Systems Specialist will support Government Relations operations and systems across a large international team. One Acre Fund is seeking a professional with 2–3 years of experience to strengthen processes, improve team coordination, champion skills development and coordinate donor-related workflows.

The role operates across a Government Relations team of more than 100 people, making coordination and effective organizational processes central elements of the position.

Key areas of responsibility include:

• Strengthening Government Relations processes across the organization.
• Supporting effective coordination within the Government Relations team.
• Helping develop systems that allow a large international team to operate efficiently.
• Championing skills-building initiatives across the function.
• Supporting professional and operational capacity development.
• Coordinating donor workflows involving the Government Relations team.
• Improving the organization and consistency of team processes.
• Helping teams coordinate activities across different countries.
• Supporting systems that enable more effective management of Government Relations work.
• Contributing to stronger operational structures across the 100+ person team.
• Helping ensure donor-related workflows are appropriately coordinated.
• Supporting collaboration between relevant teams and stakeholders.

The position is suitable for professionals interested in the operational and systems side of Government Relations and organizational coordination.

3. Strategic Partnerships Manager / Senior Associate (Fixed-Term)

Locations: Kenya, Rwanda and United States

Employment category: Professionals

One Acre Fund is seeking project and grant management professionals with 5–10+ years of experience for the Strategic Partnerships Manager / Senior Associate position.

The successful professional will lead and support the execution of some of the organization’s highest-value donor partnerships. As a result, the position combines partnership management with project and grant management responsibilities.

Key areas of responsibility include:

• Leading the execution of major donor partnerships.
• Supporting implementation of high-value strategic partnerships.
• Applying project management approaches to donor-funded initiatives.
• Coordinating activities associated with major partnerships.
• Supporting grant management for important donor relationships.
• Helping ensure partnership commitments are effectively executed.
• Maintaining appropriate coordination around high-value donor engagements.
• Supporting teams involved in the delivery of partnership-related projects.
• Contributing to the management of complex grants and partnerships.
• Helping translate donor partnerships into effectively managed projects.
• Supporting execution across relevant internal teams.
• Contributing to the continued management of some of One Acre Fund’s highest-value external partnerships.

The position requires substantial experience, with the vacancy specifically indicating 5–10+ years of experience in relevant project and grant management work.

4. Carbon Finance Manager (Fixed-Term)

Locations: Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania and Zambia

Employment category: Professionals

The Carbon Finance Manager will support One Acre Fund’s work around climate finance and agroforestry carbon pilots. The organization is seeking a climate finance professional with 5+ years of experience to drive financial modelling and fundraising activities associated with these initiatives.

The role brings together financial analysis, climate finance and fundraising.

Key duties and areas of responsibility include:

• Driving financial modelling for agroforestry carbon pilots.
• Supporting the financial assessment of carbon-related initiatives.
• Developing financial approaches that can support the organization’s carbon programmes.
• Contributing to fundraising activities associated with agroforestry carbon pilots.
• Helping connect financial modelling with broader climate finance objectives.
• Supporting the development of financially viable carbon initiatives.
• Providing climate finance expertise to relevant projects.
• Contributing to financing strategies for agroforestry carbon programmes.
• Supporting financial planning around pilot initiatives.
• Helping develop models that can inform fundraising and investment decisions.
• Working with relevant stakeholders involved in climate finance and carbon programmes.
• Supporting the financial foundations needed to develop and expand agroforestry carbon pilots.

The vacancy specifically seeks a professional with at least five years of experience in the relevant field.

5. Tupande Automation Engineering Lead (Fixed-Term)

Location: Kenya

Employment category: Professionals

The Tupande Automation Engineering Lead will be responsible for helping build Tupande’s automation capability. The position combines hands-on engineering with business partnership and technical leadership.

The role is intended to support the development of high-impact automation solutions while helping Tupande scale its impact among farmers.

Key areas of responsibility include:

• Building Tupande’s automation capability.
• Providing technical leadership for automation initiatives.
• Leading the development of high-impact automation solutions.
• Applying artificial intelligence to relevant automation opportunities.
• Undertaking hands-on engineering work.
• Helping identify areas where automation can improve operations.
• Working with business teams to understand operational requirements.
• Translating business needs into practical technical solutions.
• Developing solutions that can contribute to greater farmer impact.
• Supporting the scaling of automation initiatives.
• Providing engineering leadership during solution development.
• Helping ensure automation projects deliver meaningful operational value.
• Partnering with relevant teams across the business.
• Combining technical expertise with an understanding of organizational needs.
• Supporting the long-term development of Tupande’s engineering and automation capabilities.

The position therefore combines direct technical contribution with broader leadership and business collaboration.

6. Fertilizer Procurement Associate

Location: Kenya

Employment category: Professionals

The Fertilizer Procurement Associate will lead fertilizer procurement activities with a focus on cost-efficient sourcing and reliable, on-time delivery.

The role sits within the supply chain function and will also involve execution management, team leadership, data-driven decision-making and the delivery of impactful projects.

Key duties and responsibilities include:

• Leading fertilizer procurement activities.
• Supporting cost-efficient sourcing of fertilizer.
• Ensuring procurement decisions balance cost considerations with operational requirements.
• Supporting reliable delivery of fertilizer.
• Working to ensure products are delivered on time.
• Driving strong execution across procurement activities.
• Supporting effective supply chain operations.
• Using data to inform procurement decisions.
• Applying data-driven approaches to sourcing and delivery challenges.
• Leading a high-performing team.
• Coordinating procurement activities with relevant stakeholders.
• Supporting projects that improve fertilizer procurement outcomes.
• Helping identify opportunities for greater efficiency.
• Contributing to reliable supply and availability through effective procurement planning.
• Driving impactful procurement and supply chain projects.

The position has a strong emphasis on execution, requiring the procurement function to support both cost efficiency and dependable delivery.

7. Creative Lead

Locations: Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia

Employment category: Professionals

The Creative Lead will work as a deputy to the Creative Director within One Acre Fund’s Global Communications team.

The position will oversee incoming creative requests, manage the Global Communications support request systems and help ensure work is distributed effectively across the appropriate team units. It will also contribute to creative ideation, brand management, quality control and team development.

Key duties and responsibilities include:

• Working as deputy to the Creative Director.
• Managing the Global Communications team’s support request systems.
• Overseeing incoming creative requests.
• Reviewing requests and delegating work to the appropriate team units.
• Helping ensure the communications team maintains its service-level agreements.
• Monitoring the quality of creative outputs.
• Contributing actively to creative brainstorming sessions.
• Participating in creative ideation across communications initiatives.
• Supporting the organization’s brand management activities.
• Reviewing creative content for quality.
• Serving as the final creative reviewer for Tier 2 and Tier 3 content.
• Supporting consistent creative standards across communications outputs.
• Managing a creative team of approximately five people.
• Taking responsibility for the professional development of team members.
• Directly managing approximately three reports.
• Supporting graphic design and video professionals within the creative team.
• Helping coordinate creative work across different Global Communications functions.
• Ensuring incoming requests are effectively managed and assigned.
• Supporting quality and timeliness across creative production.

The position combines creative leadership with operational management. It requires the role holder to contribute directly to creative work while also managing systems, workflows, quality and people development.

8. Global Investor Relations Manager

Locations: Burundi, Kenya, Malawi and Rwanda

Employment category: Professionals

The Global Investor Relations Manager vacancy targets an experienced banking professional with 8–10+ years of experience structuring loans.

The role will support One Acre Fund in raising working capital from financial institutions and innovative capital providers.

Key areas of responsibility include:

• Supporting the organization’s working capital fundraising activities.
• Helping raise financing from financial institutions.
• Engaging with innovative capital providers.
• Applying loan-structuring experience to organizational financing needs.
• Supporting the development of financing arrangements.
• Contributing banking expertise to investor relations activities.
• Working with relevant financial institutions on potential capital solutions.
• Helping structure loans that support organizational requirements.
• Supporting relationships with providers of working capital.
• Contributing to financing discussions with external stakeholders.
• Helping identify suitable sources of institutional and innovative capital.
• Supporting the organization’s broader investor relations activities.
• Contributing to the development and execution of financing solutions.

The vacancy specifically identifies substantial banking experience as important to the role, with 8–10+ years of experience in loan structuring sought.

9. Grants Finance Manager

Locations: Burundi, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and United States

Employment category: Professionals

The Grants Finance Manager will be responsible for budget development and compliance for high-value partnerships while also contributing to long-term improvements in the organization’s systems.

The position connects grant management, financial management, partnership support and systems development.

Key duties and responsibilities include:

• Owning budget development for high-value partnerships.
• Supporting the preparation and management of partnership budgets.
• Overseeing financial compliance associated with major grants and partnerships.
• Helping ensure relevant financial requirements are incorporated into partnership management.
• Supporting financial oversight of high-value partnerships.
• Coordinating financial information associated with grants.
• Helping maintain effective grant finance processes.
• Driving long-term improvements in financial systems.
• Identifying opportunities to strengthen grants finance processes.
• Supporting more effective systems for partnership financial management.
• Working with relevant teams involved in high-value partnerships.
• Helping align budget development with partnership requirements.
• Contributing to sustainable improvements in grants finance operations.
• Supporting compliance throughout the management of major partnerships.

The position therefore has both immediate operational responsibilities and a longer-term systems improvement component.

10. Tupande MEL Manager

Location: Kenya

Employment category: Professionals

The Tupande MEL Manager will lead work relating to data quality and measurement strategy for Tupande’s activities across Kenya.

One Acre Fund is seeking a Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning professional with 5+ years of experience to help strengthen measurement approaches and amplify Tupande’s impact.

Key areas of responsibility include:

• Driving data quality across Tupande’s work.
• Supporting the development and implementation of measurement strategy.
• Strengthening approaches used to measure programme impact.
• Helping ensure information used for monitoring and evaluation is reliable.
• Supporting the use of high-quality data in organizational decision-making.
• Contributing to the development of effective MEL systems.
• Helping strengthen measurement approaches across Kenya.
• Supporting the assessment of Tupande’s impact.
• Driving improvements in the quality of monitoring and evaluation information.
• Helping ensure measurement strategies reflect programme needs.
• Supporting learning from programme and impact data.
• Contributing to evidence-based improvements in Tupande’s work.
• Working with relevant teams to strengthen data and measurement practices.
• Helping translate monitoring and evaluation information into useful organizational learning.

The vacancy specifies 5+ years of experience for the position and places particular emphasis on data quality, measurement strategy and impact.

Overview of the Available One Acre Fund Vacancies

The current recruitment includes the following 10 professional positions:

1. Tupande Biochar Compliance Specialist (Fixed-Term) – Kenya
2. Global GR Operations and Systems Specialist – Burundi, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia
3. Strategic Partnerships Manager / Senior Associate (Fixed-Term) – Kenya, Rwanda and United States
4. Carbon Finance Manager (Fixed-Term) – Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania and Zambia
5. Tupande Automation Engineering Lead (Fixed-Term) – Kenya
6. Fertilizer Procurement Associate – Kenya
7. Creative Lead – Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia
8. Global Investor Relations Manager – Burundi, Kenya, Malawi and Rwanda
9. Grants Finance Manager – Burundi, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and United States
10. Tupande MEL Manager – Kenya

For professionals in Kenya, the recruitment covers a particularly broad range of functions. Every vacancy listed above includes Kenya among its available locations, although several positions may also be filled in other countries.

How to Apply

Interested applicants should review the complete vacancy information for the position they intend to pursue before submitting an application. Particular attention should be given to the stated location, experience requirements and responsibilities because these vary significantly between positions.

Candidates should apply through the official One Acre Fund recruitment platform and follow the application instructions provided for their selected vacancy. Applicants interested in more than one opportunity should review each job description independently to determine which position most closely corresponds with their professional experience and area of specialization.

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