One Acre Fund has announced multiple professional career opportunities covering engineering, maintenance, automation, compliance, government relations, strategic partnerships, climate finance, procurement, grants finance, and monitoring, evaluation and learning. Several of the advertised positions are based in Kenya, while others may be filled across a number of countries where the organisation operates, including Burundi, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and the United States.
The current vacancies provide opportunities for professionals interested in supporting agricultural operations, factory performance, institutional partnerships, financial management, supply chain activities, carbon finance and organisational systems. A number of the roles are attached to Tupande, One Acre Fund’s Kenya programme, and focus on improving the systems and operations that support farmers and agricultural processing activities.
Applicants should carefully review the location and experience requirements associated with each vacancy before submitting an application. Some positions are offered on a fixed-term basis, as indicated in the respective job titles.
Below is a detailed overview of the One Acre Fund vacancies currently advertised.
1. Tupande Electrical Maintenance Engineer / Specialist (Fixed-Term)
Location: Kenya
Job Category: Professionals
Employment Type: Fixed-Term
The Tupande Electrical Maintenance Engineer / Specialist will support electrical maintenance activities across Tupande Soko factories. The position is intended to strengthen the reliability of electrical equipment used in processing operations while reducing operational downtime.
The role requires an electrical engineering professional with between three and five years of experience. The successful candidate will be responsible for electrical maintenance, automation troubleshooting and instrumentation repairs across the factories.
Key Responsibilities
The Electrical Maintenance Engineer / Specialist will:
- Execute electrical maintenance activities across all Tupande Soko factories.
- Support the maintenance and reliability of electrical systems used in factory operations.
- Troubleshoot automation-related problems affecting processing operations.
- Diagnose electrical faults that may contribute to equipment or production downtime.
- Carry out instrumentation repairs required to keep factory systems operating effectively.
- Support factory processing operations through timely electrical maintenance interventions.
- Address electrical maintenance issues that could interrupt production activities.
- Work across Tupande Soko factory operations to improve equipment availability.
- Contribute to reducing operational downtime through effective electrical troubleshooting and repairs.
- Apply electrical engineering expertise to factory machinery, automation and instrumentation maintenance requirements.
Experience
The position seeks an Electrical Engineer with three to five years of experience.
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2. Tupande Mechanical Maintenance Engineer / Specialist (Fixed-Term)
Location: Kenya
Job Category: Professionals
Employment Type: Fixed-Term
The Tupande Mechanical Maintenance Engineer / Specialist will provide high-level mechanical maintenance support across Tupande Soko factories. The position focuses on maintaining factory machinery and equipment, troubleshooting mechanical problems and carrying out repairs that support uninterrupted processing operations.
The role is particularly important to the organisation’s objective of reducing operational downtime across its processing facilities.
Key Responsibilities
The Mechanical Maintenance Engineer / Specialist will:
- Execute high-level mechanical maintenance across all Tupande Soko factories.
- Troubleshoot mechanical problems affecting factory machinery and processing equipment.
- Carry out repairs on mechanical systems used in factory operations.
- Respond to mechanical equipment problems that may cause operational downtime.
- Support reliable operation of machinery across Tupande Soko processing facilities.
- Identify and address mechanical maintenance requirements within factory operations.
- Apply mechanical engineering expertise to equipment troubleshooting and repair.
- Support processing operations by ensuring mechanical problems are addressed effectively.
- Contribute to reducing downtime associated with machinery and equipment failures.
- Work across Tupande Soko factories to strengthen the reliability of mechanical equipment.
Experience
The position seeks a Mechanical Engineer with three to five years of experience.
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3. Tupande Engineering & Maintenance Lead (Fixed-Term)
Location: Kenya
Job Category: Professionals
Employment Type: Fixed-Term
The Tupande Engineering & Maintenance Lead will provide leadership for machinery and equipment maintenance across Tupande Soko factories. The position has responsibility for establishing engineering maintenance excellence and ensuring that maintenance activities contribute to reliable processing operations.
The role is centred on developing a strong maintenance approach across the factories while reducing operational downtime associated with machinery and equipment.
Key Responsibilities
The Engineering & Maintenance Lead will:
- Lead factory machinery and equipment maintenance activities.
- Provide engineering leadership across Tupande Soko factories.
- Establish engineering maintenance excellence across factory operations.
- Support effective maintenance of machinery required for processing activities.
- Strengthen the overall approach to factory equipment maintenance.
- Lead efforts aimed at reducing machinery-related operational downtime.
- Ensure maintenance receives appropriate engineering leadership across the processing operations.
- Support reliable operation of factory machinery and equipment.
- Coordinate the engineering maintenance focus required across Tupande Soko factories.
- Contribute to improving factory performance through stronger maintenance practices and equipment reliability.
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4. Tupande Biochar Compliance Specialist (Fixed-Term)
Location: Kenya
Job Category: Professionals
Employment Type: Fixed-Term
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 the design and oversight of the facility’s Health, Safety and Environment programme.
The specialist will also develop and operate the data system used to capture information relating to feedstock, production, quality and end use. This information must meet the standards required by external verification processes.
The position reports to the Biochar Lead and serves as an important point of contact between the facility and external verifiers, auditors and regulators.
Key Responsibilities
The Biochar Compliance Specialist will:
- Own the facility’s overall compliance function.
- Lead the Monitoring, Reporting and Verification programme.
- Take responsibility for the design and oversight of the facility’s Health, Safety and Environment programme.
- Design the data system used for compliance and verification purposes.
- Operate systems that capture feedstock information.
- Ensure production data is captured through the appropriate compliance systems.
- Maintain systems for recording quality information.
- Capture end-use data required for external verification.
- Ensure the facility’s data meets standards required by external verifiers.
- Design the facility’s HSE programme.
- Oversee HSE training activities.
- Maintain the documentation required under the HSE programme.
- Support and maintain audit readiness.
- Serve as the primary interface with external verifiers.
- Coordinate engagement with auditors on relevant compliance matters.
- Serve as a key point of contact for regulators.
- Engage with the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) where required.
- Engage with the Directorate of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) as applicable.
- Coordinate with third-party carbon verifiers.
- Report to the Biochar Lead on matters falling within the position’s responsibilities.
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5. Global GR Operations and Systems Specialist
Locations: Burundi, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia
Job Category: Professionals
The Global GR Operations and Systems Specialist will support processes and coordination across One Acre Fund’s Government Relations function. The position is intended for a professional with two to three years of experience and will work within a Government Relations team consisting of more than 100 people.
The role combines process strengthening, team coordination, skills development and donor workflow coordination.
Key Responsibilities
The Global GR Operations and Systems Specialist will:
- Strengthen Government Relations processes.
- Support effective coordination across the Government Relations team.
- Work within and support systems serving a team of more than 100 people.
- Champion skills-building activities within the function.
- Help strengthen capabilities required by the Government Relations team.
- Coordinate donor workflows across the wider team.
- Support organised execution of processes involving Government Relations activities.
- Contribute to improved team coordination through stronger operational systems.
- Help ensure donor-related workflows are coordinated across the relevant teams.
- Support the broader operational effectiveness of the Government Relations function.
Experience
The position seeks a professional with two to three years of experience.
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6. Strategic Partnerships Manager / Senior Associate (Fixed-Term)
Locations: Kenya, Rwanda and United States
Job Category: Professionals
Employment Type: Fixed-Term
The Strategic Partnerships Manager / Senior Associate position is focused on the management and execution of some of One Acre Fund’s highest-value donor partnerships.
The organisation is seeking project and grant management professionals who can lead and support the execution of these partnerships. Depending on the level of appointment, the position requires significant professional experience in areas relevant to managing projects and grants.
Key Responsibilities
The Strategic Partnerships Manager / Senior Associate will:
- Lead and support execution of high-value donor partnerships.
- Contribute to the management of important strategic partnerships.
- Apply project management expertise to donor partnership execution.
- Apply grant management experience to the organisation’s partnership activities.
- Support the implementation of commitments associated with major donor relationships.
- Coordinate work required to execute high-value partnerships effectively.
- Provide management support for complex donor-related projects.
- Contribute to the effective delivery of partnership and grant-related work.
- Support One Acre Fund’s engagement with strategically important donor partnerships.
- Help ensure major partnerships are executed through structured project and grant management.
Experience
The position seeks exceptional project and grant management professionals with five to more than ten years of experience.
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7. Carbon Finance Manager (Fixed-Term)
Locations: Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania and Zambia
Job Category: Professionals
Employment Type: Fixed-Term
The Carbon Finance Manager will support One Acre Fund’s agroforestry carbon pilots by driving financial modelling and fundraising activities.
The position sits at the intersection of climate finance, financial analysis and resource mobilisation. It is intended for an experienced climate finance professional capable of supporting the financial requirements of carbon-related programmes.
Key Responsibilities
The Carbon Finance Manager will:
- Drive financial modelling for agroforestry carbon pilots.
- Support the financial analysis required for carbon-related initiatives.
- Drive fundraising activities associated with the organisation’s agroforestry carbon pilots.
- Apply climate finance expertise to the development of carbon initiatives.
- Support financial planning for agroforestry carbon activities.
- Contribute to the financial structures needed to advance carbon pilots.
- Help develop the financial case for carbon-related programmes.
- Support mobilisation of funding for agroforestry carbon initiatives.
- Work on finance requirements associated with scaling and implementing carbon pilots.
- Contribute climate finance expertise to One Acre Fund’s broader carbon-related work.
Experience
The position seeks a climate finance professional with at least five years of experience.
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8. Tupande Automation Engineering Lead (Fixed-Term)
Location: Kenya
Job Category: Professionals
Employment Type: Fixed-Term
The Tupande Automation Engineering Lead will be responsible for helping build Tupande’s automation capability. The position combines hands-on engineering, technical leadership and business partnership, with a focus on developing high-impact automation solutions.
The role also incorporates artificial intelligence and is intended to help Tupande scale its impact on farmers through the effective use of engineering and automation.
Key Responsibilities
The Tupande Automation Engineering Lead will:
- Build and strengthen Tupande’s automation capability.
- Provide leadership in automation engineering.
- Lead the development of high-impact automation solutions.
- Apply artificial intelligence and automation engineering approaches to operational requirements.
- Provide hands-on engineering support in the development of solutions.
- Work with business teams to identify and address automation opportunities.
- Provide technical leadership for automation initiatives.
- Support the development of solutions that can contribute to increased farmer impact.
- Combine engineering expertise with business partnership when delivering automation initiatives.
- Help scale the use of automation within Tupande.
- Guide technical implementation of automation solutions.
- Contribute to the organisation’s ability to use technology and engineering to improve operational effectiveness and farmer impact.
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9. Fertilizer Procurement Associate
Location: Kenya
Job Category: Professionals
The Fertilizer Procurement Associate will take a leading role in fertilizer procurement, with particular emphasis on cost-efficient sourcing and reliable, on-time delivery.
The position forms part of the supply chain function and requires a professional capable of combining procurement execution, team leadership, data-driven decision-making and project delivery.
Key Responsibilities
The Fertilizer Procurement Associate will:
- Lead fertilizer procurement activities.
- Ensure fertilizer sourcing is conducted in a cost-efficient manner.
- Support reliable and timely delivery of fertilizer.
- Drive execution excellence within fertilizer procurement operations.
- Apply supply chain expertise to procurement activities.
- Lead a high-performing team supporting the procurement function.
- Use data to inform procurement decisions.
- Support effective sourcing decisions based on operational requirements.
- Lead projects with an impact on fertilizer procurement and supply chain performance.
- Contribute to reliable supply through effective procurement execution.
- Balance sourcing costs with the need for dependable and on-time delivery.
- Support the overall effectiveness of fertilizer supply chain operations through strong procurement management.
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10. Grants Finance Manager
Locations: Burundi, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and United States
Job Category: Professionals
The Grants Finance Manager will oversee important financial responsibilities connected to One Acre Fund’s high-value partnerships. The role includes ownership of budget development and compliance while also contributing to long-term improvements in financial systems.
The position therefore combines immediate grants finance responsibilities with a longer-term focus on improving the systems used to manage partnership finances.
Key Responsibilities
The Grants Finance Manager will:
- Own budget development for high-value partnerships.
- Lead financial compliance responsibilities associated with relevant partnerships.
- Support effective financial management of grants.
- Ensure budget development receives appropriate financial oversight.
- Support compliance requirements connected with high-value partnerships.
- Drive long-term improvements to grants finance systems.
- Identify opportunities to strengthen systems supporting partnership financial management.
- Contribute to the effective management of financial requirements across major partnerships.
- Support reliable budgeting processes for grants and partnerships.
- Strengthen the systems used to manage grants finance activities.
- Balance day-to-day financial responsibilities with longer-term systems improvements.
- Help ensure the financial components of high-value partnerships are supported through appropriate budgeting and compliance processes.
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11. Tupande MEL Manager
Location: Kenya
Job Category: Professionals
The Tupande MEL Manager will lead work relating to data quality and measurement strategy across Tupande’s operations in Kenya. The position is designed for an experienced Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning professional and will contribute to strengthening the way Tupande measures and understands its impact.
The role places particular emphasis on ensuring reliable data and developing measurement approaches that can amplify the programme’s impact across Kenya.
Key Responsibilities
The Tupande MEL Manager will:
- Drive data quality across Tupande’s activities.
- Lead the development and implementation of measurement strategy.
- Apply Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning expertise to Tupande’s work in Kenya.
- Strengthen approaches used to measure programme impact.
- Support reliable and useful data for measurement purposes.
- Contribute to strategies that improve understanding of Tupande’s impact.
- Help ensure measurement approaches support programme decision-making and impact.
- Strengthen the quality of information used to assess programme performance.
- Lead MEL-related work that contributes to Tupande’s operations in Kenya.
- Use measurement strategy to support efforts aimed at amplifying Tupande’s impact.
- Contribute to stronger monitoring, evaluation and learning systems across the programme.
- Support the organisation’s ability to understand and demonstrate the impact of its work.
Experience
The position seeks an MEL professional with at least five years of experience.
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How to Apply for One Acre Fund Jobs
Interested applicants should review the complete vacancy information for the position they intend to pursue before submitting an application. The advertised opportunities cover different professional areas and locations, and candidates should therefore ensure that they are applying for the role that corresponds with their experience and career background.
Applicants should also pay attention to whether a position is listed as fixed-term and to the countries in which the role may be based. Some vacancies are specifically located in Kenya, while several global or regional opportunities may be filled in more than one country.
The current opportunities include technical engineering positions within Tupande Soko factories, compliance and biochar operations, automation engineering, fertilizer procurement, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning, Government Relations operations, strategic partnerships, carbon finance and grants finance.
Candidates interested in the engineering vacancies should note the distinction between the available roles. The Electrical Maintenance Engineer / Specialist focuses on electrical maintenance, automation troubleshooting and instrumentation repairs, while the Mechanical Maintenance Engineer / Specialist concentrates on high-level mechanical maintenance, troubleshooting and repairs. The Engineering & Maintenance Lead provides broader leadership for machinery and equipment maintenance, while the Automation Engineering Lead focuses on developing Tupande’s automation capability and leading high-impact technical solutions.
The Biochar Compliance Specialist has a distinct compliance mandate covering Monitoring, Reporting and Verification as well as Health, Safety and Environment programme oversight. The role also serves as the primary interface with external verifiers, auditors and regulators.
Other vacancies extend beyond factory and engineering operations. The Fertilizer Procurement Associate leads fertilizer procurement with an emphasis on cost-efficient sourcing and timely delivery, while the Tupande MEL Manager is responsible for strengthening data quality and measurement strategy.
At the regional and global level, the Government Relations Operations and Systems Specialist supports processes, coordination, skills-building and donor workflows across a Government Relations team of more than 100 people. The Strategic Partnerships Manager / Senior Associate focuses on the execution of high-value donor partnerships, while the Grants Finance Manager oversees budget development, compliance and longer-term systems improvements for major partnerships.
Professionals working in climate finance may consider the Carbon Finance Manager opportunity, which focuses on financial modelling and fundraising for agroforestry carbon pilots across several African countries.
Applicants are advised to provide accurate information throughout the recruitment process and to rely on the official vacancy information when determining the requirements applicable to their preferred position.
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