One Acre Fund has announced multiple career opportunities for professionals seeking to contribute to agricultural development, farmer livelihoods, food processing, supply chain management, climate finance, engineering, monitoring and evaluation, design, investor relations, and other areas of organizational operations.
The latest One Acre Fund job vacancies include opportunities based in Kenya as well as selected positions open to professionals across several African countries. The organization is recruiting specialists, senior specialists, associates, managers, engineers, and functional leads for roles supporting its agricultural and operational programmes.
Several of the opportunities are within Tupande, One Acre Fund’s Kenya programme, including positions supporting food safety, crop sourcing, export logistics, contract management, factory maintenance, automation, biochar compliance, and engineering operations.
Other vacancies cover broader organizational functions such as investor relations, graphic design, fertilizer procurement, carbon finance, grants finance, and monitoring, evaluation and learning.
The available positions include both fixed-term and renewable opportunities. Applicants should carefully review the requirements and responsibilities associated with their preferred vacancy before submitting an application.
Below are the One Acre Fund job vacancies currently available.
1. Tupande Quality Assurance Specialist – Fixed-Term
Location: Kenya
Category: Professionals
Employment Type: Fixed-Term
One Acre Fund is seeking an experienced food safety professional to take responsibility for the Food Safety Management System supporting Tupande’s macadamia operations.
The position has an important connection to farmer livelihoods because premium export markets generally require suppliers to meet recognized food safety and quality certification standards. The specialist will therefore support the systems behind BRCGS and FSSC certification, helping the programme access higher-value markets for farmers’ macadamia.
The successful professional will lead food safety activities within the processing environment and ensure that operational practices remain consistent with the standards required for certification and audit readiness.
Key responsibilities include:
- Leading the food safety team.
- Owning and maintaining the Food Safety Management System.
- Supporting the systems required for BRCGS and FSSC certification.
- Reviewing shift records to ensure food safety requirements are being followed.
- Checking Critical Control Points and associated monitoring activities.
- Conducting floor-level checks covering operations from receiving through to packing.
- Identifying food safety or quality issues within the processing operation.
- Closing findings identified during audits.
- Driving corrective actions arising from food safety reviews and audits.
- Investigating operational and food safety issues.
- Conducting root-cause analysis when problems are identified.
- Coaching members of the food safety team.
- Preparing the operation and relevant teams for audits.
- Supporting the certification systems required to access premium export markets.
- Maintaining the standards necessary to protect product quality and market access.
Experience:
- 5+ years of experience in food manufacturing.
- Experience as a food safety professional.
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2. Tupande Export Logistics Senior Specialist
Location: Kenya
Category: Professionals
One Acre Fund is seeking a detail-oriented logistics professional to lead end-to-end export operations as the organization expands its reach into international markets.
The Tupande Export Logistics Senior Specialist will be responsible for helping ensure that goods move efficiently from the programme’s operations to international vendors. The position combines delivery performance, compliance and cost management.
The role is particularly important as Tupande scales its international commercial activities. Effective export logistics requires close attention to operational details and the ability to ensure that shipments reach their destinations within required timelines.
Key areas of responsibility include:
- Leading end-to-end export operations.
- Coordinating the movement of goods to international vendors.
- Supporting timely delivery of exported goods.
- Ensuring export activities remain compliant with applicable requirements.
- Supporting cost-efficient logistics operations.
- Monitoring operational details associated with international deliveries.
- Helping Tupande scale its global reach through reliable logistics execution.
- Supporting the coordination required to move goods efficiently through the export process.
- Balancing delivery timelines, compliance requirements and logistics costs.
- Contributing to the development of dependable export operations as international volumes grow.
Experience:
- 3–5+ years of relevant logistics experience.
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3. Tupande Contract Management Specialists & Senior Specialist
Location: Kenya
Category: Professionals
One Acre Fund is recruiting commercial and governance professionals to strengthen its Contract Management function within Procurement.
The opportunity covers Contract Management Specialist and Senior Specialist responsibilities. The function will play an important role in managing contractual arrangements, portfolio risk and commercial governance across procurement activities.
The successful professionals will help build out the Contract Management function while establishing consistent contracting standards and ensuring that commercial execution remains aligned with organizational requirements.
Key areas of responsibility include:
- Supporting and strengthening the Contract Management function within Procurement.
- Overseeing contract portfolio risk.
- Driving contracting standards.
- Supporting commercial governance.
- Aligning commercial execution with established contracting expectations.
- Helping build effective contract management systems and practices.
- Supporting consistency in how contracts are managed across the relevant portfolio.
- Strengthening oversight of contractual and commercial risks.
- Contributing to the development of contracting standards within Procurement.
- Supporting effective commercial execution.
Experience:
- 5–8+ years of relevant experience.
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4. Tupande Crop Sourcing – Extension & Aggregation Specialist – Fixed-Term
Location: Kenya
Category: Professionals
Employment Type: Fixed-Term
One Acre Fund is seeking a mission-driven agriculture professional to support farmer productivity and increase crop sourcing volumes.
The role covers several agricultural value chains, including avocado, macadamia, dried fruit and other cash crops. It combines agricultural extension, farmer engagement, sourcing, agronomy, incentives and field implementation.
The specialist will help translate agricultural strategies into field-level activities that improve farmer productivity while increasing the volumes available for sourcing.
Key areas of responsibility include:
- Supporting growth in farmer productivity.
- Increasing sourcing volumes across targeted agricultural value chains.
- Supporting avocado sourcing and farmer productivity.
- Supporting macadamia sourcing and farmer productivity.
- Contributing to dried fruit value chains.
- Supporting other cash crop sourcing activities.
- Applying data-driven agronomy approaches.
- Supporting farmer incentives designed to improve participation and outcomes.
- Driving field execution of agricultural initiatives.
- Working at the intersection of agricultural extension and crop aggregation.
- Helping translate field information into improved sourcing approaches.
- Supporting programmes intended to increase the productivity and commercial opportunities available to farmers.
Experience:
- 3+ years of relevant experience.
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5. Investor Relations Specialist – Renewable
Location: Kenya
Category: Professionals
Employment Type: Renewable
One Acre Fund is seeking an exceptional professional to support its Investor Relations team.
The Investor Relations Specialist will contribute to several important areas of the department’s work, including loan compliance, reporting, lender due diligence, departmental operations and analytical projects.
The position requires involvement in both recurring Investor Relations activities and one-off assignments that support the organization’s relationships with lenders and its broader financing operations.
Key areas of responsibility include:
- Supporting the Investor Relations team.
- Contributing to loan compliance activities.
- Supporting loan-related reporting.
- Assisting with the department’s operational requirements.
- Supporting lender due diligence processes.
- Contributing to one-off analytical projects.
- Helping ensure Investor Relations activities are executed effectively.
- Supporting information requirements associated with lenders.
- Contributing analytical support where required by the department.
- Helping coordinate recurring compliance and reporting responsibilities.
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6. Graphic Designer – Fixed-Term
Location: Kenya
Category: Professionals
Employment Type: Fixed-Term
One Acre Fund is seeking an independent Graphic Designer to support a busy and impact-driven design team.
The designer will develop materials for different audiences and communication channels, with particular emphasis on farmer-facing and social media content. The role combines creative production with print design, communication with stakeholders and project management.
The successful professional will need to work effectively within a team that handles multiple design requirements while maintaining communication with stakeholders throughout the design process.
Key responsibilities include:
- Creating farmer-facing design materials.
- Developing materials for social media.
- Supporting a busy design team.
- Producing designs that contribute to One Acre Fund’s impact-driven communications.
- Supporting print design requirements.
- Communicating with stakeholders throughout design projects.
- Managing assigned design projects.
- Working independently on design assignments.
- Translating communication requirements into appropriate visual materials.
- Supporting the production of materials for different communication channels.
- Coordinating creative work while maintaining appropriate project management.
Experience:
- 5+ years of relevant graphic design experience.
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7. Tupande Electrical Maintenance Engineer / Specialist – Fixed-Term
Location: Kenya
Category: Professionals
Employment Type: Fixed-Term
One Acre Fund is seeking an Electrical Engineer to support maintenance operations across Tupande Soko factories.
The Electrical Maintenance Engineer/Specialist will work on electrical maintenance, automation troubleshooting and instrumentation repairs. The overall objective of the position is to improve equipment reliability and reduce operational downtime across processing operations.
The position requires hands-on involvement with electrical and automated systems used within factory environments.
Key responsibilities include:
- Executing electrical maintenance across Tupande Soko factories.
- Troubleshooting electrical systems.
- Conducting automation troubleshooting.
- Performing instrumentation repairs.
- Supporting reliable operation of factory equipment.
- Identifying electrical issues contributing to production downtime.
- Carrying out maintenance activities aimed at reducing operational interruptions.
- Supporting processing operations through effective electrical maintenance.
- Responding to electrical and instrumentation problems within factory operations.
- Helping maintain operational continuity across Tupande Soko processing facilities.
- Contributing to reduced downtime through effective troubleshooting and repairs.
Experience:
- 3–5 years of relevant experience.
- Electrical engineering experience.
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8. Tupande Mechanical Maintenance Engineer / Specialist – Fixed-Term
Location: Kenya
Category: Professionals
Employment Type: Fixed-Term
One Acre Fund is recruiting a Mechanical Engineer to provide high-level mechanical maintenance support across Tupande Soko factories.
The position focuses on maintaining factory machinery and addressing mechanical problems that could interrupt processing activities. The successful professional will undertake troubleshooting, maintenance and repairs to support dependable factory operations.
A major objective of the position is to reduce operational downtime across Tupande Soko’s processing operations.
Key responsibilities include:
- Executing high-level mechanical maintenance.
- Troubleshooting mechanical problems.
- Carrying out repairs across Tupande Soko factories.
- Supporting the reliability of factory machinery and equipment.
- Identifying mechanical problems affecting processing operations.
- Responding to mechanical failures and maintenance requirements.
- Helping reduce factory operational downtime.
- Supporting uninterrupted processing operations through effective maintenance.
- Conducting mechanical troubleshooting across relevant facilities.
- Contributing to the maintenance of equipment required for processing operations.
- Supporting factory teams through timely mechanical repairs and interventions.
Experience:
- 3–5 years of relevant experience.
- Mechanical engineering experience.
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9. Tupande Engineering & Maintenance Lead – Fixed-Term
Location: Kenya
Category: Professionals
Employment Type: Fixed-Term
One Acre Fund is seeking an Engineering Lead to oversee factory machinery and equipment maintenance within Tupande Soko operations.
The Engineering & Maintenance Lead will be responsible for strengthening maintenance practices across the factories and establishing engineering maintenance excellence.
The position is intended to improve the reliability and availability of machinery and equipment used in processing operations. Effective maintenance leadership will help reduce disruptions and operational downtime across Tupande Soko factories.
Key responsibilities include:
- Leading factory machinery maintenance.
- Leading equipment maintenance.
- Establishing engineering maintenance excellence across Tupande Soko factories.
- Strengthening maintenance practices across processing facilities.
- Supporting machinery and equipment reliability.
- Providing leadership for engineering maintenance activities.
- Helping reduce operational downtime.
- Supporting efficient processing operations through effective maintenance leadership.
- Driving improvements in engineering and maintenance performance.
- Supporting dependable operation of equipment across multiple factory environments.
- Providing direction for maintenance activities required to sustain factory operations.
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10. Tupande Biochar Compliance Specialist – Fixed-Term
Location: Kenya
Category: Professionals
Employment Type: Fixed-Term
Reports To: Biochar Lead
The Tupande Biochar Compliance Specialist will own the facility’s Compliance function and combine leadership of the Monitoring, Reporting and Verification programme with responsibility for Health, Safety and Environment programme design and oversight.
The position has significant responsibility for the integrity of facility data and the systems used to demonstrate compliance to external parties.
The specialist will design and operate the data system responsible for capturing feedstock, production, quality and end-use information according to the standards required by external verification processes.
The role will also serve as a key interface between the facility and external verifiers, auditors and regulators.
Key responsibilities include:
- Owning the facility’s Compliance function.
- Leading the Monitoring, Reporting and Verification programme.
- Designing the facility’s MRV approach.
- Overseeing MRV implementation.
- Designing the data system used for compliance reporting.
- Capturing feedstock data.
- Capturing production data.
- Capturing quality data.
- Capturing end-use data.
- Ensuring data meets standards required by external verifiers.
- Owning Health, Safety and Environment programme design.
- Overseeing the facility’s HSE programme.
- Developing HSE training.
- Maintaining HSE documentation.
- Supporting audit readiness.
- Serving as the primary interface with external verifiers.
- Coordinating with auditors.
- Engaging relevant regulators.
- Interfacing with the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA).
- Interfacing with the Directorate of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH).
- Working with third-party carbon verifiers.
- Reporting to the Biochar Lead.
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11. Carbon Finance Manager – Fixed-Term
Locations: Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania and Zambia
Category: Professionals
Employment Type: Fixed-Term
One Acre Fund is seeking a climate finance professional to support the financial development of its agroforestry carbon pilots.
The Carbon Finance Manager will focus on two major areas: financial modelling and fundraising. These responsibilities will support the organization’s efforts to develop and scale agroforestry carbon initiatives.
The role is available across several countries in which One Acre Fund operates, including Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania and Zambia.
Key responsibilities include:
- Driving financial modelling for agroforestry carbon pilots.
- Supporting financial analysis connected to carbon initiatives.
- Driving fundraising activities for agroforestry carbon pilots.
- Contributing climate finance expertise to programme development.
- Supporting the financial structures required for carbon-related programmes.
- Helping assess the financial requirements of agroforestry carbon pilots.
- Supporting efforts to secure financing for relevant programmes.
- Contributing to the development and scaling of agroforestry carbon initiatives.
- Combining financial modelling with fundraising execution.
- Supporting One Acre Fund’s broader climate-related programming through climate finance work.
Experience:
- 5+ years of relevant climate finance experience.
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12. Tupande Automation Engineering Lead – Fixed-Term
Location: Kenya
Category: Professionals
Employment Type: Fixed-Term
One Acre Fund is seeking an AI and automation engineering leader to build Tupande’s automation capability.
The position combines hands-on engineering with technical leadership and business partnership. The Automation Engineering Lead will develop high-impact solutions while helping Tupande use automation to increase its ability to serve farmers at scale.
The role therefore sits at the intersection of technology implementation, engineering leadership and operational problem-solving.
Key responsibilities include:
- Building Tupande’s automation capability.
- Leading high-impact automation solutions.
- Supporting the use of AI and automation within Tupande.
- Providing technical leadership.
- Undertaking hands-on engineering work.
- Partnering with business teams.
- Identifying opportunities where automation can support operations.
- Helping scale farmer impact through technology.
- Providing leadership for automation engineering initiatives.
- Connecting technical solutions with operational requirements.
- Supporting the development of automation systems that can improve organizational effectiveness.
- Combining engineering execution with business partnership.
- Helping establish sustainable automation capabilities within Tupande.
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13. Fertilizer Procurement Strategy Associate
Location: Kenya
Category: Professionals
One Acre Fund is seeking a Supply Chain professional to lead fertilizer procurement and support reliable delivery of fertilizer supplies.
The position will focus on securing cost-efficient sourcing arrangements while ensuring that deliveries are completed on time. It also combines procurement execution with team leadership, data-driven decision-making and project implementation.
The Fertilizer Procurement Strategy Associate will therefore contribute both to day-to-day procurement outcomes and broader improvements in procurement execution.
Key responsibilities include:
- Leading fertilizer procurement.
- Supporting cost-efficient fertilizer sourcing.
- Ensuring reliable delivery.
- Supporting on-time delivery of fertilizer.
- Driving procurement execution excellence.
- Leading a high-performing team.
- Using data to support procurement decisions.
- Driving impactful procurement and supply chain projects.
- Balancing sourcing costs with delivery reliability.
- Supporting effective supply chain execution.
- Contributing to strategic procurement activities.
- Helping ensure fertilizer procurement meets operational requirements.
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14. Global MEL Senior Associate – Fixed-Term
Locations: Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania and Zambia
Category: Professionals
Employment Type: Fixed-Term
One Acre Fund is seeking a Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning professional to strengthen the quality and rigor of monitoring and evaluation across its programmes.
The Global MEL Senior Associate will work across One Acre Fund’s growth country portfolio as well as its agroforestry programme.
The role provides an opportunity to contribute to monitoring and evaluation work spanning several countries and programme areas.
Key responsibilities include:
- Strengthening monitoring and evaluation quality.
- Improving the rigor of monitoring and evaluation activities.
- Supporting One Acre Fund’s growth country portfolio.
- Supporting monitoring and evaluation within the agroforestry programme.
- Contributing MEL expertise across multiple country programmes.
- Supporting consistent approaches to programme monitoring.
- Strengthening evaluation practices.
- Helping ensure monitoring and evaluation activities generate useful and rigorous information.
- Contributing to organizational learning through stronger MEL practices.
- Supporting programme teams in improving the quality of monitoring and evaluation.
Experience:
- 3+ years of relevant MEL experience.
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15. Grants Finance Senior Associate/Manager
Locations: Burundi, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia
Category: Professionals
One Acre Fund is seeking an exceptional Grants Finance Senior Associate/Manager to support financial management across high-value partnerships.
The position combines responsibility for budget development and compliance with a longer-term focus on improving systems.
The successful professional will help ensure that financial requirements connected to major partnerships are appropriately planned and managed while contributing to improvements that strengthen grants finance processes over time.
Key responsibilities include:
- Owning budget development for high-value partnerships.
- Supporting financial planning associated with major partnerships.
- Owning compliance responsibilities within the Grants Finance function.
- Supporting the financial requirements associated with high-value partnerships.
- Driving long-term systems improvements.
- Strengthening Grants Finance processes.
- Supporting effective management of partnership budgets.
- Helping maintain compliance across relevant grants and partnerships.
- Identifying opportunities for sustainable systems improvements.
- Combining immediate grants finance responsibilities with longer-term process development.
- Supporting effective financial management across One Acre Fund’s partnership portfolio.
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How to Apply for One Acre Fund Jobs
Interested candidates should review the complete vacancy information for the position they intend to pursue before submitting an application. Applicants should ensure that the information submitted accurately reflects their professional experience and suitability for the specific vacancy.
The opportunities cover a broad range of professional fields, including agriculture, engineering, food safety, export logistics, procurement, contract management, climate finance, graphic design, investor relations, grants finance, automation and monitoring and evaluation.
Candidates should also take note of the location arrangements attached to each position. While many of the current vacancies are specifically based in Kenya, some roles are open across several One Acre Fund operating countries.
The Carbon Finance Manager opportunity is listed for Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania and Zambia. The Global MEL Senior Associate opportunity covers Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania and Zambia. The Grants Finance Senior Associate/Manager vacancy is available across Burundi, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.
For the Kenya-focused opportunities, applicants can consider positions within Tupande covering quality assurance, export logistics, contract management, crop sourcing, electrical maintenance, mechanical maintenance, engineering and maintenance leadership, biochar compliance and automation engineering.
Applicants are encouraged to carefully match their experience against the requirements stated for each position and submit their applications through the official One Acre Fund recruitment platform.
