Agroforestry Innovations Associate at One Acre Fund
One Acre Fund is a nonprofit organization that supplies smallholder farmers in East Africa with asset-based financing and agriculture training services to reduce hunger and poverty.
- Headquartered in Bungoma, Kenya, the organization works with farmers in rural villages throughout Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania and recently Malawi.
About the Role
One Acre Fund is home to Africa's largest agroforestry programs, serving over 2 million farmers, providing more than 100 million seedlings per year, and engaging a network of over 2,500 rural nurseries run by local entrepreneurs.
- We see these programs as part of the solution to three key challenges facing smallholder farmers - poverty, climate change, and biodiversity loss.
Responsibilities
Scope, pilot, and scale new investments to improve program impact and reach. Example initiatives could include:
- Developing solutions to improve seedling survival rates
- Building planning solutions to better support nursery managers
- Researching and trialing sustainable socket alternatives
- Implement improvements to tree seed supply systems
- Supporting tree tracking systems at the farm level
- Conducting site species matching research (field and desk) to expand species diversity
Qualifications
Across all roles, these are the general qualifications we look for. For this role specifically, you will have:
Experience in Agroforestry and Landscape Restoration
- 3+ years of leadership and demonstrated results in agroforestry, restoration, or related domains in Sub-Saharan Africa
- University or advanced degree in agroforestry, ecology, restoration, or related fields
- Familiarity with biodiversity projects or nature-based carbon projects is an additional advantage
Management Skills
- Experience coordinating complex and scalable programs
- Penchant for data-driven decision-making with structured analysis and fact-based recommendations
Other
Willingness to travel within the region at least 25% of the time
English Fluency.
Other preferred languages include Swahili, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Chichewa, Amharic, or French.
How to Apply
Interested applicant can apply via this link
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