Burundi Market Access Associate

About One Acre Fund

Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund supplies smallholder farmers with the agricultural services they need to make their farms vastly more productive. We provide quality farm supplies on credit, delivered within walking distance of farmers’ homes, and agricultural trainings to improve harvests. We measure our success by our ability to make farmers more prosperous: On average, farmers harvest 50 percent more food after working with One Acre Fund.

We are growing quickly. We currently serve more than 800,000 farm families in Eastern and Southern Africa, with more than 7,500 full-time staff, and we aim to serve 1 million farm families by 2020.

Job Description

At One Acre Fund we believe that linking our farmers to markets is one of the most important actions we can take to unlock profitability for our clients, promote the use of good agricultural practices and support the development of independent agribusinesses. For this, we are looking to recruit an agricultural or business professional to develop new market access programs for our clients across different crops including fruits and livestock.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Developing market access interventions or models for different agricultural products (crop and livestock). 
• Conduct background studies, operational and financial estimates, and create an impact model for each proposed intervention. 
• Engage with different teams (internally at One Acre Fund and external organizations) to create a final product which can be tested in a pilot project.
• Build relationships with business and government partners to design interventions and ensure they align with national priorities for agricultural development.
• Design trials to test the new models, analyze trial data, and report findings through memos and presentations. The goal is simple and scalable models that address real needs for hundreds of thousands of smallholder farmers, and make the economics work for all parties: farmers, OAF, and agribusinesses. 
• Integrate new models and programs into our Core program 
• Collaborate across all our departments to integrate the most promising market access services and trainings into our field program. 
• Design Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and ensure targets are met, such as amount of harvest collected and quality
• Initiate and manage collaborative projects with external partners, which includes drafting MoUs and contracts, periodic reporting, and ensuring OAF policies are followed in all communication and results sharing.
• Team Administration and performance management 
• Help create the annual division budget 
• Monitor expenditure and implement efficiency strategies 
• Support capacity development of direct report(s) 
• Conduct periodic performance reviews 
• May directly or indirectly manage staff and stakeholders involved in initiatives, and the activities of the field staff involved in the market access initiatives
• Focus on what customers (i.e. smallholder farmers) want and need 
• Ensure farmers have excellent experience selling produce
• Run focus groups and market research to identify new markets and meet farmer needs
• Work with our Monitoring and Evaluation and Innovations teams to ensure that market access interventions generate increased profit for farmers

Career Growth and Development

We have a strong culture of constant learning and we invest in developing our people. You’ll have weekly check-ins with your manager, access to mentorship and training programs, and regular feedback on your performance. We hold career reviews every six months, and set aside time to discuss your aspirations and career goals. You’ll have the opportunity to shape a growing organization and build a rewarding long-term career.

Qualifications

We are looking for a business or agribusiness professional with +2 years of work experience and a passion for our mission. Candidates who meet the following criteria are encouraged to apply:

• Knowledge of the challenges inherent in agriculture value chains in developing world contexts, and a passion for addressing them.
• Project management skills and the ability to create and stick to timelines. 
• Bachelors degree in agriculture, agribusiness, business, economics, international trade, and development or a related field a plus. 
• Leadership experience, enthusiasm for team development and personal growth. 
• Understanding of program evaluation strongly preferred, demonstrated ability to use data for decision-making required, understanding of basic statistics also required. 
• Passion for team building and collaboration with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and through multiple media including remote work. 
• Stata, R or another statistical package preferred, QGIS or other mapping software useful.
• Written and oral English and French required. Knowledge of Kirundi or Swahili very useful.

Preferred Start Date

As soon as possible

Job Location

Muramvya, Burundi

Compensation

Commensurate with experience

Duration

Full-time job

Benefits 

Health insurance, paid time off

Sponsor International Candidates

Yes; Burundi country nationals are strongly encouraged to apply.

One Acre Fund never asks candidates to pay any money or pay for tests at any stage of the interview process. Official One Acre Fund emails will always arrive from an @oneacrefund.org address. Please report any suspicious communication here (globalhotline@oneacrefund.org), but do not send applications or application materials to this email address.

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

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