Participants receive a structured professional development experience that includes hands-on leadership assignments, mentorship from senior practitioners, exposure to operational and strategic teams, and opportunities to contribute meaningfully to programs that directly benefit smallholder farmers across Africa. The program nurtures skills in management, data-driven decision-making, and high-impact project execution. 

Additional benefits may include access to One Acre Fund’s global network of staff and alumni across multiple countries, strengthening professional connections that support long-term career growth.

This opportunity is open to professionals who have the legal right to work in any of the program’s countries of operation, which include: Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Ethiopia, Burundi, and Malawi. Candidates must already hold the right to work in one of these countries; One Acre Fund does not provide work permit sponsorship for this role. 

You must have a bachelor’s degree or higher, along with 2–4 years of relevant work experience in fields such as project management, stakeholder engagement, strategy, monitoring and evaluation, or development programming. Professional working proficiency in English is required, and fluency in a local language of a program country (e.g., Swahili, Kinyarwanda, French, Amharic) is desired. 

Successful candidates should demonstrate strong competencies in creating structured project plans, using data to inform decisions, managing partnerships, and adapting strategic recommendations into action. Experience or exposure to social enterprises, agriculture, rural development, or related sectors is advantageous but not strictly required. 

This opportunity is open to applicants who already have the legal right to work in the following countries where One Acre Fund operates:

Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Ethiopia, Burundi, and Malawi.

Please note that applicants must already possess the right to work in one of these countries, as work permit sponsorship is not provided for this program.

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