Landscape Restoration Coordinator (Greater Rift Valley) - Fixed Term

About One Acre Fund

Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund supplies 1 million smallholder farmers with the agricultural services they need to make their farms vastly more productive. Our 8,000+ team is drawn from diverse backgrounds and professions. With operations across six core countries in Africa, we make farmers more prosperous by providing quality farm supplies on credit, delivered within walking distance of farmers’ homes, and agricultural training to improve harvests. On average, the farmers we serve harvest 50 percent more food after working with One Acre Fund. 

To learn more about our work, take a look at our Why Work Here blog for more information.

About the Role

One Acre Fund seeks an experienced, dedicated Landscape Restoration Coordinator to support Bezos Earth Fund restoration grants, lead coordination over the existing portfolio of Bezos Earth Fund restoration grants and ensuring functional collaboration across grantees in the landscape and at the regional level. You will coordinate both grantee partners and other important partners in the landscape to align ongoing investments to maximize impact. You will be skilled at managing team dynamics and inspiring the partnership of Earth Fund grantees to achieve a shared landscape goal.

Responsibilities

Manage Greater Rift Valley Basin landscape restoration grants (50%). Examples include:

• Generate processes and mechanisms for collaboration and coordination across Earth Fund grantees in each country, maximizing information-sharing and collective design, strengthening, and delivery of restoration efforts.
• Assist with data capture, analysis, and reporting for grants awarded in specified region(s) to support learning, assessment, thought leadership, and storytelling activities.
• Research and analyze trends, challenges, and opportunities related to locally-led land restoration.
• May supervise the work of temps, interns, and consultants.

Enable collaboration with important restoration partners (50%)

• Manage relationships with a suite of grantees and key local implementing organizations, ensuring adaptive grant management.
• Coordinate with other private and government funders to prevent duplication and promote collaborative grant making.
• Support strategy development for the Earth Fund’s East Africa restoration portfolio and identify potential new grantee partners.

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

Across all roles, these are the general qualifications we look for. For this role specifically, you will have:

• 8 years of experience in the restoration field in sub-Saharan Africa is required, with a strong preference for experience delivering or managing seven-to-eight-figure grants. Experience working with local organizations, community-based groups, or SMEs.
• A graduate degree in a relevant discipline is of interest but not required.
• Understanding of the core issues related to landscape restoration, and a commitment to locally led approaches.
• A collaborative style that encourages the ideas and contributions of others, supports positive team culture, and celebrates others’ success.
• Ability to communicate effectively with people from a variety of backgrounds, including across cultures and time zones.
• Independent project management skills
• Fluent English & French required, Kirundi or Kinyarwanda preferred

Preferred Start Date

As soon as possible

Job Location

Nairobi, Kenya

Benefits

Health insurance, housing, and comprehensive benefits

Contract Duration

1 year 

Eligibility

This role is only open to citizens or permanent residents of Kenya

Application Deadline

30 June 2024

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 ([email protected]), but do not send applications or application materials to this email address.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI), and anti-racism are deeply connected to our organization’s mission and purpose. One Acre Fund aspires to build a culture where all staff feel consistently valued, represented, and connected – so that our team can thrive as professionals, and achieve exceptional impact for the farmers we serve.

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.