Rwanda Youth and Gender Social Behavior Change Lead (Fixed-Term)

About One Acre Fund

Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund equips more than 4 million smallholder farmers to make their farms more productive. Across nine countries that together are home to two-thirds of Africa's farmers, we provide high-quality farm supplies, tree seedlings, accessible credit, modern agronomic training, and a wide range of other agricultural services. On average, this model enables any farmer to increase her income and assets on supported land by more than 40 percent, while permanently improving her climate resilience. This is all made possible by our team of 8,000+ full-time staff, drawn from diverse backgrounds and professions.

Our Rwanda program, founded in 2007, operates under the local brand Tubura. We have more than 3,200 staff located in all four Rwanda provinces and Kigali. Together, we directly serve more than 790,000 farmers. To learn more about our work, look at our Rwanda program blog for more information.

About the Role

One Acre Fund Rwanda has an organizational priority to  serve young farmers more effectively, by layering new youth-focused interventions on existing program channels. We seek a Youth & Gender Social Behavior Change Lead to help coordinate this work across our operation, helping to integrate youth learning and programming into One Acre Fund Rwanda’s program design and strategies. This is a new role, and an exciting opportunity for a motivated expert with both technical and on-the-ground experience to co-design our youth and gender based strategy  by providing data- and experience-driven guidance on new youth-focused products and services with opportunity to work on other projects as we see fit.

You will collaborate with a cross-functional team, including the data, Execution, Marketing,  Scale and Innovation, Global Impact, Monitoring & Evaluation teams to develop a long-term youth engagement strategy, youth-focused product & services, and to embed a youth focus into One Acre Fund Rwanda’s  programmatic decisions. You are expected to collaborate across multiple departments both at the global and in-country levels to advise on the implementation of evidence-based programming targeted at young farmers and gender broadly. You will report to the Product and Strategy Lead.

Responsibilities

• Enrich 1AF Rwanda’s Youth Learning through research and impact assessments: 
  • You will work with our data and performance teams to gather learnings on the demographics, socio-economic status, farming systems, and daily lives of young smallholder farmers - through surveys, focus groups, and formative research.
  • You will make recommendations to reach youth & women through both traditional and non-traditional channels.
  • You will generate and compile insights into young farmer priorities, barriers, needs, pain points and aspirations.
  • You will determine the most effective way to track & monitor impact for youth & women. 
• Using those learnings, develop, pilot and scale targeted products and service for youth & women farmers
  • You will both review 1AF Rwanda’s existing product portfolio to determine which existing products/services are most attractive to youth & women and identify  new products and services not currently offered by Tubura based on the needs and challenges of these populations which:
    1.  are in demand by youth & women, 
    2.  align with Tubura strategy, and 
    3.  are regionally available.
  • You will support the evaluation of pilots, with a focus on impact, cost-effectiveness and scalability of the identified products and services.
  • Over time, you will propose and co-design clear practical recommendations for scale-up of proven  initiatives aimed at addressing the barriers and opportunities faced by young farmers.
  • Lastly, you will develop, execute and continuously improve a tailored marketing strategy for both existing and new 1AF Rwanda products & services designed to appeal to youth and young women

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:

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Sociology, Business or related field.
• Minimum of 2+ years of experience working on design and implementation of youth-focused programming or system changes, in the context of smallholder agriculture.

Preference will be given to candidates with:

• Experience using data to support decision-making with senior leadership and implementing teams.
• Experience developing communications, marketing, or training strategy and materials.
• Experience developing products, processes improvements and piloting them with actual users. 

Please note that the listed requirements are not exhaustive. If you think that you have the skills, passion and determination to co-design and report on One Acre Fund's youth strategy and programming, feel free to apply, even if you don't meet all the specified criteria. We welcome your application!

Preferred Start Date

As soon as possible

Job Location

Kigali, Rwanda

Benefits

Health insurance, housing, and comprehensive benefits

Contract Duration

4 years

Eligibility

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

Application Deadline

03 November 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.