Uganda Central Program Field Leader (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. 

Piloted in 2020, the One Acre Fund Central Program supports coffee growers, who currently use old tree stocks and outdated techniques, with GAP extension, inputs, and market access. In 2022, 8,400 coffee farmers were served, with a $75 impact per farmer (and impact expected to grow over time), and a good program retention rate of 90%.  In 2023, we served ~10,000 coffee farmers in Mukono district.  Through our 2024-2027 expansion we aim to reach an additional 34,000 coffee farmers per year by 2027.

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

About the Role

The Field Leader will be responsible for supervising Field Managers and their Field Officers, ensuring field activities are carried out effectively across all Pods/Sectors and Parishes under your supervision

Responsibilities

• Farmer Enrollment
  • Develop and implement strategies to ensure the enrollment of 500+ farmers per Field Officer in each site or parish across all of the FMs in your scope of supervision.
  • Drive marketing and ordering of One Acre Fund products and services to all potential farmers as part of enrollment across all of the FMs in your scope of supervision
  • Ensure less than 5 Fake/Ghost farmers in each site across all of the FMs
• Field Staff and Farmer Training
  • Review field and farmer agronomy trainings for FMs and FOs in coordination with your manager to ensure fit for purpose. 
  • Run and conduct quality trainings for FMs and FOs across field and agronomy activities throughout the season. 
  • Lead field team and staff meetings. Manage Monday and Wednesday Meetings to ensure timeliness, quality of sessions, and strong KPI discussions, field strategies, and knowledge transfer.
• Field Visits
  • Conduct regular field visits to verify and monitor field operations and impact activities across your field managers’ scopes of work. 
  • Ensure integrity of results reported, troubleshoot field challenges, and ensure team integrity in field reports.
  • Ensure field presence for all our FMs and FOs from Monday to Friday.
  • Provide timely reporting and updates of all program field activities to relevant stakeholders, both internally and externally as required.
• Planning and Strategy setting 
  • Lead the season planning and management of pods/sectors and sites under supervision including field operations, staff development, field logistics, field challenges and problem-solving, etc.
  • Develop and implement strategies to attain our field operational KPIs across the season through our FMs, and FOs. 
  • Supervise and support FMs in driving results and customer service through their FOs.
  • Report Daily KPIs across all FMs and FOs.
• Local Leader Engagement
  • Coordinate and conduct regular touchpoints with Local Leaders and District / Sub County Agricultural Officers across our operational area to ensure they're continuously aware of our key activities and updates through the season, and that we have their support for our work on the ground

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:

• Knowledge:  Program knowledge, Coffee Agronomy
• Skills: 
  • Technical: Typing Skills, Basic Google Sheets/Microsoft Excel/Google Docs/Microsoft Word
  • Soft skills: Communication, interpersonal, organizational, problem solving, team building
• At least 3 years of experience working with smallholder farmers in Uganda
• At least 1 years of experience of any level of Field Team management.
• Ability to cover large distances by road daily
• Ability to lead Field team strategies. You constantly look for alternative solutions to problems.
• Diploma in Agriculture or Bachelor's degree in any related field.
• Fluent in English and Luganda

Fluent in English and Luganda

Preferred Start Date

As soon as possible

Job Location

Kisonga, Uganda

Benefits

Health insurance, paid time off 

Contract Duration

1 year

Eligibility

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

Application Deadline

26 October 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.