Duty
station: Karongi, Rwanda
Application
deadline: February 18, 2014 at 4 : 45 PM
Full
job description
12
JOBS Positions at One Acre Fund (Tubura), Karongi, Rwanda - DEADLINE:
18/02/2014
Tubura
has numerous career development opportunities for exceptional professionals
looking for a career in international development.
Employer:
One Acre Fund (Tubura)
Job
Location: Rubengera (Kibirizi), Karongi district
Duration:
Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job
Preferred
Start Date: Immediate
Compensation:
A
gross salary commensurate with experience and education, between 200,000 and
650,000 RWF per month (before taxes)
Benefits:
Health coverage, room and board
Career
Development: Weekly managerial contact with bi-annual performance reviews and
real time feedback on your professional development
Organization Description
Tubura
is a social enterprise that serves smallholder farmers with a bundle of
training, inputs and credit. Currently, we serve around 60,000 Rwandan farmers,
under the brand ‘Tubura’. We do not give handouts, but ask farmers to invest in
their future through participating in our program. Their investment in modern
agricultural techniques increases their harvest. We are looking for people to
join our team that canhelp more farmers realize this gain in income. See
www.oneacrefund.org for more information.
General qualifications, required for
all positions:
Ÿ Commitment
to living in a rural area for an extended period of time
Ÿ Excellent
command of English and French
Ÿ Excellent
Microsoft Excel and Data Analysis skills: Comfortable manipulating large data
sets, using vlookups, pivot tables, etc.
Ÿ Able
to communicate and work with a variety of professionals in an
international-facing environment, as shown by international (work) experience.
Please
only apply if you also fit the qualifications for your preferred position.
1. Administrative Associate
Industry:
Human Resources, Data Management
Job
Description
Tubura
is looking for oneexceptional personto assist with our corporate operations. An
administrative associate would provide support to our Corporate Operations team
in the form of human resources work, client management, informational resource
creation, and communication with field team leaders. As a rapidly growing
organization, Tubura is in need of a multifaceted person to assist in a variety
of tasks most pressing to the organization.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
Communicate
with all internal personnel levels of Tubura operations, create and disseminate
informational resources, aid in the systematization of office practices and
client database management, and contribute to the overall growth strategy and
daily operations of the organization.
Qualifications
Ÿ Top
performing academic background (must have at least a Bachelor's degreein
international development or economics with proof of performance)
Ÿ At
least 1 year of solid working experience in administration, database
management, and/or client services
Ÿ Marketing
experience required; relevant examples include creating content for blogs,
external communication materials, promoting community training/outreach
projects
2. Business Development Associate (2)
Industry:
Fundraising, Donor Reporting, Administration
Job Description
Tubura
is seeking two experienced professionals to work as our business development
associates. As a rapidly growing organization, Tubura needs people to oversee
grants and donations to our Rwandan operations. This position involves
extensive communication with Tubura's funders, including managing site visits,
donor satisfaction, and overseeing the overall organization of Tubura's
operations to ensure the quality control of our funding.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
Ÿ Acting
as the liaison between Tubura donors and Tubura field operations
Ÿ Coordinating
onsite experiences for donors and government officials
Ÿ Monitoring
the fiscal responsibility of Tubura operations
Ÿ Reconciling
the interests of donors with Tubura's growth strategy
Ÿ Monitoring
Tubura’s growth trends to ensure the organization’s sustainability
Qualifications
Ÿ Top
performing academic background (must have at least a Master's degree in
international development or political science with proof of performance)
Ÿ At
least 2 years of solid working experience in administration, community
mobilization, and/or event management.
Ÿ Extensive
fundraising experience in order to speak the language of donors; preferable to
have experience in a foundation or dealing with donor funds
3. Database Associate (2)
Industry:
Statistical Analysis, Data Management
Job
Description
Tubura
is seeking two extraordinary individuals to maintain our client database. We
currently serve 60,000 farmers, with rapid anticipated growth rates in the
coming years. We would like two database associates to track the intake,
status, and growth of our clients throughout their duration with One Acre Fund.
The database associates would analyze critical data points in order to improve
our services to farmers, produce informational resources for our clients to
improve farmer understanding, and perform daily operating tasks.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
Ÿ Database
management and data analysis
Ÿ daily
tracking of services, vouchers and client productivity, general administrative
tasks regarding our client database such as developing marketing materials
Ÿ Informational
handouts and more efficient organizational practices to reach our farmers, and
interacting with clients to ensure customer satisfaction
Qualifications
Ÿ Top
performing academic background (must have at least a Bachelor's degreein
economics or international development with proof of performance)
Ÿ At
least 1 year of solid working experience in administration, database
management, and/or community mobilization
Ÿ For
one of these two positions, knowledge of and experience with VBA programming is
required
Ÿ For
one of these two positions, experience with fraud fighting is required.
Ÿ Marketing
experience required; relevant examples include creating content for blogs,
external communication materials, promoting community training/outreach
projects
4. Field Operations Associate (2)
Industry:
Nonprofit, International Development
Job
Description
Tubura
is looking for two exceptional people to manage our field operations. Ideally,
these people would start managing one district, and then acquire oversight of
several districts as Tubura's operations grow throughout Rwanda. The field
operations associates would advise and manage Field Officers, aid inthe
logistics of our services, and contribute to the overall growth and development
of the organization.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
Ÿ Oversight
of Tubura's field operations in one or multiple districts, including management
of field staff,
Ÿ Management
of Tubura's client database, requiring a solid understanding of Excel and
Office programs,
Ÿ Marketing
of Tubura's services to current and future Tubura farmers, managing groups of
farmers,
Ÿ Interacting
with donors and other Tubura staff across East Africa to streamline operations.
Qualifications
Ÿ Top
performing academic background (must have at least a Bachelor's degree in
international development or economics with proof of performance)
Ÿ At
least 1 year of solid working experience in event management and/or community
mobilization
Ÿ Marketing
experience required; relevant examples include creating content for blogs, external
communication materials, promoting community training/outreach projects
5. Innovations Associate (2)
Industry:
Monitoring and Evaluation, Corporate Innovations
Job
Description
Tubura
is looking for one exceptional person to manage our local innovations
operations. Tubura works to ensure that our farmers get the highest return on
their investment, which means that we must choose crops and fertilizer that
respond favorably to the regions in which they are cultivated. An innovations
associate would aid in the testing of our service package to make certain that
our farmers have the most appropriate technologies to improve their
circumstances from the trial stage to the market.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
Ÿ Aiding
in the local monitoring and evaluation of crops, fertilizer use, and new
technologies that would increase farmer income
Ÿ Collecting,
organizing, and analyzing data (this requires an extensive understanding of
Excel and data management)
Ÿ Researching
and testing new products and services through market analysis
Ÿ Understanding
supply chains and competitive pricing structures
Ÿ Working
with the local and international community to test new products/services.
Qualifications
Ÿ Top
performing academic background (must have at least a Bachelor's degree in a
business,international relationsor a related fieldwith proof of performance)
Ÿ At
least 3 years of solid working experience in agriculture research, or
agricultural services
Ÿ Fundraising
experience(to ensure future research funding) not necessary but nice to have
Ÿ Understanding
of markets and supply chains to determine the feasibility of new products and
services, and market access
6. Supply Chain Associate (2)
Industry: Logistics, Economic
Development
Job Description
Tubura
is seeking two exceptional professionals to manage our supply chain logistics.
Tubura currently provides goods and services to over 60,000 Rwandans with rapid
anticipated growth in the coming years. We need two systems minded
professionals to ensure the functionality of our operations during expansion.
The supply chain associates will rigorously test the economics of our
operations from the original country import to the single famer's goods
delivery, including the logistics of market access, seasonal pricing
structures, and the quantity to quality tradeoffs of our service bundle.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
Ÿ Cost
benefit analysis of our supply chain and distribution system,
Ÿ Working
with suppliers to ensure fair pricing structures,
Ÿ Working
with famers to ensure their understanding of pricing structures, the quality of
goods, and market fluctuations,
Ÿ Working
with our monitoring and evaluation team develop better goods and services if
farmers are not receiving the most cost-effective goods and services
Qualifications
Ÿ Top
performing academic background (must have at least a Bachelor's degree in
business with proof of performance)
Ÿ At
least 3 years of solid working experience in business, supply chain logistics,
and/or market analysis
Ÿ Experience
in agriculture markets is nice to have
Ÿ Basic
understanding of fundamental economic principles like supply, demand, and
Pareto efficiency
7. Training and Education Associate
Industry:
Training, Education, and Administration
Job
Description
Tubura
is looking for one exceptional critically minded person to manage our training
and education operations in the field. Due to Tubura's rapid growth rate, our
team needs an accomplished leader to strengthen our capacity in all areas to
meet this growth, including farmer recruitment, retention, policy, procedures,
staff development, team relations, and training. We want someone that is able
to fulfill this vision while maintaining our commitment to quality and
service.Please note that this vision requires complex numerical and logistical
problem solving abilities.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
Ÿ Vetting,
managing, and mentoring of field staff:
Ÿ Establish
and train strong teams to build operational capacity, including hiring,
training and managing field team leaders in Tubura,
Ÿ Mentoring
your team to ensure their professional development, standardizing and improving
staff development materials across sites (including computer trainings) and
ensuring that all staff have the opportunity to enroll in high quality training
programs specific to their role and skill level,
Ÿ Creating
complex data systems and mathematically means testing our operations to ensure
economic efficiency and organizational sustainability, and
Ÿ Ensuring
that team relations remain one of our strongest points as an organization.
Qualifications
Ÿ Top
performing academic background (must have at least a master’sdegree in anexact
science)
Ÿ At
least 2 years of solid working experience in administration, resource
mobilization, and/or community mobilization
Ÿ Must
have proven leadership experience at individual and team levels; i.e. must have
held a leadership position managing at least five people for a minimum 6 months
Ÿ Driver's
license is nice to have as this positions requires a significant extent of
individual travel between field teams
To
Apply
Send
an email with a one-page cover letter (in which you explain your motivation for
the position) and your CV to jobsrwanda@oneacrefund.org before 18February 2014.
Put the position for which you apply in the subject line of your email. You may
only apply for one position.
We
will immediately send you a survey that must be completed within 7 days.
Applications not following this procedure will not be considered.
You
may expect to hear from us by 7 March 2014, after reviewing your application
and survey responses.
*Please
note that Tubura has an extensive hiring process with several rounds of testing
and interviews that could take 1-3 months. We thank you for your patience and
cooperation in the hiring process.
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