The posting
About One Acre Fund
Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund equips 5.5 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 their income and assets on supported land by more than 35 percent, while permanently improving their resilience. This is all made possible by our team of 9,000+ full-time staff, drawn from diverse backgrounds and professions. To learn more, please see our Why Work Here blog post.
Our Kenya program, founded in 2006, operates under the local brand Tupande. Close to 500 staff in our Kakamega headquarters support 1,747 field staff and serve more than 1 million farmers. In Nairobi, around 50 staff support global functions like procurement, recruitment, government relations, and communications
About the Role
Seeking an experienced team leader with strong field experience to supervise our Cashew Extension and Aggregation team in Lamu — a brand-new region for Tupande — and help build our footprint from scratch.
Responsibilities
Supervise the extension and aggregation work within your assigned area:
- Work with a team of officers assigned to you to ensure achievement of quality and quantity targets within your buying centers
- Facilitate training for your team to ensure quality and compliance in the team
- Carry out daily records reconciliation, update trackers and prepare reports
- Ensure strict adherence to controls, policies and set guidelines
Innovation and process improvement:
- Identify ways to improve our processes and value proposition to our farmers
- Working with your manager, develop extension and aggregation service growth strategies
- Participate in setting the aggregation target and strategies to help achieve the target
- Collect and submit timely and accurate data to inform decisions
Customer Experience:
- Through your officers, run farmer engagement forums on quality improvement, proper agronomy, certification and other trainings as may be developed by the department
- Ensure top notch client service to every farmer that is served through the buying centers and the sites.
- Ensure proper and prompt resolution of all grievances raised by our clients
Any other duties as may be assigned by your manager.
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:
- Diploma or degree in Agriculture, Agribusiness, Community Development, or related field.
- Knowledge of the Cashew value chain (e.g. grades, quality,seasonality) is appreciated
- 2+ years’ work experience in an agricultural related field.
- A track record in planning field activities and troubleshooting issues
- Able to coordinate teams for harvesting and sourcing from smallholders
- Passionate about serving smallholder farmers
- Demonstrated ability to deliver on ambitious field targets
- Proficiency in Google Office Suite
Preferred Start Date
As soon as possible
Job Location
Lamu, Coast, Kenya
Benefits
Health insurance, paid time off
Contract Duration
8 months
Eligibility
This role is only open to citizens or permanent residents of Kenya.
Application Deadline
10 December 2026. Please note that we hire on a rolling basis which means that applications are reviewed and processed on a continuous basis until a hire is made.
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.
