Project Management Associate

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

At One Acre Fund, we have many internal Products used by our client departments and country programs, managed by Product Managers. Often, our clients request a larger, cross-product set of Tech features, that we bundle into formal Projects. As a Project Management Associate at One Acre Fund, you will report directly to the Head of Product Management, managing cross-product technology projects for our country programs and global departments. You will manage project teams with members from Product Management, Development, Business Analysts, UI/UX Designers and representatives from our client departments.

Responsibilities

A successful Project Management Associate in the Tech Department will coordinate diverse team members, building agreement, and driving the group to deliver requested features across multiple products. You’ll manage one or more projects that involve one or more technology products to provide a requested set of features or requirements to our client departments. Specific responsibilities may include:

• Manage the success and completion of your assigned projects according to country program deadlines and Development team resources
• Create documentation for new projects. Ex: project management plans, risk assessments, communication plans
• Create and coordinate project teams to ensure that relevant product managers, developers and team members are moving towards the same goals
• Be the main contact for your projects – become an expert in the business context and respond to requests for updates from clients
• Help create development roadmaps for products involved in your projects

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:

• 3+ years of experience in project management – ideally in a technology related field
• 3+ years of experience in one of our countries of operation
• Strong project management skills, able to coordinate teams of diverse team members to achieve goals. A relevant certification like the PMP is a plus
• Effective communication skills, with demonstrated experience coordinating information through meetings, written and verbal updates, and other channels
• Experience creating useful, high-quality project management documents. Ex: PMPs, gantt charts, meeting agendas
• Language: English is required. Other notable and useful languages are Swahili, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Chichewa, or Amharic

Preferred Start Date

As soon as possible

Job Location

Kigali, Rwanda

Benefits

Health insurance, housing, and comprehensive benefits

Eligibility

One Acre Fund can support a work permit for this role. However, nationals of (or those with an extensive professional background and work history in) our countries of operation are preferred.

Application Deadline

1 November 2021

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.