Ethiopia Innovations and Growth Lead

The role

The Innovations and Growth Lead will shape the strategy to plant 100 million trees and generate impact for Ethiopian farmers. You will lead a team of innovators and M&E specialists to design field trials and turn data into strategic decisions. You will also pioneer revenue models to transition the organization toward a revenue-generating model.

What you will do

• Translate multi-year impact strategies into specific field interventions
• Define annual critical questions and decide which new services or products enter the pipeline
• Design multi-year impact models and oversee the full lifecycle of field trials
• Empower and coach the impact team to research and implement activities
• Partner with Monitoring & Evaluation teams to analyze trial data
• Drive Go/No-Go recommendations for the Country Director
• Champion the professional evolution of direct reports through coaching
• Support the network of 1,000+ nursery managers by improving production
• Engineer scalable solutions to maximize farmer income
• Secure seed supply through large-scale adoption and partnerships

Required qualifications

• Minimum of 7 years of experience in managing complex projects or operations, or social enterprise programs in emerging markets
• 3+ years in one of One Acre Fund's countries of operation
• Experience identifying strategic gaps and designing Learning Agendas
• Significant experience living and working in rural or last-mile settings
• Proven ability to design and execute field trials or pilot programs
• Experience managing large teams of 5-10+ team members
• English required

Nice to have

• Experience working with Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) teams to design surveys
• Amharic preferred

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Housing
• Comprehensive benefits
• Weekly check-ins with manager
• Access to mentorship and training programs
• Regular feedback on performance
• Career reviews every six months

Before you apply

• One Acre Fund can support a work permit for this role
• Nationals of (or those with an extensive professional background and work history in) our countries of operation are preferred
• Applications are reviewed and processed on a continuous basis until a hire is made

About the company

One Acre Fund equips 5.5 million smallholder farmers to make their farms more productive. The organization provides farm supplies, credit, training, and other agricultural services across nine countries.