Oneacrefund
Uganda Agroforestry Lead (Fixed-Term)
Jinja, Uganda. Posted 7 days ago
The role
You will coordinate the annual tree production cycle in Uganda from planning and nursery production to seedling distribution. You will manage the master tree production calendar and align stakeholders across various departments.
What you will do
- Own the master tree production calendar and milestones
- Coordinate activities from production planning to seedling distribution and excess tree management
- Align Product Innovations, Supply Chain, Data, Regional Leads, and Tree Nursery Managers
- Escalate risks, delays, and quality issues to leadership
- Ensure timely nursery setup, weekly supervision, and corrective action
- Work with the Data & Analytics Lead on dashboards and weekly nursery analyses
- Coordinate seed quality control at delivery, receipt, and storage
- Monitor seedling quality and support pre-distribution audits
- Design and lead seedling distribution plans, pack projections, transfers, and route planning
- Coordinate field trials, support scaling of new tree species, and document lessons learned
Required qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture, Forestry, Agroforestry, Natural Resource Management, Economics, Agricultural Economics, or Statistics (or equivalent experience)
- 3 to 5 years of experience in agroforestry or tree production work
- Field programme implementation, with supply chain and logistics coordination
- Strong stakeholder management and communication, including influencing without authority
- Problem-solving and comfort with ambiguity in a fast-scaling organisation
- Data analysis and dashboard use, with the ability to turn data into action
- Willing to travel regularly to nursery sites
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Housing
- Comprehensive benefits
Before you apply
- This role is only open to citizens or permanent residents of Uganda
About the company
One Acre Fund equips 5.5 million smallholder farmers to make their farms more productive. The Uganda program provides more than 34,000 farmers with quality farm supplies and fruit trees.