Location: Kigali, Rwanda
Work Type: Not specified
Salary: Not disclosed
Experience Level: 6 years of experience
Application Deadline: Not specified
About the Company
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.
The Opportunity
We are seeking a highly skilled and passionate Senior Agronomist with in-depth expertise and at least 6 years of experience in Conservation Agriculture and deploying farmer training in these practices in the field.
What You'll Do
- Conservation Agriculture Strategy & Extension Development
- Develop and continuously improve scalable conservation agriculture advisory models in collaboration with farmer advisory and field teams.
- Design practical extension materials, training manuals, visual guides, and digital tools tailored to diverse farmer needs and contexts.
- Translate technical concepts including cover cropping, minimum tillage, agroforestry, and integrated pest management into practical field-based curricula.
- Adapt advisory approaches and materials based on climate, soil, socioeconomic conditions, farmer feedback, and field learning.
- Farmer Training, Field Deployment & Adoption
- Provide hands-on technical guidance to field teams delivering farmer trainings, workshops, Farmer Field Schools, and demonstration plots.
- Build the capacity of field staff and local extension agents to effectively promote and support conservation agriculture adoption.
- Provide timely agronomic troubleshooting to farmers and field teams addressing crop, soil, pest, and climate-related challenges.
- Work with MEL and field teams to develop and implement systems that track adoption, farmer outcomes, and opportunities for scaling.
Requirements
Core Qualifications
- Across all roles, these are the general qualifications we look for . For this role specifically, you will have
- Master’s degree in Agronomy, Agroecology, Crop Science, Soil Science, or a closely related agricultural field.
- Proven experience developing agricultural extension materials and leading farmer-facing training, capacity building, or advisory programs.
- Preferred Start Date
- As soon as possible
- Job Location
- Kigali, Rwanda
Technical Expertise
- Minimum 6 years of relevant professional experience in agronomy, conservation agriculture, regenerative agriculture, or agroecological farming systems.
Professional Strengths
- Demonstrated experience coordinating multi-stakeholder projects involving government, NGOs, research institutions, academia, or private-sector partners.
- Strong hands-on experience working directly with smallholder farmers and field teams, with willingness to travel extensively and spend significant time in rural settings.
- Proficiency in English is required; additional regional or international languages are an advantage.
Benefits & Perks
- Health insurance, housing, and comprehensive benefits
- Contract Duration
- 2 years, renewable with a high chance based on good performance.
- Eligibility
- This role is open to all applicants; however, candidates with citizenship or permanent residency in Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania, or Burundi are strongly preferred.
Why This Role Matters
This role is a direct way to contribute to One Acre Fund's conservation work through the responsibilities listed above.
How to Apply
03 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 ( globalhotline@oneacrefund.org ), but do not send applications or application materials to this email address.
Application Link: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/oneacrefund/jobs/8174215#app