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

Our ~70-strong Tech team delivers and operates a broad range of IT solutions to support our activity, including internal developments and off-the-shelf enterprise solutions used by farmers and field or HQ staff.

This includes e.g. mobile apps for field staff to manage farmer’s orders and loans or track deliveries, BI solutions to analyze farmer yields, farmer-facing services through e.g. WhatsApp or USSD to manage their accounts, or back-office solutions to manage employee information and requests.

Our data engineering and analytics team is 6+ strong and leverages a technical stack that includes Airbyte, Dataiku, Snowflake, and Apache Superset.

We are looking to hire a Head of Data and Analytics; you will report to the CTO.

Responsibilities

• Lead the way and manage data professionals, developing skillsets and team engagement, setting clear goals, managing career growth and performance
• Data Analytics:
• Provide Technical leadership to your team, selecting and implementing relevant tools to be part of our data stack
• Create awareness and provide support and coaching to our organization on our portfolio of self-service datasets, tools, and reports
• Perform evangelism to promote the value of a data-driven culture
• Uphold our standards of quality, documentation, and delivery efficiency throughout our activity, and establish processes to enforce these
• Ensure we have a clear, comprehensive data strategy, and ensure compliance to to our data management policies
• AI & Machine Learning:
• Continuous Improvement:

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:

• 10+ years of experience in the software industry, including 5+ years in a data / BI role
• Experience in BI tools such as Tableau, Power BI, Looker, Superset, and data processing and querying languages (numpy, pandas, R, SQL.)
• Experience in machine learning algorithms and frameworks (TensorFlow, pytorch, scikit-learn, LangChain…)
• User-focused mindset

Preferred Start Date

As soon as possible

Job Location

Kigali, Rwanda or Nairobi, Kenya, but remote option possible from any of our 8 countries of operation in Africa

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

11 November 2024

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.

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.