Agroforestry Manager at One Acre Fund

One Acre Fund is an agricultural service provider that supports Africa's smallholder farmers to build resilient communities. More than 50 million families in Sub-Saharan Africa earn a living from small farms, which produce 80 percent of the continent’s food. But harvests still lag far behind the rest of the world. We supply the financing and training these farmers need to grow their way out of hunger and build lasting pathways to prosperity. Instead of giving handouts, we invest in farmers to help them increase their yields and their profits. When farmers become more productive, they help feed healthy communities and create thriving economies. They also reduce environmental pressure by doing more with less land.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Agroforestry Manager 

Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Full Time
Preferred Start Date: As soon as possible.

About the Role

• As Agroforestry Manager, you will help address three key challenges facing smallholder farmers - extreme poverty, climate change, and biodiversity loss - through agroforestry and Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR). 
• Specifically, you will strengthen and improve existing programs that serve more than 2 million farm families and produce over 70 million seedlings per year through a network of over 2,500 local nurseries. 
• You will also have ample opportunity to improve new approaches to generate positive change for farm families and the environment, working on a variety of complex challenges including strengthening our supply of quality tree seedlings, improving trainings for nursery managers, and diversifying our species offerings.
• The Agroforestry Manager will support a dedicated international agroforestry team and ten embedded agroforestry teams - one in each country program - and will report to the Agroforestry Director.

Responsibilities

• Support agroforestry program leads in 10 programs to meet their operational targets to achieve One Acre Fund’s vision of one billion trees planted by 2030., including seedling production, adoption, survival, and species diversification. This may also involve managing via dotted line some of the smaller program leads.
• Develop and maintain performance tracking systemsthat help program leads understand and improve their performance, including scale, impact, ecosystem service indicators, and more.
• Foster agroforestry team cohesion and shared learningthrough pull-ups with field teams and the Agroforestry Director, team-building and improved knowledge management and dissemination
• Scope, pilot, and scale new investments to improve program impact and reach.For example, you could launch initiatives to improve seedling survival rates, implement new tech solutions that improve programming, or identify solutions to seedling supply challenges.
• Facilitate external partnerships. Help communicate agroforestry program results and plans to external partners through data, visuals, and narratives.

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:
Experience in Agroforestry and Landscape Restoration:

• University or advanced degree in agroforestry, ecology, restoration, or related fields
• 3+ years of leadership and demonstrated results in agroforestry, restoration, or related domains in Sub-Saharan Africa.
• Familiarity with nature-based carbon projects, including implementation and certification is an additional advantage

External Relationships:

• Exceptional written and verbal communication to engage a range of audiences, including rural farmers, internal staff, external partners, and organizational leadership
• History of collaboration with primary actors in the forestry and landscape restoration sectors, including implementers, technical resources, and policy-makers
• Experience launching new programs or building successful partnerships

Management Skills:

• Experience managing high-level team members and coordinating complex and scalable programs
• Penchant for data-driven decision-making with structured analysis and fact-based recommendations
• Experience with multi-year, multi-project budgeting and planning

Others:

• Willingness to travel within the region up to 25% of the time
• English Fluency. Other preferred languages include Swahili, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Chichewa, Amharic, or French.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Housing
• And comprehensive benefits

Application Closing Date
11th March, 2025.