JOB DETAILS:
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, our farmers harvest 50 per cent 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 Young Professionals Program One Acre Fund’s Young Professionals Program offers high-performing African graduates meaningful internships and training opportunities at a high-performing, mission-driven organization. Our internships are paid and all interns can expect to receive substantive work assignments working on high-impact projects that support One Acre Fund's operations.
When joining, interns will participate in an onboarding program and receive training on how to design and execute projects. Throughout your internship, you will get the opportunity to work with like-minded individuals and receive learning opportunities to build strong foundations for your future career.
About the Role As the Communications Intern, you will support content production systems and processes, ensuring accurate and on-time reporting externally to stakeholders and internally to staff, through standard communications channels (MonMon, Quarterly reports, Twitter). You will also help improve the availability of ready-to-use content through content archiving and promote inclusion in our communications by offering translation and interpretation services on demand.
Responsibilities • Organize content collection meetings/calls with Business Unit/Team leads, as well as interviews with farmers and select org stakeholders
• Draft content for Twitter, the MonMon and the quarterly reports following outlines developed by the Communications Specialist
• Build a consistent content and photo archiving system, and create a content bank accessible by staff on demand.
• Provide support in translating key impactful program documents as assigned by the Communications Specialist.
• Translate the Bi-monthly Monitor
• Join selected field visits to interpret for farmers, staff or visitors from English to Kinyarwanda and vice-versa, upon request from the Communications Specialist
• Support the communications research work for data-driven decisions
• Career Growth and Development
We have a strong culture of constant learning and we deeply invest in our people. You’ll have weekly check-ins with your manager, access to mentorship and training, and regular feedback on your performance. We’ll hold career reviews every one-three months, and set aside time to discuss your aspirations and career goals. You’ll have the opportunity to shape a growing organization and gain rewarding technical experience.
Qualifications Across all roles, these are
the general qualifications we look for. For this role specifically, you will have:
• Knowledge of mass communications strategies is required
• Storytelling
• Writing and reporting for an internal and external audience
• Social media management
• Stakeholder management
• Google Applications
Preferred Start Date As soon as possible
Job Location Kigali, Rwanda
Benefits • Interns will be provided with a reasonable stipend for the duration of their contract. Rural area-based fellows will be assisted in locating suitable housing.
Eligibility This role is only open to citizens or permanent residents of Rwanda
JOB DETAILS: 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, our farmers harvest 50 per cent 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 Young Professionals Program One Acre Fund’s Young Professionals Program offers high-performing African graduates meaningful internships and training opportunities at a high-performing, mission-driven organization. Our internships are paid and all interns can expect to receive substantive work assignments working on high-impact projects that support One Acre Fund's operations.
When joining, interns will participate in an onboarding program and receive training on how to design and execute projects. Throughout your internship, you will get the opportunity to work with like-minded individuals and receive learning opportunities to build strong foundations for your future career.
About the Role The main objective is to ensure all payments of farmers are made with no errors and that all data for reconciliation are ready to be shared (to prepare the documents). You will report to the Administration and Finance Coordinator. You will have a duration of 3 months of internship that is extendable.
Responsibilities • To interpret, process, verify and report data from the field team
• Develop and utilize Google sheets, and databases.
• Verify payments details and follow up with bank, Tigo and Airtel payments
• Work with other teammates to accomplish your daily duties
• Any other responsibilities as assigned by your manager.
Career Growth and Development We have a strong culture of constant learning and we deeply invest in our people. You’ll have weekly check-ins with your manager, access to mentorship and training, and regular feedback on your performance. We’ll hold career reviews every one-three months, and set aside time to discuss your aspirations and career goals. You’ll have the opportunity to shape a growing organization and gain rewarding technical experience.
Qualifications Across all roles, these are the
general qualifications we look for. For this role specifically, you will have:
• Have a bachelor's degree in Business administration, finance, accounting, or any other related field.
• 1+ years of professional work experience in finance or a related field
• The intern must know the basic principles of accounting and financial analysis.
• Must be able to collect, evaluate, and interpret data
• Should be capable of preparing files and maintaining records and documentation
• Should have good written and oral communication skills.
• Other skills required are related to entering and verifying data, knowledge of computers, and standard office equipment.
Preferred Start Date As soon as possible
Job Location Kigali, Rwanda
Benefits • Interns will be provided with a reasonable stipend for the duration of their contract. Rural area-based fellows will be assisted in locating suitable housing.
Eligibility This role is only open to citizens or permanent residents of Rwanda