Description
One Acre Fund is hiring a Uganda Field Operations Lead based in Jinja, Uganda. As the Field Operations Lead, you will drive core seasonal activities, manage regional teams, and spearhead program expansion. You will deliver impact targets through rigorous field execution, coach Regional Leads, and represent the department. You will report to the Head of Field Programs. Main responsibilities: • Lead the field implementation of the Uganda Vision and Strategy and drive up farmer impact in the region served. • Identify and implement the resources, processes, and systems required to achieve the vision and strategy in the region served. • Lead the design and setting up of OKRs for the department and support the Regional Leads to set OKRs that translate the vision and strategy into executable activities. • Season execution: coffee program execution and tree mobilisation • Own the season execution plan end to end by making sure every training in the season calendar is delivered on time, to standard, and at target attendance in each region. • Lead field mobilisation for the tree programme. • Track weekly execution against plan using KPIs and data.
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.
Requirements
Across all roles, these are the general qualifications we look for. For this role specifically, you will have: 5-7 years of experience in field operations, programme delivery or a similar role, and at least ~2 years in management, ideally in agriculture, rural development or last-mile distribution. Demonstrated experience managing people, ideally managers or team leads. Experience delivering seasonal or time-bound operations at scale. Experience with expansion, scale-up, or new-site launches is a strong advantage. Willingness to travel regularly to field sites across Uganda Preferred Start Date As soon as possible Job Location Jinja, Uganda
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