Uganda Field Operations Regional Lead -Eastern Region (Fixed-Term)

Eastern Uganda

February 25, 2025

Operations Management

Contract

One Acre Fund

About One Acre Fund

Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund equips more than 4 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 40 percent, while permanently improving her climate resilience. This is all made possible by our team of 8,000+ full-time staff, drawn from diverse backgrounds and professions.

Our Uganda program, founded in 2016, serves approximately 27,000 farmers. We offer bespoke training to coffee farmers to help them improve their yields, and distribute a range of different tree species through local nurseries situated close to farmers. Our team in Uganda is headquartered in Jinja, close to the districts we serve, and supported by a small presence in Kampala. To learn more about our work, look at our Uganda program blog.

About the Role

As the Regional Lead for the Eastern Program, you will drive strategy and leadership for cash crops extension training and the adoption of impactful agricultural products, serving over 25,000 farmers. You will manage field programs and ensure they align with organizational goals.

Responsibilities

Vision / Strategy

• Align Region’s Programme to the programme-wide strategy and enhancing Impact and Social Return on Investment (SROI)
• Identify the resources and processes required to improve program goals.
• Work with the Field Operations Programs Lead and collaborate with leads of the different programme elements (Training/Extension, Input Sales, Market Access) and Regions to build a holistic programme approach, setting objectives and plans that work together to meet the org-wide needs.

Team Management

• Directly manage the Regional Implementation Coordinator and the Regional Operations & Administrative Supervisor.
• Oversee the Eastern Program team, set priorities and guide execution of all the Region’s-related projects / programme elements through Ops/Strategy forum
• Lead process improvements and represent the Eastern Program in stakeholder forums.

Execution (Cash-crop Out-growers)

• Revamp the adoption and buy-back strategy with a focus on Chia and Macadamia products.
• Collaborate with rural retail teams to manage the partnerships with main players.

Expansion

• Analyse and synthesise data to inform expansion decisions in the region.

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.