🌱 #JobHuntMondays | One Acre Fund is hiring an Agricultural R&D Manager on a 3-year fixed-term contract, to lead agricultural research that helps smallholder farmers across Africa grow more and protect their soils.

🌍 What One Acre Fund is doing: One Acre Fund equips 5.5 million smallholder farmers with quality farm supplies, tree seedlings, credit and agronomic training, across countries home to two-thirds of Africa’s farmers. On average, supported farmers increase their income and assets on supported land by more than 35 percent.

💼 In this role, you’d:
🌾 Lead research on crop varieties, crop nutrition and soil health, including organic and biological alternatives to fertiliser and erosion control
🔬 Design rigorous on-station and on-farm trials, and turn the results into practical recommendations for farmers
📊 Set up KPI tracking, dashboards and data standards for agricultural research across countries
🎓 Train country research teams in trial design, data analysis and data management
🤝 Work with universities, CGIAR centres, national research systems and seed companies

📋 Strong fit if you have:
✅ A PhD with 3 years, or an MSc with 5 years, of experience in applied agricultural sciences
✅ Strong knowledge of agronomy and crop pests for maize, legumes, solanaceous and high-value crops
✅ Experience designing and managing trials with smallholder farmers
✅ Solid statistics skills, and familiarity with machine learning applied to climate and soil data
✅ Citizenship or permanent residency in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia, Malawi, the DRC, Zambia or Nigeria

📌 Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, so apply early.

💚 IMVELO Impact: Healthy soil is the foundation of Africa’s food future. Research that helps farmers cut fertiliser costs, restore soils and adapt crops to local conditions builds harvests, and resilience, that last.

📍 Location: Kenya, or flexible across One Acre Fund’s countries of operation
⏳ Duration: 3 years
⏰ Deadline: 8 January 2027

🔗 https://oneacrefund.org/vacancies/agricultural-rd-manager-fixed-term

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