🌱 #JobHuntMondays | One Acre Fund is hiring a Senior Agronomist for Conservation Agriculture in Rwanda, to help smallholder farmers protect their soil while growing more.

🌍 What One Acre Fund is doing: Rwanda is One Acre Fund's largest programme, operating locally as Tubura. It served over 2.8 million farmers in 2024 across all four provinces, working closely with the government on food security.

💼 In this role, you'd:
🧭 Design scalable conservation agriculture advisory models with field teams
📚 Turn practices like cover cropping, agroforestry and integrated pest management into practical training
👩🏾‍🌾 Guide field teams running farmer trainings, field schools and demonstration plots
🔬 Test and refine practices that improve soil health, water retention, biodiversity and farmer profits
🤝 Build partnerships with government, NGOs, researchers and the private sector

📋 Strong fit if you have:
✅ A master's degree in agronomy, agroecology, crop science, soil science or a related field
✅ 6+ years of experience in conservation, regenerative or agroecological farming
✅ Experience creating extension materials and leading farmer training
✅ Hands-on work with smallholder farmers, and willingness to travel extensively in rural areas
✅ Fluent English (other languages a plus)

💚 IMVELO Impact: Healthy soil is the foundation of climate-resilient farming. Practices that hold water, rebuild soil and protect biodiversity help farmers weather droughts and heavy rains while growing more on the same land.

📍 Location: Kigali, Rwanda (extensive field travel)
🛂 Eligibility: Open to all; citizens/ permanent residents of Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania or Burundi preferred
⏳ Contract: 2 years, renewable based on performance; start as soon as possible
⏰ Deadline: 3 December 2026 (reviewed on a rolling basis, so apply early)

🔗 https://oneacrefund.org/vacancies/rwanda-senior-agronomist-conservation-agriculture-fixed-term

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