Tupande Lending Specialist

Vacancy

Seeking a candidate with exceptional project management and communication skills and 2+ years of experience working on credit, loan repayment and collection, and asset-based financing to generate impact for farmers.

Location: Kenya
Career Level: Professionals

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, the farmers we serve harvest 50 percent 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 Role

Our 2030 target will require Tupande to change, adapt to new market opportunities, and find new ways of delivering impact to farmers. The Lending Specialist will manage high-priority Kenya lending trials and projects driving up the program's sustainability. You will be involved in all phases of trial development, from design to execution to evaluation. You will report to the lending lead.

Responsibilities

Manage a portfolio of loans, monitoring repayments, and ensuring compliance with existing policies while serving as subject matter expert to regional retail teams as they design their strategy.
Help design trials and processes aimed at increasing Tupande’s impact scale and sustainability
Independently run the execution of trials, including creating long-term project management tools with critical paths and coordinating across multiple departments
Support data-driven decisions by designing trials using solid statistical methods and data analysis and visualization
Manage a long-term trial pipeline and planning in project management tools to ensure that all trial activities are planned 3 to 6 months in advance documenting all stages.
Develop analysis plans that will be used to evaluate trial results, including robust burden of proof and measure trial outcomes against the trial’s burden of proof, and independently make data-driven recommendations for whether the trial should be implemented at scale
Coordinate with teams and departments across Tupande’s in-country and global teams.

Career Growth and Development

We have a strong culture of constant learning and we invest in developing our people. You’ll have weekly check-ins with your manager, access to mentorship and training programs, and regular feedback on your performance. We hold career reviews every six months and set aside time to discuss your aspirations and career goals. You’ll have the opportunity to shape a growing organization and build a rewarding long-term career.

Qualifications

Across all roles, these are the general qualifications we look for. For this role specifically, you will have:

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
2 years of experience managing complex projects and coordinating across multiple teams
Humility. We are looking for passionate professionals who combine management skills with good humor, patience, and a respectable approach to service to join our growing family of leaders.
Experience working with lending/loans/credit in microfinance or lending institutions
Data analysis experience with knowledge of STATA or R or Power BI
English and Swahili.

Preferred Start Date

As soon as possible

Job Location

Kakamega, Kenya

Benefits

Health insurance, paid time off

Eligibility

This role is only open to citizens or permanent residents of Kenya

Application Deadline

22 July 2024

One Acre Fund never asks candidates to pay any money or pay for tests at any stage of the interview process. Official One Acre Fund emails will always arrive from an @oneacrefund.org address. Please report any suspicious communication here (globalhotline@oneacrefund.org), but do not send applications or application materials to this email address.

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.

Important

One Acre Fund never asks candidates to pay any money or pay for tests at any stage of the interview process. Official One Acre Fund emails will always arrive from an @oneacrefund.org address. Please report any suspicious communication here, but do not send applications or application materials to this email address.