Policy and Partnerships Associate

Place description

Based in 2006, One Acre Fund provides 1 million smallholder farmers with the agricultural providers they should make their farms vastly extra productive. Our 8,000+ group is drawn from various backgrounds and professions. With operations throughout six core nations in Africa, we make farmers extra affluent by offering high quality farm provides on credit score, delivered inside strolling distance of farmers’ properties, and agricultural coaching to enhance harvests. On common, the farmers we serve harvest 50 p.c extra meals after working with One Acre Fund.

To study extra about our work, check out our Why Work Here weblog for extra data.

Concerning the Position

One Acre Fund is on the lookout for a Coverage and Partnerships Affiliate to affix our Enterprise Improvement group. You’ll assist construct new programmatic partnerships with a variety of public donors, and can characterize the voices of One Acre Fund’s smallholder farmer shoppers within the US funding and coverage ecosystem. You’ll report back to the World Coverage Director.

Obligations

• Portfolio undertaking administration: assist the World Coverage Director to handle a portfolio of tasks, together with creating new proposals and managing current grants.
  • Portfolio administration – create and keep a undertaking tracker, and handle deadlines.
  • Alternative monitoring and proposal assist – analysis new funding alternatives, and assist the event and writing of proposals with Enterprise Improvement colleagues.
  • Challenge stewardship – independently lead the reporting and compliance administration of choose, current grants.
• Community strengthening: enhance the method for, and enhance the frequency of engagement with key coverage and partnership associated networks.
  • Contact administration – construct and handle an improved contact administration course of, linked to the Salesforce CRM.
  • Personal relationships of choose contacts – assist broaden this community via constructing new relationships (eg. growth contractors, USAID employees, multilaterals).
• Coverage work: assist keep key coverage nodes and discover new coverage alternatives:
  • Coalition engagement: lead a subset of standard conferences with Washington DC-based coalitions, to assemble data and drive coverage agendas.
  • Congressional conferences: maintain occasional coverage conferences with a Congressional staffers.
  • Local weather coverage: assist One Acre Fund’s lively engagement at with world fora just like the Local weather COPs.
  • Writing: assist write policy-related op-eds and analysis memos.

Profession Progress and Improvement

We now have a robust tradition of fixed studying and we put money into creating our individuals. You’ll have weekly check-ins together with your supervisor, entry to mentorship and coaching applications, and common suggestions in your efficiency. We maintain profession critiques each six months, and put aside time to debate your aspirations and profession objectives. You’ll have the chance to form a rising group and construct a rewarding long-term profession.

{Qualifications}

Throughout all roles, these are the general qualifications we look for. For this position particularly, you’ll have:

• At the very least a Bachelor’s diploma and a couple of or 3 years expertise in worldwide growth, grant administration or a associated subject
• Challenge administration expertise, together with expertise constructing undertaking trackers that handle work from a number of stakeholders.
• Data of guidelines and rules of public donors.
• Expertise managing exterior stakeholders.

Most popular Begin Date

As quickly as doable

Job Location

Washington DC, United States of America

Advantages

Medical insurance, housing, and complete advantages

Eligibility

This position is just open to residents or everlasting residents of america of America

 

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