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 her income and assets on supported land by more than 40%, 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.

To learn more, please see our Why Work Here blog post.

The Malawi program, established in 2013, serves over 500,000 farmers, providing quality farm supplies and training through our “Core” program, and distributing a range of different tree species through our Agroforestry program, which utilizes local nurseries situated close to farmers. Headquartered in Zomba, we operate in two distinct regions of Malawi:

• The densely-populated Southern region, focused on staple crops.
• The breadbasket Central region, known for its rich legume and cash crop farming history.

To learn more about our work, check out our Malawi program blog.

 

About the Role

The Logistics Innovations Associate will lead and implement innovation projects to improve supply chain efficiency for the Malawi program. Ensuring compliance and cost efficiency from ordering, receiving, and delivery of critical farming inputs to hundreds of thousands of smallholder farmers every year.

 

Responsibilities

Operational Excellence

• Lead the delivery of 15,000+ MT of inputs, on time and in full, across at least ten districts in Malawi while maintaining good delivery costs and client satisfaction.
• Maintain goals such as shrink, variance, and monthly data reconciliation timelines.
• Coordinate critical work between global supply chain, finance, in-country teams, and client teams.

Team Development

• Manage Logistics team members across multiple warehouses and districts.
• Implement continuing education programs to strengthen the technical and managerial skills of the team.
• Design clear succession and team growth plans to maintain operational continuity.

Risk Management and Liability

• Make the Logistics team a role model for One Acre Fund's culture of rigorous compliance.
• Prepare and test contingency plans to minimize delivery delays, storage issues, and other logistical contingencies.
• Conduct regular audits to ensure process integrity.
• Establish transparent reporting to increase accountability.

Strategic Planning

• Develop strategies to deliver at least 200 MT of inputs per day, per warehouse, across all districts of operation.
• Support the Systems Lead in implementing solutions to help Logistics serve a growing program.

Career Growth and Development

We have a strong culture of constant learning and invest in developing our people. You’ll have:

• Weekly check-ins with your manager.
• Access to mentorship and training programs.
• Regular feedback on your performance.
• Career reviews every six months 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:

• A Bachelor’s Degree.
• At least 5 years of experience in supply chain, operations, logistics, or purchasing in our countries of operation.
• Advanced data analysis skills for informed decision-making.
• Ability to work in a diverse team, influence teams, and promote change.
• Rigorous attention to detail and ability to maintain high standards under pressure.
• Fluency in English (Fluency in Chichewa preferred).

 

Preferred Start Date

As soon as possible.

Benefits

Health insurance, housing, and comprehensive benefits.

Eligibility

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

• Kenya
• Rwanda
• Burundi
• Tanzania
• Ethiopia
• Malawi
• Nigeria
• Uganda
• Zambia

Important Notice

One Acre Fund never asks candidates to pay any money or take tests at any stage of the interview process. Official One Acre Fund emails will always arrive from an @oneacrefund.org address.

If you receive any suspicious communication, please report it to 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.