Global Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Lead

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One Acre Fund

Remote (local)
  • Location: Kenya, Rwanda 
  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Experience level: 5-10 years
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: Remote (local)
  • Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
  • Remuneration: Not Disclosed
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 07/03/2025
  • Location: Kenya, Rwanda 
Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI)
About One Acre Fund
Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund supplies over 1.5 million smallholder farmers with the agricultural services they need to make their farms more productive. Our 8,000+ team is drawn from diverse backgrounds and professions. With operations across ten African countries, we make farmers more prosperous by providing easy access to quality farm supplies, tree seedlings, and agricultural training to improve harvests. On average, the farmers we serve earn 40 percent more profits from their land when they enroll with One Acre Fund. 

Responsibilities
  • You will develop One Acre Fund's DEI approach. You will embed DEI priorities into organization-wide and team (global and country) yearly objectives and key results (OKRs) via review of internal staff data and survey feedback (ex. annual Culture & Inclusion survey).
  • You will support specific teams to address DEI concerns. Through the DEI business-partner approach you will collaborate with team leads to address concerns raised by team members. 
  • You will improve overall staff experience by managing 2 - 3 DEI projects at any given time. Example projects include: improving input in decision-making for our farmer-facing teams, developing and rolling out DEI training, and curating the annual People and DEI report.
  • Gender Empowerment. In collaboration with the Gender Lead, you will help establish and then own, our internal gender strategy to ensure that One Acre Fund prioritizes gender equity with a focus on being a great place for women to build their careers.
  • Staff Wellbeing. You will be a staff wellness advocate to meet the emerging mental and emotional health needs across the organization. 
  • You will coordinate and communicate progress on One Acre Fund's DEI work. Through coordination with project owners, you will drive progress on our DEI priorities and communicate regularly so that all stakeholders are engaged and informed. You will also chair our internal DEI Council which meets quarterly to set and provide input on One Acre Fund's DEI approach.

Qualifications
Across all roles, these are the general qualifications we look for. For this role specifically, we are seeking a professional with at least 5 years of work experience and the following qualifications and achievements but not limited to;
  • You led and implemented DEI projects and strategies.
  • Experience in DEI advocacy to senior management.
  • You have project management and implementation experience.
  • Preferably managed gender-empowerment initiatives.
  • Experience in internal and external communication (ex. reports, blog posts).
  • You have designed staff wellness initiatives (ex. mental health, belonging).

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