Salaries & Benefits: What One Acre Fund NGO Offers Its Employees

With many job seekers hoping to work for  top NGOs , One Acre fund is among the fastest growing NGO’s in Kenya

One Acre Fund offers smallholder farmers an asset-based loan that includes distribution of seeds and fertilizer, financing for farm inputs and training on agriculture techniques.

It also provides market facilitation to maximize profits through facilitates activities and transactions at various levels of the farming value chain.

It is headquartered in Bungoma but has already branched out in Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania.

What do you stand to gain in your career by working for the organisation?

One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. With a projected number of 2,500 employees for 2014, the NGO plans to have employed 3200 in 2015. This means more career opportunities will be available.

Deliberate career development is another advantage of working at this NGO.

“Through formal career reviews, weekly mentorship, constant feedback, and structured leadership training, we develop careers deliberately and quickly. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about,” reads their website

Alfred Shava, a Senior Field Director at One Acre Fund, backs this up saying, “We also develop and promote our staff from within. We promote several field officers every year to become field managers. Then we hire field officers to take up the positions left by the promoted field managers.”

After working hard in this organisation you are also given the chance to widen your skills set in another country.

As Ravetyne Abuti, a Field Manager in the organisation who is currently in Malawi, says, “I started working for One Acre Fund in October 2010 as a field officer. I later got promoted to field manager. I knew going to Malawi would give me a chance to learn new skills, interact and explore new opportunities,” she says

How attractive is the salary at One Acre Fund?

The NGO starts with a modest salary package as indicated in their job descriptions. However, this is a career-track role with fast raises for performance, paying a meaningful salary for long-term placement in developing nations.

Other benefits such as health insurance, offering immunizations to employees travelling abroad, and catering for the flight and accommodation fees can be enjoyed by an employee.

Their benefits package is also inclusive of airtime, transportation allowances and performance based incentives.
Staff also enjoys annual trainings

Candidates who make the final cut after interviews are invited to a training boot camp. They are trained on the duties of a field officer and the best way to carry out their work responsibilities.

The Field Officer Boot Camp is a 3-day training that provides knowledge on how to provide top-notch customer service to farmers. This ensures everyone is confident and prepared to handle anything that comes their way in the field.

At boot camp, field managers train field officers, talk about common challenges that may arise in the field, and brainstorm how best to solve them.

The organisation is currently hiring for two positions in IT and Engineering: Project Programmer and Construction Manager

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