Data and Systems Lead
One Acre Fund
About One Acre Fund
One Acre Fund is an agricultural service provider that supports Africa's smallholder farmers to build resilient communities.
More than 50 million families in Sub-Saharan Africa earn a living from small farms, which produce 80 percent of the continent’s food. But harvests still lag far behind the rest of the world. We supply the financing and training these farmers need to grow their way out of hunger and build lasting pathways to prosperity.
Instead of giving handouts, we invest in farmers to help them increase their yields and their profits. When farmers become more productive, they help feed healthy communities and create thriving economies.
Job Description
One Acre Fund is seeking an exceptional data and analytics professional with 5+ years of experience to increase our program impact and efficiency, by providing solutions and data-driven recommendations to improve our operational performance over the next 5yrs of growth.
Responsibilities
As the Data, Analytics & Systems Lead, you will oversee strategic data and systems projects, making data-driven recommendations and leading initiatives that increase program impact and improve daily operations, including farmer adoption, repayment, market access, and input logistics.
You will perform high-level statistical and business analyses and provide solutions and recommendations to enhance operational performance.
You will manage and develop data collection protocols, business performance indicators, and leverage industry trends, market intelligence, and customer information to create analytical tools, reports, and models that inform decision-making.
Success will be measured by the development and implementation of comprehensive analytical solutions that deliver critical insights, drive program-wide operational improvements, and support future business initiatives.
You will manage a small team of Regional Data Analysts.
You will also oversee a small Business Operations and Logistics team.
You will collaborate regularly with cross-functional teams and departments and report directly to the C-suite.
You will develop and implement a data strategy that supports decision-making across organizational departments.
You will design and standardize data collection tools and processes, and manage their field implementation across teams and regions.
You will develop and maintain single-source-of-truth program performance dashboards across teams and regions.
In collaboration with country leadership, you will monitor and communicate cross-program performance, providing insights, corrective actions, and recommendations to ensure organizational objectives are met.
You will manage and analyze program performance data from multiple applications and sources, including field research, and prepare materials to support management meetings and decisions, such as performance highlights and deep-dive longitudinal trend analyses to identify opportunities for execution improvement.
You will develop performance management tools to assess team efficiency and effectiveness.
You will work with the Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL) team to integrate in-season farmer data with end-of-season MEL data across all regions, building a year-round narrative of farmer and customer outcomes to support annual program impact evaluations and assessments.
You will collaborate with program stakeholders and internal and external data teams to ensure data availability, integrity, accuracy, and reliability.
You will work closely with the Global Data Team to develop and validate predictive models, forecasts, and other program performance tools.
You will manage innovations data collection and analysis across ideation, R&D, field and farmer trials, and product scale and rollout, coordinating closely with program teams and stakeholders on trial delivery and implementation.
You will manage and mentor a team of Regional Data Analysts and lead the recruitment of new analysts.
You will oversee a small Business Operations and Logistics team and line-manage its Team Lead, working together to ensure technical platforms and processes support effective inventory management, efficient field operations, and a positive client experience.
You will train and strengthen data management and analytical capabilities across regional teams and functions, including survey design, data collection tools, and data handling and analysis skills for stakeholders who regularly interface with data.
You will lead the annual goal setting and planning process for Data and Systems in line with the Uganda program vision and targets, and measure and report progress against SMART OKRs.
You will conduct regular field visits to regional operations to build field fluency and understand the operational context behind incoming data, longitudinal trends, and emerging challenges
Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Data Science, Analytics, Applied Mathematics, Quantitative Economics, or a related field.
At least 5 years of experience in a strategic data and/or analytical role.
Strong statistical and analytical skills using R, advanced Excel or Google Sheets (including complex spreadsheet development and maintenance), CommCare, Kobo, and other data collection, analysis, and data visualization tools. Experience with SQL, Dataiku, Superset, and Power BI is an added advantage.
Strong critical and strategic thinking skills, with the ability to synthesize and translate qualitative and quantitative data into practical strategy recommendations and convert business needs into technical solutions.
Excellent communication, writing, and interpersonal skills.
Strong project management skills, with the ability to balance multiple strategic projects and priorities simultaneously, collaborate across teams and functions, and execute quickly against strategy.
Proven experience managing and upskilling a team, with a willingness to mentor and teach others
How to Apply
This role is only open to citizens or permanent residents of Uganda.
Please note that we hire on a rolling basis, which means that applications are reviewed and processed on a continuous basis until a hire is made.
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.