About One Acre Fund

Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund equips 5.5 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 their income and assets on supported land by more than 35 percent, while permanently improving their resilience. This is all made possible by our team of 9,000+ full-time staff, drawn from diverse backgrounds and professions. To learn more, please see our Why Work Here blog post.

Our Uganda program, founded in 2014, provides more than 34,000 farmers with quality farm supplies as well as fruit trees like avocados. Our team in Uganda is headquartered in Jinja, close to the districts we serve, and supported by a small presence in Kampala. One Acre Fund works in the eastern region of Uganda, primarily in the districts of Iganga, Jinja, Kamuli, and Buikwe. We are also expanding to the Central region.

About the Role

We are seeking a professional with experience in Agronomy to help drive farmer impact at scale. In this role, you will support regional teams, assist with training initiatives, and help execute field trials and innovations from start to finish. Your primary focus will be agronomy, supporting trial monitoring, contributing to extension work, and assisting with training (including nursery management) to improve impact across coffee, trees, and nurseries. The Regional Innovations Officer supports regional innovation efforts and contributes to farmer impact by providing input to field teams, supporting cross-departmental collaboration, helping manage field trials, and assisting with cross-functional product rollouts from ideation through execution. This role offers the opportunity to build skills in project management, cross-departmental collaboration, and farmer trial support. You will report to the Agronomy Lead.

Responsibilities

Innovations, R&D & Trial Management

Identify knowledge gaps, coordinate regional field trials, and manage data collection across the entire product lifecycle from ideation to rollout.

Drive Regional Impact Strategy

Provide technical guidance to program teams, facilitate knowledge transfer, and design standardised data collection tools to scale new initiatives effectively.

Field Presence & Support

Conduct regular field visits to build fluency in operational contexts, understand longitudinal trends, and support farmer training sessions.

Career Growth and Development

We have a strong culture of constant learning and we invest in developing our people. You’ll have weekly check-ins with your manager, access to mentorship and training programs, and regular feedback on your performance. We hold career reviews every six months, and set aside time 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:

• 1–2 years of experience in agronomy, extension work, or climate-smart sustainable agriculture
• Familiarity with the scientific method, experimental design, and randomized controlled trials, plus foundational data analysis and statistics skills.
• Ability to help synthesize and interpret qualitative and quantitative data into practical recommendations, with good report writing and communication skills.
• Some project coordination experience, with good stakeholder collaboration and the ability to follow through on tasks.
• Good judgment, creative problem-solving skills, and the ability to adapt quickly; interest in human-centered design and product development
• Interest and ability to support training initiatives.

Preferred Start Date

As soon as possible

Job Location

Jinja, Uganda

Benefits

Health insurance, paid time off

Contract Duration

1 year

Eligibility

This role is only open to citizens or permanent residents of Uganda.

• Identify knowledge gaps, coordinate regional field trials, and manage data collection across the entire product lifecycle from ideation to rollout.
• Provide technical guidance to program teams, facilitate knowledge transfer, and design standardised data collection tools to scale new initiatives effectively.
• Conduct regular field visits to build fluency in operational contexts, understand longitudinal trends, and support farmer training sessions.

• Familiarity with the scientific method, experimental design, and randomized controlled trials
• Foundational data analysis and statistics skills
• Ability to synthesize and interpret qualitative and quantitative data into practical recommendations
• Good report writing and communication skills
• Project coordination experience
• Good stakeholder collaboration
• Ability to follow through on tasks
• Good judgment
• Creative problem-solving skills
• Ability to adapt quickly
• Interest in human-centered design and product development
• Interest and ability to support training initiatives

• 1–2 years of experience in agronomy, extension work, or climate-smart sustainable agriculture
• Familiarity with the scientific method, experimental design, and randomized controlled trials, plus foundational data analysis and statistics skills.
• Ability to help synthesize and interpret qualitative and quantitative data into practical recommendations, with good report writing and communication skills.
• Some project coordination experience, with good stakeholder collaboration and the ability to follow through on tasks.
• Good judgment, creative problem-solving skills, and the ability to adapt quickly; interest in human-centered design and product development
• Interest and ability to support training initiatives.