Uganda Field Operations Lead (Fixed-Term)

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.

About the Role

As the Field Operations Lead, you will drive core seasonal activities, manage regional teams, and spearhead program expansion. You will deliver impact targets through rigorous field execution, coach Regional Leads, and represent the department.

You will report to the Head of Field Programs.

Responsibilities

Vision / Strategy:

• Lead the field implementation of the Uganda Vision and Strategy and drive up farmer impact in the region served.

• Identify and implement the resources, processes, and systems required to achieve the vision and strategy in the region served.

• Lead the design and setting up of OKRs for the department and support the Regional Leads to set OKRs that translate the vision and strategy into executable activities.

Season executioncoffee program execution and tree mobilisation

• Own the season execution plan end to end by making sure every training in the season calendar is delivered on time, to standard, and at target attendance in each region.

• Lead field mobilisation for the tree programme.

• Track weekly execution against plan using KPIs and data.

• Standardise and document field protocols and tools so they are applied consistently across regions.

Team Management:

• Manage and coach 3+ Regional Leads on professional development, regional performance, and day-to-day problem-solving.

• Participate in all aspects of regional operations throughout the season, including staff recruitment and leadership development.

• Supervise and sign off on the monthly payroll process so that salaries, transport costs and bonuses for all field staff are paid accurately and on time.

Expansion:

• Lead field rollout each season and ensure programme implementation objectives are met.

• Develop a clear rollout plan for every expansion season: site readiness, staffing deployment, timelines, operational needs and risks.

• Work with Government Relations and local leadership to ensure new sites are operationally ready and authorisations are in place.

• Coordinate with Procurement and Logistics to ensure supplies, logistics and training materials are ready before rollout.

Impact and tree programme follow-up:

• Work with the Impact and Innovations teams to roll out new coffee agronomy practices and training topics through the field team.

• Supporting the design and implementation of impact-centric trials and interventions by working together with the Social Behavioral Change and Product Innovations teams.

• Coordinate the collection of field data that allows us to derive insights related to impact e.g. on GAP adoption or prevalence of pests & diseases in the field.

• Coordinate with the Impact team on surveys that measure training success and behaviour change.