Burundi People Division Lead
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- Organisation: One Acre Fund
- Location: Muramvya, Burundi
- Deadline: 1 November 2026
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 Burundi program, founded in 2011, operates under the local brand Tubura. Our team of 1,980 staff serves close to 600,000 hard-working farmers across all five provinces - Gitega, Butanyera, Buhumuza, Burunga, and Bujumbura. Our headquarters in Muramvya is supported by four regional offices in Gitega, Ngozi, Muyinga, and Ruyigi, as well as a small support office in Bujumbura.
About the Role
The People Division Lead’s primary role is to make One Acre Fund Burundi the best place to work in the country for development professionals looking to build a career in social impact. S/he will build best-in-class people functions to help us recruit, develop and retain top talent. S/he will drive innovation across all HR and talent functions and help us maintain our unique organizational culture as we scale our program in Burundi.
Responsibilities
Setting Department Vision and Strategy
• Support People departments deliver excellent service to our team, enabling staff to maximize impact for our growing base of farmers.
• Set and execute a long-term vision for all human capital and talent functions under the People Division umbrella.
• Support People departments set and achieve annual Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) to ensure that the People Division delivers high impact, high value results on time.
• Hold the Burundi program accountable for meeting our commitments to staff – meaningful work, career growth and professional development.
• Participate as a key member of the Burundi Program’s steering committee which sets strategy for the program as a whole.
Build Team
• Manage and oversee the following teams: Human Resources (HR), Corporate Operations, and dotted line management of in-country Recruitment and Training, Learning and Development teams.
• Grow the careers of the leaders of these departments through weekly check-ins and workshops, ongoing development feedback, and bi-annual career reviews.
Lead Human Capital and Talent Management Innovation
• Design and execute change management initiatives.
• Continually raise the bar and create an exceptional “customer experience” for all staff.
• Create a candidate sourcing and outreach strategy to quickly fill open roles with top talent.
• Identify levers to improve staff satisfaction and implement projects to build a happy team.