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 Kenya program, founded in 2006, is our largest. We operate under the farmer brand Tupande, serving 830,000 farmers and employing 4,000 staff. We aim to transform every farming community in Kenya by delivering sustained food security and pathways to prosperity.tupande.co.ke.
About the Role
Responsible for the end-to-end oversight of fruit reception,processing, and export. This role ensures that fresh avocados meet international quality standards and customer orders are fulfilled through efficient coordination with the aggregation team and 3rd-party packhouse facilities.
Responsibilities
Production Planning and Stakeholder Coordination
- Align weekly and daily harvest projections from the E&A (Extension & Aggregation) team with confirmed customer export orders.
- Act as the primary liaison with the 3rd-party packhouse management to schedule packing slots and ensure priority status for Tupande fruit.
- Monitor daily delivery trends against projections and escalate potential volume shortfalls to facilitate timely aggregation and export decisions.
Intake Oversight and Quality Control Management
- Supervise the formal reception of fruit at the packhouse, including the verification of delivery notes, truck seals, and weighbridge accuracy.
- Manage the Quality Assurance team, assign tasks for sampling and ensure quality parameters are accurately recorded.
- Oversee the physical transfer of crates between aggregation trucks and factory storage to ensure 100% count reconciliation.
Packhouse Processing and Technical Supervision
- Directly oversee the washing, disinfecting, brushing, and waxing processes, ensuring protocols are adjusted for specific client needs.
- Monitor the automated grading line to ensure correct sorting and weight compliance.
- Supervise the weighing, recording, and reconciliation of rejected fruit per truck batch and ensure appropriate documentation is received from the packhouse.
Export Logistics and Compliance
- Cold Chain Management: Ensure immediate transfer of full pallets to the cold room and track storage duration to minimize 3rd-party refrigeration costs.
- Coordinate with KEPHIS and HCD inspectors for mandatory Dry Matter (DM) testing and pest inspections; ensure all certificates are secured before container stuffing.
- Oversee the container loading process, ensuring the container meets the required standards, is loaded (stuffed) correctly, has the right temperatures, and all documents are available to support the export process.
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:
- Minimum academic qualification: Diploma in Agriculture, Horticulture, Food Science, or a related field is preferred.
- Work experience: 2+ years in fresh produce value chains (Avocados preferred).
- Technical knowledge: Familiarity with GLOBALG.A.P., SMETA, HACCP, or BRCGS standards is an added advantage.
- Regulatory knowledge: Understanding of KEPHIS and HCD export protocols is an added advantage.
- Communication: Strong interpersonal skills to manage 3rd-party packhouse relationships without direct authority.
- Attention to detail: Ability to ensure all tasks are completed in time and to requirement to meet processing needs.
- Technological proficiency: Familiarity with the Google Workspace tools such as Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drive etc.
Preferred Start Date
As soon as possible
Job Location
Kabati, Kenya
Benefits
Health insurance, paid time off
Contract Duration
1 Year
Eligibility
This role is only open to citizens or permanent residents of Kenya.
Application Deadline
04 May 2026. 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 ([email protected]), 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.
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