2026 One Acre Fund Future Leaders Program – Applications Open

Job Description

Applications are now open for the 2026 One Acre Fund Future Leaders Program. This 12-month program offers high-potential, impact-driven professionals hands-on experience with some of our most transformative work, combined with targeted mentorship and professional development. In short, it is an accelerated path where your career ambitions meet meaningful impact.

Requirements

Candidates should have:

• The right to work in one of our program countries: Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Ethiopia, Burundi, or Malawi. (We cannot sponsor work permits.)
• A bachelor’s degree or higher.
• 2–4 years of relevant work experience.
• Working proficiency in English, with fluency in a local language (Swahili, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Amharic, Chichewa, French, etc.) preferred.

Candidates should also demonstrate aptitude for:

• Exceptional project management and stakeholder engagement
• Translating strategy memos into actionable project plans.
• Designing systems, processes, and partnerships from the ground up.
• Using data and sound business judgment to guide decisions and shape recommendations.
• Some experience in or exposure to social enterprises, agriculture, or rural development programs is advantageous but not required.

Benefits

Participants will receive:

• Direct mentorship from senior leadership at One Acre Fund.
• Hands-on experience on high-priority operational and strategic initiatives.
• Leadership development and professional training.
• Exposure to large-scale agricultural and social enterprise programs.
• Opportunities to build networks within the development sector.
• A potential pathway to permanent employment within One Acre Fund after program completion.

Note: One Acre Fund cannot support work permits; all candidates must already have the right to work in a program country.

For More Information

Visit the official webpage of the One Acre Fund Future Leaders Program.