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Zambia Marketing & Extension Specialist (Renewable)
One Acre Fund
Posted 4 months agoLusaka, Zambia
Location
Lusaka, Zambia
Job Type
Full-time
Experience
Mid-Level
Category
Other
Job Description
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.
You will design and lead field-tested adoption and engagement approaches that help farmers clearly understand program value, build trust, and confidently choose to enroll. This is a field-facing role at the intersection of Field operations, behavior change, and communication, turning farmer insights into practical, scalable adoption solutions.
Spend time in the field observing farmer interactions, identifying breakdowns in understanding, trust, or motivation, and working with field team to adjust delivery, sequencing, and emphasis.
Experience designing or executing multi-channel marketing campaigns. Could include field activations, SMS, radio, community engagement.
17 April 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
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Requirements
- Across all roles, these are the general qualifications we look for. For this role specifically, you will have:
- Knowledge of community engagement, marketing, or social behavior change in rural settings.
- 3+ years of experience in sales, marketing, or adoption-focused roles within the development or social impact sector.
- Ability to design farmer-centered communication and outreach strategies
- Strong communication skills.
- Coaching and facilitation skills to build field officers and field directors marketing capacity. (Nice to have)
- As soon as possible
- Kabwe, Zambia
- This role is only open to citizens or permanent residents of Zambia.
Responsibilities
- Farmer-Centered Adoption Design & Execution
- Design and lead farmer-centered adoption approaches that drive enrollment and trust.
- Develop practical farmer-facing messaging tools and ensure consistent, high-quality delivery.
- Continuously refine adoption approaches using farmer feedback, enrollment outcomes, and field observation.
- Adoption Data Analysis & Learning
- Review weekly adoption and enrollment data to identify bottlenecks and drop-off points.
- Combine data with field insight to recommend practical improvements to adoption execution.
- Field Team Coaching
- Coach Field Directors and Field Officers on how to communicate value, not just deliver information.
- Strengthen Field Officers' confidence in answering farmer questions and building long-term trust.
- Support Field Directors to plan, monitor, and troubleshoot weekly adoption activities.
- Multi-Channel Farmer Communication
- Shape how messaging shows up across community meetings, radio, SMS, and FO conversations.
- Work closely with Communications to ensure mass media efforts reinforce and support fie
- Translate program offerings into simple, compelling value propositions grounded in farmers’ realities, constraints, and priorities.
- Design and coordinate community engagement and mobilization approaches that improve turnout, understanding, and informed decision-making.
- Produce clear, field-relevant adoption post-mortems that highlight what worked, what didn’t, and why, grounded in farmer realities.
- Moderate data analysis (Google Sheets, dashboards) and ability to interpret adoption trends and translate insights into field actions.
Benefits
- Health insurance, paid time off
- 1 Year
