Agroforestry Innovations Associate

One Acre Fund is seeking an Agroforestry Innovations Associate in Nigeria to enhance agroforestry programs supporting over 2 million farmers. The role involves addressing challenges related to tree seed supply, training nursery managers, and diversifying species offerings. The associate will collaborate with an international agroforestry team and report to the Agroforestry Director. This is a full-time position.
One Acre Fund is home to Africa's largest agroforestry programs, serving over 2 million farmers, providing more than 100 million seedlings per year, and engaging a network of over 2,500 rural nurseries run by local entrepreneurs. We see these programs as part of the solution to three key challenges facing smallholder farmers - poverty, climate change, and biodiversity loss. As an Agroforestry Innovations Associate, you will strengthen and improve these programs with new approaches to generate positive change for farm families and the environment. You will work on a variety of complex challenges, including strengthening our supply of quality tree seed, improving training and management tools for nursery managers, and diversifying our species offerings.

The Agroforestry Innovations Associate will be part of our dedicated international agroforestry team and will support ten embedded agroforestry teams—one in each country program. This role will report to the Agroforestry Director.