Nigeria: Expansion Specialist
Nov 10, 2025
(Deadline: 2026-01-26)
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One Acre Fund
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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, One Acre Fund 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 a team of 9,000+ full-time staff, drawn from diverse backgrounds and professions.
One Acre Fund Nigeria is among its fastest-growing countries of operation. Our goal is to support at least 50% of Nigerian farming households in developing resilient farming practices and diversifying their income sources through agriculture. We are active in 3 states and aim to expand to 8-10 states by 2030.
About the Role
The expansion specialist will oversee efforts to identify new products, services, and states to accelerate progress toward our vision. You will develop strategies and plans to extend our reach to new regions, helping hundreds of thousands of farmers annually. The Expansion Lead will work alongside program leaders to lead these initiatives and will report to the Program Division Lead.
Responsibilities
- Build a long-term strategy for expansion to new areas.
- Translate high-level strategy into actionable annual expansion plans
- Coordinate expansion decision-making and implementation across departments.
- Design and trial existing products/services in new states, and pilot new products/services in states.
- Manage communication of main decisions and priorities across all teams, from senior leadership to field staff.