Posted On: March 8, 2021
Media-Related Job
Media Organization: One Acre Fund
Company Description
Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund supplies 1 million smallholder farmers with the agricultural services they need to make their farms vastly more productive. We provide quality farm supplies on credit, delivered within walking distance of farmers’ homes, and agricultural trainings to improve harvests. We measure our success by our ability to make farmers more prosperous: On average, farmers harvest 50 percent more food after working with One Acre Fund.
Job Description
One Acre Fund is growing fast: we aim to more than double in scale within the next five years. This growth will be fueled by fundraising. We are looking for a proven and passionate writer to join our dedicated 8-person writing team within our broader Business Development team.
You will report to a senior writer, immediately take on a portfolio of reports and proposals for smaller grants, and receive intensive writing mentorship over the first 6-12 months. Your work will then quickly ramp up in value, complexity, and independence. This is a career-track position, with multiple pathways to management based on performance and preference.
Primary responsibilities:
Write grant reports and proposals. Our writing team crafts powerful prose about One Acre Fund's work and customers, with emphasis on strong logical flow, hard data, and farmer-centric perspectives. This is a backend role; you will partner with our frontend fundraisers to tailor each piece to each donor through a collaborative drafting process.
Manage complex projects. We expect writers to "own" all stages of a writing project, with support from colleagues and team leadership. You will set and manage timelines, coordinate input from multiple teams, and ensure error-free work, typically for 2-3 overlapping projects at any one time.
Invest in program fluency. To be effective, writers must develop and sustain a deep working knowledge of One Acre Fund's operating context, model, results, and future plans. For individual projects, you will also often conduct additional research into potential donors or specific aspects of our work.
Secondary responsibilities:
-Process fundraising-related correspondence received at our US office
-Provide ad hoc writing/research support to senior team members
-Contribute to team-wide writing tools/systems
CAREER GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
One Acre Fund is proud of our culture of continual growth. You will have weekly check-ins with your manager, access to mentorship and training programs, and regular feedback on your performance, including career reviews every six months and quarterly opportunities to discuss aspirations and career goals. We invest in helping our people build rewarding long-term careers at One Acre Fund, which in turn helps us grow stronger as an organization.
QUALIFICATIONS
-Minimum of Bachelor's degree
-Minimum 2+ years of professional writing experience. This can include - but is not limited to - professional experience in journalism, grant writing, and/or copywriting.
-Can share 2-3 writing samples that demonstrate ability to write concise, well-structured, jargon-free prose
-Can share 2-3 concrete examples of having successfully managed complex writing projects with multiple stakeholders
-Genuine commitment to rural communities. You are passionate about providing opportunity to the hardest-working farmers on the planet.
PREFERRED START DATE
As soon as possible.
JOB LOCATION
New York City, USA
DURATION
Full-time job
BENEFITS
Health insurance, paid time off
ELIGIBILITY
This role is only open to citizens or permanent residents of the US.
APPLICATION DEADLINE
We hire on a rolling basis which means that applications are reviewed and processed on a continuous basis until a hire is made.
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.
To Apply
Apply online: https://grnh.se/ddafb9451us