About One Acre Fund
Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund supplies 1 million smallholder farmers with the agricultural services they need to make their farms vastly more productive. Our 8,000+ team is drawn from diverse backgrounds and professions. With operations across six core countries in Africa, we make farmers more prosperous by providing quality farm supplies on credit, delivered within walking distance of farmers’ homes, and agricultural training to improve harvests. On average, our farmers harvest 50 per cent more food after working with One Acre Fund.

To learn more about our work, take a look at our Why Work Here blog for more information.

About the Young Professionals Program
One Acre Fund’s Young Professionals Program offers high-performing African graduates meaningful internships and training opportunities at a high-performing, mission-driven organization. Our internships are paid and all interns can expect to receive substantive work assignments working on high-impact projects that support One Acre Fund’s operations.

When joining, interns will participate in an onboarding program and receive training on how to design and execute projects. Over the period of your internship, you will get the opportunity to work with like-minded individuals and receive learning opportunities to build strong foundations for your future career.

About the Role
This is part of One Acre Fund’s Young Professional Program focused on developing top talents within six (6) months, with the possibility of converting into full-time roles dependent on performance within the organization. You will report to the Malawi HR Lead and help implement compensation and benefits programs following One Acre Fund policies to attract and retain great people. You will also support projects to create higher levels of employee engagement and employee experience. This is a fully on-site role.

Responsibilities
Payroll Management 

Shared responsibility, support payroll operations. This includes;

• Ensure accurate salary in payroll by leading the 3 tier payroll QC check-points
• Assist team members by resolving payroll issues flagged in Zendesk
• Join monthly global payroll coordination calls for payroll postmortems and pre-mortems.
• Process payroll in line with the global One Acre Fund Calendar
• Doing monthly payroll reconciliations (What was paid vs bank statements)

SuccessFactors and  Team Onboarding

Shared responsibility; work with the onboarding lead to ensure accurate data in HRIS by;

• Capture compensation changes in SuccessFactors for each payroll period on the 14th of each month.
• Add new hires in HRIS at the onset of their contract
• Liaise with global tech to correct/ stitch up data mismatches between Sage People and SuccessFactors

Culture Amp Support

• Data updates for Culture Amp
• Troubleshoot and local support for users

Career Growth and Development
We have a strong culture of constant learning and deeply invest in our people. You’ll have weekly check-ins with your manager, access to mentorship and training, and regular feedback on your performance. We’ll hold career reviews every one-three months, and set aside time to discuss your aspirations and career goals. You’ll have the opportunity to shape a growing organization and gain rewarding technical experience.

Qualifications
Across all roles, these are the general qualifications we look for. For this role specifically, you will have the following:

• +1 year of HR Generalist experience / administration
• Knowledge of the use of HR Information systems and ERPs (experience using Sage payroll)
• Basic Knowledge of Excel/ google suit
• You are DEI-centered and have a passion for supporting teams.
• Knowledge of  Malawi Tax and labour laws
• Interest in data management/data systems and data-driven decision-making

Preferred Start Date
As soon as possible

Job Location
Zomba, Malawi

Benefits
Interns will be provided with a reasonable stipend for the duration of their contract. Rural area-based fellows will be provided assistance in locating suitable housing.

Eligibility
This role is only open to citizens or permanent residents of Malawi

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.

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 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, colour, 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.