Tupande Roasted Macadamia Production Officer (Fixed-Term)

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About One Acre Fund

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.

Our Kenya program, founded in 2006, operates under the local brand Tupande. Close to 500 staff in our Kakamega headquarters support 1,747 field staff and serve more than 1 million farmers. In Nairobi, around 50 staff support global functions like procurement, recruitment, government relations, and communications.

About the Role

Looking for a Roasting Officer to lead end-to-end roasted macadamia production, supervise the roasting team, ensure quality and food safety standards, meet order timelines, and drive process improvements and efficiency.

Responsibilities

End-to-End Roasted Production Management

• Liaise closely with Sales to understand order volumes, timelines, and urgency.
• Manage the full roasted macadamia process: receiving of raw materials, roasting, sorting, cooling, flavoring, packaging, and dispatch
• Ensure data is collected at every production step to enhance proper traceability of the products.
• Plan and schedule daily roasting activities based on confirmed orders and priorities
• Ensure roasting parameters (temperature, time, batch size, moisture levels) meet defined standards.

Appointed as a food safety team member

• Ensure that information on internal communication is included in the updating of the Food Safety Management System; this shall include information in your department relevant to the FSMS that FST is mandated to be aware of, for example, any changes or improvements.
• Verification of the accuracy of the flow diagrams by on-site checking,
• Maintaining records of verified flow diagrams, corrections, and corrective actions.
• Conduct a hazard analysis to determine which hazards need to be controlled, the degree of control required to ensure food safety, and which combination of control measures is required.
• Analysis of the results of the verification activities,
• Plan and implement the processes needed to validate control measures and/or control measure combinations and to verify and improve the Food Safety Management System.
• Systematically evaluate the individual results of planned verification,
• Analyse the results of verification activities, including the results of the internal audits and external audits,
• Evaluate the Food Safety Management System at planned intervals to assist top management to ensure that the Food Safety Management System is continually updatedrial movements, sampling, personnel and equipment’s swabs analysis.

Leadership and employee development.

• Supervise roasting operators and casual staff
• Allocate tasks and shifts based on workload
• Train staff on SOPs, food safety, and equipment operation
• Handle any employee grievances before communicating the grievances to the manager.

Career Growth and Development

We have a strong culture of constant learning and we invest in developing our people. You'll have weekly check-ins with your manager, access to mentorship and training programs, and regular feedback on your performance. We hold career reviews every six months, and set aside time to discuss your aspirations and career goals. You'll have the opportunity to shape a growing organization and build a rewarding long-term career.

Qualifications

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

• Basic math and computer skills especially, good understanding of MS  Word and MS Excel.
• Exceptional personal organizational skills and attention to detail
• Eager to learn, teach, enhance current processes and develop new operations.
• Good leadership and supervision skills- Should have been in a supervision role for at least one year.
• Should have at least 2 years of experience in the Macadamia processing industry.
• Food safety knowledge, HACCP and good manufacturing Practices.

Preferred Start Date

As soon as possible

Job Location

Sagana, Kenya

Benefits

Health insurance, paid time off

Contract Duration

2 Years

Eligibility

This role is only open to citizens or permanent residents of Kenya.

Application Deadline

18 June 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 (globalhotline@oneacrefund.org), *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, 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.