Scale Innovations Internship – Rwanda

About the role

The Scale Innovations Internship with One Acre Fund offers recent graduates a hands‑on opportunity to support agricultural innovation trials across Rwanda. You will work closely with the Scale Innovations Team and Project Specialists to design, implement, and evaluate new solutions that improve smallholder farmer productivity.

Key responsibilities

• Assist in the execution of scale‑innovation trials and pilot activities in the field.
• Coordinate activities with field teams, farmers, and other stakeholders to ensure timely delivery of products and services.
• Track trial performance indicators, monitor product adoption, and gather feedback through surveys, interviews, and field follow‑ups.
• Support data collection, reporting, and analysis to inform trial performance and decision‑making.
• Help prepare training materials, farmer lists, surveys, and other trial‑related tools.
• Participate in farmer trainings, focus group discussions, needs assessments, and product testing activities.
• Maintain trial tracking systems and compile field observations and lessons learned.

Required profile

• Recent graduate or final‑year student with a strong interest in agricultural development and innovation.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work collaboratively with diverse stakeholders.
• Detail‑oriented with strong organizational and time‑management abilities.

Required skills

What we offer

• Paid internship with substantive work assignments on high‑impact projects.
• Onboarding program and training on project design and execution.
• Opportunity to build a professional network within a mission‑driven organization.