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.

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

The Junior Support Engineer Intern will work alongside our Tier 2 Support Team to assist with second-level incident handling. You will take tickets escalated from Tier 1, perform guided troubleshooting of software issues, and apply documented Tier 2 procedures to resolve or further escalate incidents. You will help maintain support documentation (knowledge‐base articles, troubleshooting guides), and help ensure data security. You will report directly to the Tier 2 Support Lead.

Responsibilities

• Escalated Incident Analysis & Resolution: Triage incident tickets, apply Tier 2 troubleshooting (gather logs, reproduce errors), document findings, and escalate when needed.
• Post-mortem Report Assistance: Support the Tier 2 team in drafting Post-mortem Reports (PMRs) by collecting incident data (logs, screenshots) and offering observations on recurring issues.
• Alert Monitoring Support: Review existing monitoring alerts. Help verify alert relevance (e.g., identify false positives) and document any noteworthy alert behaviour for the Tier 2 team.
• Knowledge Base Contribution: Support the creation and updating of knowledge-base articles, service desk SOPs, and troubleshooting guides. Draft step-by-step instructions for common tasks for Tier 2 ensure clarity and consistency.

Career Growth and Development

We have a strong culture of constant learning and we 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:

• Recently completed a Bachelor's degree in IT, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Interest in IT hardware, software, and network systems.
• Demonstrated issues analysis and problem solving
• Collaborate within a team.
• Fluent in English; proficiency in French and Kinyarwanda.
• Experience providing customer support and resolving inquiries.

Preferred Start Date

As soon as possible

Job Location

Kigali, Rwanda

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 Rwanda.

Application Deadline

25 September 2025. 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.