Job overview

One Acre Fund is hiring a Video Editor to support its training programs, marketing, fundraising, and brand campaigns. This role combines video editing and videography, with a focus on producing professional-quality videos that drive impact for farmers, especially youth and women.

The position involves capturing compelling farmer stories that show the impact of One Acre Fund’s work at both individual and generational levels. The role blends storytelling, social behavior change, and marketing skills to help One Acre Fund share meaningful impact stories.

Organization

One Acre Fund

Job type

Vacancy

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 are home to two-thirds of Africa’s farmers, One Acre Fund provides:

• High-quality farm supplies
• Tree seedlings
• Accessible credit
• Modern agronomic training
• A wide range of other agricultural services

On average, this model enables farmers to increase their income and assets on supported land by more than 35 percent, while permanently improving their resilience.

This impact is made possible by One Acre Fund’s team of 9,000+ full-time staff, drawn from diverse backgrounds and professions.

About the role

The Video Editor will produce professional-quality videos for One Acre Fund’s training programs, marketing, fundraising, and brand campaigns. The work will focus on creating content that supports impact for farmers, particularly youth and women.

This role requires a strong combination of:

• Videography
• Video editing
• Storytelling
• Social behavior change communication
• Marketing-focused content production

The successful candidate will capture farmer stories that clearly demonstrate the impact of One Acre Fund’s work on individuals, families, and future generations.

Responsibilities

Professional-quality, on-brand storytelling film production

The Video Editor will be responsible for producing engaging and emotive video content that aligns with One Acre Fund’s brand and storytelling standards.

Key responsibilities include:

• Capturing high-quality, engaging, and emotive video and audio using DSLR and phone cameras
• Coordinating and directing video shoots across all countries of operation
• Working closely with local teams to plan and execute video production activities

Professional-quality, on-brand storytelling video editing

The role requires strong editing skills to transform raw footage into compelling videos that serve multiple organizational needs.

Key responsibilities include:

• Building storyboards and scripts to match a brief after a shoot
• Subtitling videos in seven or more different languages
• Re-cutting videos to serve multiple purposes
• Creating on-brand, bespoke motion graphics

Professional interviewing and storytelling

The Video Editor will identify and develop strong stories from the field and lead interviews that support powerful story arcs.

Key responsibilities include:

• Sourcing, identifying, and developing strong stories in the field based on a brief
• Leading interviews that elicit engaging, unique, and emotive answers
• Guiding interviews in a way that moves story arcs forward
• Reading farmer reports and identifying possible story arcs
• Developing interviews that help craft those story arcs into compelling stories

Video systems ownership

The role also involves managing key video systems and supporting the smooth coordination of video production work.

Key responsibilities include:

• Occasionally managing freelancers
• Hosting donor-selected video crews during shoots
• Managing and organizing One Acre Fund’s video archive and footage storage
• Developing and owning One Acre Fund’s video shot schedule
• Ensuring stakeholders know what video work is upcoming

Career growth and development

One Acre Fund has a strong culture of constant learning and invests in developing its people.

The successful candidate will benefit from:

• Weekly check-ins with their manager
• Access to mentorship and training programs
• Regular feedback on performance
• Career reviews every six months
• Dedicated time to discuss career aspirations and goals
• Opportunities to shape a growing organization
• A rewarding long-term career path

Qualifications

Across all roles, One Acre Fund looks for strong general qualifications. For this role specifically, candidates should have:

• Professional videography and editing skills
• Professional reporting and storytelling skills
• Ability to use professional-grade DSLR and audio equipment
• Deep knowledge of editing in Adobe Premiere Pro

Preferred start date

As soon as possible.

Flexible, within One Acre Fund’s countries of operation.

Benefits

One Acre Fund offers:

• Health insurance
• Housing
• Comprehensive benefits

Eligibility

Application deadline

The application deadline is 24 August 2026.

Please note that One Acre Fund hires on a rolling basis. Applications are reviewed and processed continuously until a hire is made.

Important recruitment notice

One Acre Fund never asks candidates to pay money or pay for tests at any stage of the interview process.

Official One Acre Fund emails will always come from an @oneacrefund.org address.

Candidates should report suspicious communication to globalhotline@oneacrefund.org. However, applications or application materials should not be sent to this email address

• Capturing high-quality, engaging, and emotive video and audio using DSLR and phone cameras
• Coordinating and directing video shoots across all countries of operation
• Working closely with local teams to plan and execute video production activities
• Building storyboards and scripts to match a brief after a shoot
• Subtitling videos in seven or more different languages
• Re-cutting videos to serve multiple purposes
• Creating on-brand, bespoke motion graphics
• Sourcing, identifying, and developing strong stories in the field based on a brief
• Leading interviews that elicit engaging, unique, and emotive answers
• Guiding interviews in a way that moves story arcs forward
• Reading farmer reports and identifying possible story arcs
• Developing interviews that help craft those story arcs into compelling stories
• Occasionally managing freelancers
• Hosting donor-selected video crews during shoots
• Managing and organizing One Acre Fund’s video archive and footage storage
• Developing and owning One Acre Fund’s video shot schedule
• Ensuring stakeholders know what video work is upcoming

• Videography
• Video editing
• Storytelling
• Social behavior change communication
• Marketing-focused content production
• Professional videography and editing skills
• Professional reporting and storytelling skills
• Ability to use professional-grade DSLR and audio equipment
• Deep knowledge of editing in Adobe Premiere Pro

• Professional videography and editing skills
• Professional reporting and storytelling skills
• Ability to use professional-grade DSLR and audio equipment
• Deep knowledge of editing in Adobe Premiere Pro