Country Manager – Burundi

Company Description

Coffee sits at the heart of Burundi’s rural economy: nearly 500,000 coffee-growing households help support around three million people, almost a quarter of the country’s population. Yet production has declined steeply over the past decade. Kahawatu Foundation is committed to ensuring that coffee has a thriving future in Burundi. Since 2013, we have supported more than 40,000 coffee-farming households, established over 1,000 Village Savings and Loan Associations, and helped create 50 women’s organisations.

Job Description

As Country Manager, you will help shape a roadmap to transform the next decade of coffee farming in Burundi. With coffee as the anchor, you will have the opportunity to address some of rural development’s most important challenges—from regenerative agriculture and climate adaptation to household resilience and the economic and social roles of women and young people.

Key responsibilities

1) Shape and deliver Kahawatu’s vision for Burundi

• Work with the Burundi and international teams of Kahawatu and SUCAFINA to develop an ambitious roadmap for the next decade.
• Translate that vision into practical, scalable programs that strengthen coffee production, farmer incomes and household resilience.
• Identify new opportunities based on field realities, evidence and the evolving needs of coffee-growing communities.

2) Lead programs t