Rwanda Legal and Investigations Intern

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

Seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented legal professional or recent LL.B graduate to gain hands-on experience in legal research, investigations, evidence review, and professional drafting within a fast-paced and dynamic operational environment.

Responsibilities

Case Assessment & Evidence Management

• Case Evaluation: Support the review of new and ongoing cases to identify the nature of allegations, establish background context, and break down complex matters into clear investigative issues.
• Information Analysis: Review and organize case documents, records, and correspondence into structured, easy-to-analyze formats.
• Critical Review: Proactively identify and highlight inconsistencies, missing information, or areas requiring further clarification within case files.

Investigative Support & Documentation

• Material Preparation: Assist in drafting essential investigative tools, including interview questions, case summaries, and briefing notes.
• Factual Record Keeping: Document interviews and key findings accurately to contribute to a coherent, objective factual record for each case.
• Operational Support: Assist the team with day-to-day investigative and administrative tasks as assigned.

Legal Research & Analysis

• Targeted Research: Conduct focused legal research on matters relevant to assigned cases.
• Legal Summaries: Synthesize and summarize applicable legal principles in a clear, well-structured manner.
• Fact-to-Law Mapping: Support the team in linking established facts to relevant legal issues under senior supervision.

Drafting & Reporting

• First Drafts: Prepare structured initial drafts of Investigation Plans, progress updates, final reports, and legal memoranda.
• Iterative Refinement: Participate actively in team discussions and revise drafts based on feedback to meet institutional standards.

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:

• Foundational understanding of criminal law, law of evidence, and contract law
• At least 3-6 months of internship or practical exposure within a law firm, judiciary, prosecution office, or other fast-paced legal environment is an added advantage
• Demonstrated experience in legal writing through coursework, research papers, moot court activities, internships or similar assignments
• Strong interest in legal and investigations work, with a willingness to learn, take initiative and work within structured timelines and high-pressure environments
• Proficiency in both English and Kinyarwanda, with strong verbal and written communication skills required; working knowledge of French is an added advantage.

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

22 August 2026. 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.