Community Support Officer for Agriculture and Water Job at Project Zawadi (PZ) - Career Opportunity in Tanzania
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Vacancy title:
Community Support Officer for Agriculture and Water

[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Nonprofit, and NGO , Category: Management ]

Jobs at:

Project Zawadi (PZ)

Deadline of this Job:
20 July 2020  

Duty Station:
Within Tanzania , Zanzibar , East Africa

Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, July 08, 2020 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed


JOB DETAILS:
Job Description: Project Zawadi’s mission is to partner with communities, schools, and teachers to support quality education for Tanzanian children and youth. Project Zawadi (PZ) is a small non-profit organization that provides support via three programs: Student Sponsorship, School Support (Model Schools), and Teacher Training (Tenda Teachers). .

Major Duties and Responsibilities
· School farm development that provides at least one meal a day to the students. And everything involved: What to plant, how, how to manage it. Sales of excess.
· Work with each school and neighboring community to set up a sustainable structure.
· Promote widespread adoption of conservation agriculture (CA) farming practices by demonstrating the benefits of CA to communities surrounding model farms in order to increase regional food security and economic prosperity.
· Provide students with practical, non-classroom educational experiences covering CA land use and agricultural practices (e.g., crop selection and rotation, seed varieties, soil preparation and management, cover crops, water management, integration of trees and animals)
· Develop material and facilitate training for the operation and maintenance of water delivery systems at partner schools and communities.
· Collaborate with our model farms and water projects partners for effectively implementation
· Perform all duties in a timely and accurate manner
· Perform additional responsibilities as assigned

Job Skills: Not Specified


Qualifications for the Job
Bachelor of Science in Agriculture or Bachelor of Science in Irrigation and Water Resources engineering or related field or comparable work experience is required. Experience with community projects such as water projects in rural areas, Community agricultural support project, public meeting facilitation, programmatic evaluations, and public speaking is a plus.
· Strong oral and written communication skills in both English and Swahili
· Ability to engage in clear and empathic communication
· Professional behavior with integrity and flexibility as job changes and grows
· Detail oriented,organized,andabletomanageprioritiesformultipleprojects
· Ability to work independently
· Coaching and mentoring skills
· Solid computer and social media skills with fluency in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Job Education Requirements: Not Specified


Job Experience Requirements: Not Specified


Work Hours: 8

 

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Job application procedure
To Apply: Send ONE email and up to two attachments (cover letter and CV) with the subjectline “Community Support officer” to bsinger@projectzawadi.org  and joel@projectzawadi.org . In the cover letter explain why you want the job and describe your salary history and requirements. Dead line to apply: July15,2020.

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Job Info
Job Category: Corporate / Organisation Officer jobs in Tanzania
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job:  20 July 2020
Duty Station: Tanzania
Posted: 08-07-2020
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 08-07-2020
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 08-07-2065
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