Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, July 19 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Job purpose:
As part of Swissaid Tanzania Country Programme 2019-2024, contribute to Outcome 1 “Improved sustainable rural livelihoods of smallholder farmers” and to its Output 1 “Increased smallholder farmers’ production through diversified agroecological farming”.

Some of the key duties and responsibilities:
• Take a leading role in coordinating and implementing activities related to ecological farming.
• Coordinate the implementation of the training plan across farmer organizations and other possible partners including organizing training sessions for animators/lead farmers farmer groups and contributing the production of training materials.
• Coordinate implementation of participatory plant breeding and participatory cultivar evaluations through mother and baby seed trials
• Coordinate the establishment of community seed banks and provide technical assistance to the seed guardian and community seed banks’ members.
• Coordinate annual seed fairs and participate in community awareness creation and promotion of farmer-managed seeds.
• Provide technical backstopping on agroecology and conduct regular field visits to farmer groups in remote areas.
• Participate in project development including proposal writing.
• Ensure a good and constructive collaboration with other team members.
• Prepare detailed activity and monthly reports and effectively contribute to quarterly and annual reporting
• Support other projects as needed and foster good coordination and synergies with other elements of the Country Programme.
• Participate in planning, financial management and monitoring & evaluation related to the Country Programme.

Qualifications and experience:
• Hold a first university degree in agronomy, with a minimum of five years working experience in an area related to agronomy.
• Significant experience in ecological organic agriculture/agroecology.
• Demonstrated experience with project management and leadership, with the capacity to effectively manage multi-years projects and lead a team of up to 10 people.
• Interest and experience with grassroots communities in the agriculture sector.
• Practical experience in project designing and proposal writing.
• Practical experience in participatory plant research activities
• Practical experience and interest in working with partners including the government, civil society organizations, academia, and the private sector.
• A commitment to equal opportunities and promotion of gender equity.
• High-level analytical and report-writing skills in English.
• Fluent in English and Swahili.
• Must be computer literate.
• Ability to work independently, multitask, and under pressure.
• Focused on results.
• A team player.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
Candidates should submit a letter of intent describing how they qualify for this position, a CV, and two referees including contact phone numbers and email addresses at their earliest convenience.
Deadline: 30 July 2023.
Applicants MUST indicate expected gross salary in Tanzania shillings.
Send the application to: info@swissaidtanzania.org 

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