Tanzania Senior Agronomist Coordinator at One Acre Fund

Tanzania Senior Agronomist Coordinator at One Acre Fund July 2024

Iringa, Mbeya or Njombe, Tanzania
About One Acre Fund
Founded
in 2006, One Acre Fund supplies 1 million smallholder farmers with the
agricultural services they need to make their farms vastly more
productive. Our 8,000+ team is drawn from diverse backgrounds and
professions. With operations across six core countries in Africa, we
make farmers more prosperous by providing quality farm supplies on
credit, delivered within walking distance of farmers’ homes, and
agricultural training to improve harvests. On average, the farmers we
serve harvest 50 percent more food after working with One Acre Fund.
To learn more about our work, take a look at our Why Work Here blog for more information.

About the Role
As
part of our team, you will work closely with the impact and product
innovation leadership. You will be actively involved in designing and
managing agricultural extension and training content for farmers, One
Acre Fund (OAF) stakeholders, partners, and staff. Your role will
include the annual review and revision of the farmer training modules to
ensure maximum impact. You’ll also contribute to the research and
design of new agricultural product training tools and strategies, as
well as data collection tools.

You will have the opportunity to
dive into integrated pest and disease management, conduct agricultural
training, and provide support for customer engagement and farm-related
issues. Your input will be crucial in shaping the Agriculture Impact
Strategy. You’ll collaborate with various departments and offer your
agricultural expertise in both internal and external meetings.

Responsibilities

• Design
  and Review Training Content Create agricultural impact training content
  for farmers, OAF stakeholders/partners, and staff.
• Annually review and update the farmer training curriculum for all OAF impact areas.
• Support research and design of new agricultural product trainings and strategies.
• Pest
  and Disease Management Design pest and disease management responses,
  including pesticide recommendations in consultation with research and
  government regulations.
• Staff Capacity Building Train OAF staff on agricultural impact strategy and training components.
• Attend field team farmer trainings to gather feedback and improve training materials.
• Conduct agricultural training sessions as needed.
• Customer Engagement and Support Address farmers’ agronomic concerns and provide solutions.
• Train and support OAF Duka staff and the customer engagement hotline team on common agricultural challenges.
• Monitor and respond to customer engagement requests within 48 hours.
• Conduct field visits to understand farmer challenges and incorporate findings into training materials and strategy.
• Agriculture Impact Strategy Advise on key impact opportunities and support the annual agricultural impact strategy.
• Collaborate with government relations and rural retail teams to create actionable plans.
• Conduct field tests and research new agricultural products.
• Review data and provide recommendations for products.
• Conduct field visits to monitor product risks and provide feedback to leadership.
• Inter-Departmental
  Collaboration Provide agricultural expertise across all departments,
  including government relations, rural retail, and monitoring and
  evaluation.
• Offer expertise in internal and external meetings, including high-level impact groups and government official meetings

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Career Growth and Development
We
have a strong culture of constant learning and we invest in developing
our people. You’ll have weekly check-ins with your manager, access to
mentorship and training programs, and regular feedback on your
performance. We hold career reviews every six months, and set aside time
to discuss your aspirations and career goals. You’ll have the
opportunity to shape a growing organization and build a rewarding
long-term career.

Qualifications
Across all roles, these are the general qualifications we look for.
For this role specifically, we are seeking an agronomist with 2+ years’
experience with practical experience working on projects and with
farmers agriculture research. Candidates who fit the following criteria
are strongly encouraged to apply:

• Graduate of 4-year university in either General Agriculture or Agronomy or related degree.
• 1-2 years experience in agriculture extension work.
• Fluency in Microsoft excel (can maintain complex spreadsheets) and Google suite.
• Willingness to be based in Iringa and to travel throughout the One Acre Fund service territory: Mbeya, Songwe and Njombe.

Language:
Fluent English required.
Preferred Start Date
As soon as possible
Job Location
Iringa, Mbeya or Njombe, Tanzania

Benefits
Health insurance, paid time off
Contract Duration
1 year
Eligibility
This role is only open to citizens or permanent residents of Tanzania

Application Deadline 26 August 2024

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.