Agroforestry Specialist at One Acre Fund Tanzania

Tanzania Agroforestry Specialist
Agroforestry Specialist at One Acre Fund Tanzania July 2024
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
a Tree Specialist, you will oversee the delivery of One Acre Fund’s
agroforestry program across designated sites while driving impact,
financial sustainability and customer service through the districts that
you manage. The main purpose of this role is to oversee the seedlings
production work and identify areas for innovation and process
improvement within the department. You will take ownership of driving
these initiatives forward.

You will collaborate in
inter-departmental teams to develop and implement new solutions. You
will set objectives for your team, ensuring that they meet performance
expectations. You will report directly to the Tree Associate/Manager,
and manage a team spread across 100 – 150 villages and 1 – 2 centralized
nurseries.

This is role requires 60% field work and 40% office
work. Your location will be determined based on the location of your
team members within the Iringa, Njombe, Mbeya and Songwe regions

Responsibilities
Tree Management

• You will lead seedling cultivation by managing a team of Nursery
  Officers (Outgrowers) who produce seedlings at the villages or in
  centralized nurseries. Ensure the seedlings grow healthy and are ready
  at the ideal planting time by creating implementation and contingency
  plans. Oversee the seedlings production by external suppliers
• You will design and implement trials to test the production of soil improving, timber and fruit species
• You
  will understand barriers to higher seedling survival and tree growth
  and implement practical and scalable methods to improve the metrics
  among farmers
• You will manage a big field team to constantly meet their performance expectations

Agroforestry Expansion

• You will scope new sites for inwards and outwards program expansion
• You will promote financial sustainability by implementing cost controls.
• You will create the seedling marketing and distribution strategy and lead its implementation
• You
  will create surveys, train enumerators, support data collection,
  quality assessment and analysis to inform departmental decisions and
  provide actionable recommendations.

Stakeholder Engagement

• You will present our work to government officials at different levels to ensure program buy-in
• You will collaborate in inter-departmental teams to develop and implement current and new projects.

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, you will have: A Bachelor’s degree in Forestry,
  Agroforestry or related fields
• Experience with data collection
  and analysis in Excel /Google Sheets (Proficiency in SPSS, STATA or R
  statistical software would be a bonus)
• People management experience
• 2+ years of experience managing nursery production or tree planting projects
• Technical knowledge around sourcing quality seed
• Fluent professional proficiency in English and Swahili

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Preferred Start Date  As soon as possible
Job Location Iringa or Njombe or Mbeya or Songwe, Tanzania
Benefits  Health insurance, paid time off
Contract Duration  1 year (with possibility of extension)

Eligibility
This role is only open to citizens or permanent residents of Tanzania

Application Deadline 09th October 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.