Cluster Coordinators (x5) (National)
Location | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, United Republic of |
Date Posted | March 25, 2025 |
Category | Management |
Job Type | Full-time |
Currency | TZS |
Description
Forestry, Land Use, and Value Chain Development in Tanzania (FORLAND) is a four-year bilateral project between the governments of Finland and Tanzania (2025-2029). The Project area includes the Iringa, Njombe, Ruvuma, and Lindi regions, which are rich in natural and plantation forest resources. The main headquarters is at Forest and Wood Industries Training Centre (FWITC) in Mafinga. FORLAND helps small woodlot owners establish and manage tree plantations, as well as rural communities manage their Miombo Village Land Forest Reserves using Community Based Forest Management. The project also strengthens the value chain, assisting communities, tree producers, and micro, small, and medium enterprises in adding value to their goods. It builds on the success of the Participatory Plantation Forestry Programme (PFP 2) and Forest and Value Chain Development Programme (FORVAC) to ensure the long-term viability of the achievements and institutions supported. It also closely aligns with the development strategies and priorities of the Finnish and Tanzanian governments, helping to alleviate poverty, create jobs, and strengthen climate resilience. The FORLAND project is recruiting five (5) Cluster Coordinators who will be responsible for the following duties: • Coordinates and facilitates project implementation with duty bearers such as PO-RALG and TFS, service providers and directly employed extensionists at Region, District and Village levels; • Supports project planning and monitoring; • Prepares FORLAND cluster-level workplans and budgets in collaboration with PO-RALG; and other duty bearers; • Responsible for project cluster accounts together with the Finance and Administration Manager; • Accounts for funds disbursed at a cluster level; • Provides information and guidance at village and district level on opportunities and processes for forest management; • Provide technical backstopping to extensionists and service providers; • Develops ToRs for extensionists and service providers; • Participates in assessing and selecting extensionists and service providers; • Draft contracts for extensionists and service providers; • Supports, guides, and monitors the work of extensionists and service providers; • Supervises the work of extensionist and service providers hired by the Project; • Drafts ToRs for studies and supervises the contracts; • Initiates and monitors Village Land Use Planning and Village Fire Management Planning in Private forestry areas; • Initiates and monitors forest management and harvesting planning; • Trains and facilitates training of stakeholders; • Ensures that the Human Rights based Approach and the cross-cutting objectives of gender equality and non-discrimination are mainstreamed into all Project activities; • Ensures the mainstreaming of disaster risk reduction and climate resilience, low emission development and protection of the environment with an emphasis on biodiversity) into all Project activities; • Participates in the integration of Project interventions into FBD, TFS and Local governments operations and village level institutions, cooperatives etc.; • Coordinates and cooperates with key stakeholders and partners at local level; • Any other duties assigned by the Chief Technical Adviser.