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Field Coordinator (6)

at Total LandCare (TLC)
Location Morogoro, Tanzania, United Republic of
Date Posted August 31, 2022
Category Management
Job Type Full-time
Currency TZS

Description

JOB DETAILS:
6 Field Coordinator

Job Summary:

The Field Coordinator (FC) will be responsible to coordinate the implementation of the EverGreening practices, Assisted Natural Regeneration (ANR), Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR), Tree planting as well as Livelihoods interventions in the project villages. Services will be conducted under the direct supervision of the Project Manager.

Reporting and relationships
The Field Coordinator will report to the Project Manager.

Job Responsibilities:
• Support communities to identify appropriate evergreening practices using the option by context concept and action plan development.
• Sensitize and mobilize communities/farmers/TAs on relevant project activities at a landscape/catchment level.

• Collaborate in identifying possible agro/natural resource-based products/enterprises, with a focus on those with established markets.
• Engage schools and strengthen/establish environmental clubs (Mali Hai clubs) in the project site.
• Establish household and/or community-based best-practice demonstration sites for contextually appropriate Evergreening (SALM) practices.
• Conduct farmer field days at community demonstration sites and showcase value chain products for dissemination purposes.
• Provide support and training to community extension workers, extension staff and farmers in nursery management, seed collection/handling, best-bet agroforestry, environmental education, soil conservation, water harvesting, conservation agriculture, irrigation, small livestock, climate adaptation practices and other related practices/technologies.

• Facilitate capacity building on value addition of the selected nutrition sensitive evergreen agriculture value chains for increased income.
• Train CBT/CEW on field data collection procedures for monitoring and evaluation,
• Facilitate management of associations, including committee responsibilities, meetings, financial accounting, action plans, discipline, transport, purchases of inputs, market linkages, etc.
• Facilitate registration of new farmer groups/ CBOs and VSLAs/SGs and support their development through the district authorities.

• Routinely support CBTs in rolling-out CHOMOKA amongst SGs and practice Nature-based solutions.
• Facilitate linkage meetings between farmers and financial service providers.
• Coordinate the implementation of land tenure rights awareness and trainings sessions in the villages.
• Support communities to identify community leaders and champions on conflict resolutions and managing them as they arise from land and water use, carbon component etc.
• Develop community-based monthly field action plans with relevant partner organizations and provide monthly updates on progress.
• Facilitate contract agreements, collective investment, selling, bulking of on and off farm
• produce and inputs, local value chain development, and community-based extension.
• Perform any other duties as directed by TLC Management.

Job requirements
We are looking for a candidate with:

• Diploma/bachelor’s in agriculture, crop sciences, horticulture, agronomy, agribusiness, forestry, agroforestry, natural resources management or related field.
• Minimum of 3 years practical experience natural resource management and climate smart agriculture practices.
• Familiar with relevant local governance structures.
• Familiar with decentralized extension system, lead farmer/FFS extension approaches.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and leadership skills.
• Computer literate in MS Word and Excel, as well as email correspondence.
• Ability to drive motor bikes for field trips is advantageous.
• Ability to live in the village settings.
• Ability to work independently and support farmers doing evergreening practices.

Applying Instructions

Applications including up-to-date curriculum vitae giving names, telephone numbers, physical and email addresses of traceable referees and age of the applicant should be sent in one PDF file to: Email:

totallandcaretz@gmail.com

All applications should be
addressed to:
Country Manager,
Total LandCare Tanzania
P.O. Box 1911,
Morogoro, Tanzania.
NB: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted