JOB DETAILS:
Njombe Out growers Services Company Ltd (NOSC) is a company Incorporated in November 2014 with the sole purpose of improving the livelihoods of the smallholder tea farmers in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania. NOSC offers a range of support services to the farmers including the provision of essential inputs such as fertilizer, herbicides and seedlings, agronomy support, green leaf transport and logistics, green leaf plucking services and technical advisory services to farmers. NOSC's target is to develop 2,500 Ha of smallholder tea targeting 3,000 smallholder farmers that will supply a smallholder tea factory.

NOSC is seeking to recruit a qualified, detail oriented and self-motivated individual to take up the role of Tea Operations Manager. Based in Njombe and reporting to the General Manager, the role shall have the following key responsibilities:

Role Purpose Statement/Key Objective:
Under the direction of the General Manager and with safety, efficiency and customer service a priority, the Tea Operations Manager is accountable for the provision of technical and extension services provision to smallholder farmers, establishment and management of tea nurseries, tea field development with new farmers, smallholder farmers training and management of sustainability standards while ensuring efficient and effective professional services are provided to smallholder tea farmers to quarantee increased productivity, quality and farmer returns.

Main Responsibilities/Key Accountabilities
Operational Responsibilities-85%
• Oversee smallholders' farms management with the aim of improving productivity and, ensuring quality standards are met as per agreed company annual budget.
• Ensure smallholders farms expansion and production are conducted as per agreed quality and annual plan targets, as per sole services provider on planting materials, fertilizer rates and types and agronomic best practices.
• . Make sure all smallholder farmers are certified and have signed an agreement with sustainable agriculture network standards that focus on the protection of natural environmental, social, and economic conditions of smallholder farmers and communities as well as Improving farmer's Income and livelihood.
• Establish and manage cost effective tea seedlings nurseries as per agreed nurseries budgets.
• Adequately manage the tea supply value chain activities in the fields to assure tea farmers of professional services based on farmers' production, productivity, quality, market competitiveness, and trading.
• Develop annual agricultural Input requirements (Seedlings, herbicides & fertilizers) for smallholder farmers and the distribution calendar plan.
• Provide professional backstopping to field’s management staff.
• Ensuring challenges met on the ground are identified and managed in a timely manner.
• Develop proposals on key emerging innovations that will lead to improvement of production and quality and present these to the General Manager for assessment and deliberation.
• Develop quarterly staff KPls review (Monitoring and evaluation) focusing on project implementation against targets, challenges, and future mitigating measures.
• Develop and manage farmers training needs and training schedules that focus on agronomic and sustainability issues Implemented and using different approaches like FFS and T&V.
• Management Responsibilities-15%
• Participate in developing rolling budgets, monitoring and managing any assigned budget and ensuring costs remain. Within agreed limits.
• Advise the General Manager on short and long term strategies to be adopted for the successful deliver on the Njombe. Programme Vision.
• Mentor and build capacity of all Field staff, setting SMART targets and key performance indicators (KPI's), conducting staff appraisals and monitoring their motivation.
• Engage the Government at village and ward levels to ensure their understanding and buy in of the Njombe project vision, mission, goals, objectives, and annual targets.
• Participate in the strategic planning and management of the project's agreed annual targets and ensure farmers services adhered on improving farmers Income and livelihood.
• Advise the General Manager on the day to day field operations activities and report on all fields’ operations performances as well as advising on the way forward.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience
• At least a degree in agriculture or related field.
• At least five years or more in senior management coordination level with specific experience in extension services and technical tea farming experience with smallholder farmers. At least five years' experience in a senior management coordination role with specific experience in providing extension services and tea farming technical advise to smallholder tea farmers.
• Excellent analytical, problem solving and organizational skills. Demonstrable ability to lead and manage staff.
• Strong team player with outstanding communication skills. Ability to work independently with minimal supervision whilst tracking multiple processes and/or deliverables.
• Ability to effectively prioritize tasks in a fast moving environment.

All interested and qualified candidates are invited to send their detailed CV with copies of relevant testimonials (certificates) to:
General Manager
Njombe Outgrowers Services Company Limited,
Lunyanywi B Street Plot No. 7, Block A
P.O. Box 252, Njombe,
Tanzania

Emall Applications: Info@nosc.co.tz 


Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.