Coordinates the implementation of sustainable livelihood activities across rural project communities, supervises field teams, supports farmer training and mobilization, monitors programme quality, and maintains stakeholder coordination in the Rubeho Mountains Carbon Project Area.
Responsibilities
- Translate approved workplans into weekly and monthly field schedules
- Coordinate farmer mobilization, training, demonstrations, farm follow-up, and other livelihood activities
- Track programme delivery against targets, timelines, technical guidance, and approved budgets
- Coordinate field logistics and support agreed programme adaptations
- Provide day-to-day supervision and coordination of Field Extension Officers
- Review field activity plans and conduct regular supervision visits
- Provide practical guidance and support to resolve implementation challenges
- Ensure field staff maintain accurate records and submit complete reports on time
- Escalate significant staff capacity, performance, technical, and operational concerns to the Sustainable Livelihoods Manager
- Track implementation progress and verify field records
- Consolidate weekly and monthly reports and provide timely updates to the Sustainable Livelihoods Manager
- Identify delays, emerging risks, operational constraints, and areas requiring corrective action
- Support programme assessments, evaluations, learning activities, and partner or donor field visits
- Coordinate field-level engagement with village governments, government agricultural extension personnel, Lead Farmers, service providers, participating communities, and other stakeholders
- Maintain effective communication among programme management, field teams, and communities
- Document and appropriately escalate community concerns, feedback, and implementation issues
- Ensure field activities follow approved programme approaches and technical guidance
- Use field observations, monitoring information, and stakeholder feedback to identify implementation challenges
- Recommend practical improvements to the Sustainable Livelihoods Manager
- Support corrective actions and programme adaptations to strengthen implementation quality
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant agriculture, rural development, project management, or related field
- Programme coordination and organizational skills
- Ability to manage competing priorities and maintain progress against workplans, targets, and timelines
- Ability to provide direction, coaching, and day-to-day supervision to field-based staff
- Knowledge of smallholder agriculture, Climate-Smart Agriculture, Conservation Agriculture, Agroforestry, agricultural extension, and participatory farmer training
- Ability to track implementation, verify field records, identify delivery gaps, and prepare accurate reports
- Strong facilitation and relationship-building skills
- Ability to work respectfully with farmers, communities, government representatives, service providers, and colleagues
- Practical and solution-oriented approach to field challenges
- Strong spoken and written Kiswahili
- Working proficiency in English
- Ability to work in remote areas under varied weather and terrain conditions
- Willingness to undertake regular domestic travel and field visits
Application Instructions
- Only Tanzanian nationals will be considered.
