FIELD OFFICER (TZ)
Position: Field Officer (TZ) 3posts
- Empowerment Team
- Full-time
- Lindi/Mtwara, Zanzibar, Kigoma, TZ
Posted on June 24th, 2021
Overview:
As
our Field Officer, you will report to the Operations Coordinator in
Tanzania and work closely with a team of other Field Officers and
Sourcing Officers to widen access to agriculture and global markets for
smallholders, women and youth. You will mobilize farmers to purchase
Agricycle’s processing equipment, train them to meet Agricycle’s food
safety and quality standards and coordinate buying their products. You
will act as the main link between rural communities and Agricycle in
assigned regions within Tanzania and coordinate with relevant
stakeholders like local governments, nonprofits and development
agencies.
Responsibilities:
Mobilize smallholder farmers to join Agricycle’s network in order to become certified producers.
❖ Facilitate Agricycle’s members to procure necessary equipment, such as dehydrators, for production
❖ Teach Agricycle’s members Good Agricultural Practices and monitor their compliance.
❖ Train Agricycle’s members to meet food safety and quality standards and monitor their compliance.
❖ Negotiate with Agricycle’s producers to procure multiple products as guided from time to time.
❖ Ensure Agricycle’s producers follow requirements for quality products and production goals.
❖ Communicate production and activities to other team members and update the digital database
❖ Collect impact, production and demographic data of Agricycle’s members and producers in Uganda.
❖ Assist team members with planning, implementation and monitoring of projects in assigned regions.
❖ Link Agricycle to and meet with relevant partners who can support our sourcing and impact goals.
❖ Any other reasonable responsibility given by supervising team members.
- Highly creative with a hunger for innovation and are natural born problem solvers.
- Motivated by a passion to make the world a better place and love to take on challenges.
- Servant leaders who help to build the team and take on whatever role is necessary.
- Eager to learn and thrive in the fast-paced “fail fast, fail often” startup culture we embody.
- Collaborative in a highly diverse and global team and can work independently when remote.
- Critical and strategic thinkers with strong decision-making skills.
- Empathetic and patient, knowing no task is below them.
- Strong team players, knowing teamwork is necessary and that each role supports the other
- Minimum of 2 year of previous employment (not necessarily continuous) in office settings.
- University degree in Community Development, Business Administration, Agribusiness or other related fields.
- Excellent relationship building and English communication skills (written, oral and digital).
- Demonstrated compassion and empathy, strong work ethic and unimpeachable integrity.
- Readiness and ability to regularly perform under pressure and within short timeframes.
- Desire to be proactive and support other team members by reducing their workload.
- Excellent working knowledge of computer applications and familiarity with cloud-based software
- Willing to work anywhere in Tanzania
- Social Perceptiveness
- Services orientation
- Clerical skills/Computer skills
- Multitasking skill
- Customer service
- Teamwork and support
- Verbal/written communication
Attach the following as one combined PDF: a) cover letter addressed to the Director of East Africa; b) CV with three reachable referees; and c) academic or other qualification documents. Clearly state the position you are applying for in your letter. Agricycle does not charge for applications or interviews.
