Country Director at Farm Africa
Country Director, Tanzania
Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Salary: GBP c60,000, plus benefits
Effective agriculture has the power to change lives. It underpins prosperity, food security and stability the world over. Farm Africa focuses on transforming agriculture and managing natural resources sustainably. We work with farmers, rural communities and businesses in east Africa to boost yields, protect the environment and connect smallholder farmers to thriving markets.
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We are recruiting a Country Director to lead the further development of our exciting and growing programme in Tanzania, someone with the drive and ability to engage with the private sector, institutional donors, and other agriculture sector stakeholders, to create and lead on new opportunities, grow the pipeline and expand both our geographical and technical footprint.
The Country Director in Tanzania plays a key role within Farm Africa’s global senior leadership and you will be responsible for setting the strategic direction for Farm Africa’s Tanzanian country programme, in line with our global strategy.
You will have a successful track record of working at Country Director level or equivalent, within the private sector, the NGO sector and a strong understanding of donor environments, working closely with communities and government.
You will have experience of Farm Africa’s technical programme areas in agriculture market system development, and/or natural resource managment, and have track record in strategic planning and human resource management. Exceptional networking, relationship building and financial management skills are pre-requisites.
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If you are interested in this role, we would love to hear from you.
More information can be found in the job description. If you would like to apply, please submit your CV and a cover letter that explains how your experience fits this role to recruitment@farmafrica.org.
The deadline for applications is 9:00 AM (BST) on Monday, 15 April 2024.
Note: Farm Africa will not accept third party application and recruitment consultants are respectfully asked to not get in touch with regards to this role.
