About the workplace

Stromme Foundation is a rights-based development NGO that works towards a vision of a world free from poverty. Our most important interventions in the fight against poverty are education, economic inclusion / job creation and a strong civil society. This gives hundreds of thousands of people the opportunity to climb out of poverty, every year. We are a decentralised organisation. With offices in West Africa, East Africa and Asia consisting only of local employees, we work through local partners in 11 countries. We implement our programmes through local partner organisations. Our Organisational Headquarters is in Kristiansand, Norway, and has a coordinating, capacity building and fundraising role. Around 35 staff work in Kristiansand, and a total of 150 staff work for Stromme Foundation worldwide. Stromme Foundation is a non-profit, value-based organization, and we want to create a culture where we both live and are motivated by our core values of dignity, justice, and solidarity. Stromme Foundation is a rights-based development NGO that works towards a vision of a world free from poverty. Our most important interventions in the fight against poverty are education & income and job creation. This gives hundreds of thousands of people the opportunity to climb out of poverty, every year. We are a decentralised organisation. With offices in West Africa, East Africa and Asia consisting only of local employees, we work through local partners in 11 countries. We implement our programmes through local partner organisations. Our Organisational Headquarters is in Kristiansand, Norway, and plays a role of a coordinating, capacity building and fundraising. Around 35 staff work in Kristiansand, and a total of 150 staff work for Stromme Foundation worldwide. Stromme Foundation is a non-profit, value-based organization, that strives to create a culture where we both live and are motivated by our core values of human dignity, respect, justice, and solidarity. Stromme Foundation strives to provide a safe and inclusive workplace and collaborative working environment, where staff are treated with dignity, and respect. We offer competitive compensation and benefits in line with the local market. In the spirit of the work we do, we do not aspire to be the salary driver in countries of our operations. We thus do not offer salaries in the top end of the labour market. We also provide learning and development opportunities.

Work tasks

The Project Officers (Agronomy) will implement all aspects of the ELCAP program in Iramba, Ikungi and Manyoni districts in Tanzania. She/He will be required to apply a wide variety of livelihood development tools and approaches to catalyze innovative services and facilitate linkages between market actors in the assigned project area. The Project officer will work directly with Project Coordinator at SF and collaborate with the other consortium members for technical guidance. The Project Officer (Agronomy) will have the overall responsibility to support project development, coordination, monitoring, promotion, and development of ELCAPs livelihoods activities (these include but not limited to: promotion of Climate Smart agriculture practices, management of Saving Producer groups, Gender and Disability inclusion, Innovation and adoption of new technologies, promotion of green economy practices, Food Security, Life skills training, linking smallholder farmers to market actors and waste management practices. The project officer (Agronomy) will work in hand with the government counterparts at all levels in the mapping and identification and capacity strengthening of farmers groups in the project and maintain this collaboration for sustainability.

Qualifications

Interested candidates must hold a bachelors degree in agriculture, agribusiness, Social Science or any other related field from a reputable academic instituti

Candidates should possess a minimum of three-years experience in development programs where they have managed Livelihoods projects focusing on Commercial Agricultural Production, facilitating group formation, facilitating training to Smallholder farmers on livelihood interventions and a strong collaboration with government and other stakeholders. Other competences The suitable Candidate should demonstrate strong (English) verbal and written communication, mobilization skills and ability

Scope of employment

Form of employment: Summer job/Seasonal employment

Scope: Full-time

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Time-limited to: 29/03/2024