Aug 20, One Acre Fund Senior Agronomist Coordinator Jobs in Tanzania

About One Acre Fund

Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund supplies 1 million smallholder farmers with the agricultural services they need to make their farms vastly more productive. Our 8,000+ team is drawn from diverse backgrounds and professions. With operations across six core countries in Africa, we make farmers more prosperous by providing quality farm supplies on credit, delivered within walking distance of farmers’ homes, and agricultural training to improve harvests. On average, the farmers we serve harvest 50 percent more food after working with One Acre Fund.

About the Role

As part of our team, you will work closely with the impact and product innovation leadership. You will be actively involved in designing and managing agricultural extension and training content for farmers, One Acre Fund (OAF) stakeholders, partners, and staff. Your role will include the annual review and revision of the farmer training modules to ensure maximum impact. You’ll also contribute to the research and design of new agricultural product training tools and strategies, as well as data collection tools.

You will have the opportunity to dive into integrated pest and disease management, conduct agricultural training, and provide support for customer engagement and farm-related issues. Your input will be crucial in shaping the Agriculture Impact Strategy. You’ll collaborate with various departments and offer your agricultural expertise in both internal and external meetings.

Responsibilities

Design and Review Training Content

Create agricultural impact training content for farmers, OAF stakeholders/partners, and staff.

Annually review and update the farmer training curriculum for all OAF impact areas.

Support research and design of new agricultural product trainings and strategies.

Pest and Disease Management

Design pest and disease management responses, including pesticide recommendations in consultation with research and government regulations.

Staff Capacity Building

Train OAF staff on agricultural impact strategy and training components.

Attend field team farmer trainings to gather feedback and improve training materials.

Conduct agricultural training sessions as needed.

Customer Engagement and Support

Address farmers’ agronomic concerns and provide solutions.

Train and support OAF Duka staff and the customer engagement hotline team on common agricultural challenges.

Monitor and respond to customer engagement requests within 48 hours.

Conduct field visits to understand farmer challenges and incorporate findings into training materials and strategy.

Agriculture Impact Strategy

Advise on key impact opportunities and support the annual agricultural impact strategy.

Collaborate with government relations and rural retail teams to create actionable plans.

Conduct field tests and research new agricultural products.

Review data and provide recommendations for products.

Conduct field visits to monitor product risks and provide feedback to leadership.

Inter-Departmental Collaboration

Qualifications

Across all roles, these are the general qualifications we look for. For this role specifically, we are seeking an agronomist with 2+ years’ experience with practical experience working on projects and with farmers agriculture research. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:

Graduate of 4-year university in either General Agriculture or Agronomy or related degree.

1-2 years experience in agriculture extension work.

Fluency in Microsoft excel (can maintain complex spreadsheets) and Google suite.

Willingness to be based in Iringa and to travel throughout the One Acre Fund service territory: Mbeya, Songwe and Njombe.

Language: Fluent English required.

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; One Acre Fund Senior Agronomist Coordinator Jobs in Tanzania

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