Principal Project Officer-Agro Industries , National Development Corporation (NDC)

The National Development Corporation (NDC) is Public Corporation owned by the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania, which was established in 1962 by an Act of Parliament. Currently, NDCexists under the Public Corporations Act of 1992 as an industrial related organisation with a mission to implement strategic industrial development projects in partnership with private sector.

NDC is seeking to recruit highly competent, proactive, committed and self-driven individuals to the following positions:-

Qualifications and Experience

A holder of bachelor's degree in agriculture, agricultural economics, economic planning, agricultural engineering, or any related field with at least five (5) years experience in project development and management.

Duties and Responsibilities

To ensure readily available, in commercial scale and quality, agricultural supply for the agro and manufacturing industries.

To coordinate with various agricultural research and activities pertaining to the promoting institutions in identifying potential comparative and competitive advantages the agricultural sector,

To promote productivity growth and commercialized production of agricultural output; collaborate with various industrial support institutions to promote agriculture products for industrial value chain spin-off.

To facilitate availability of land for commercialized agricultural production.

To facilitate out promotional campaigns for specific crop development.

To carry out preliminary project investigations to assess technical viability of the project.

To review project designs, layout designs, capital expenditure on agro based machinery and equipment for agricultural projects

To supervise and facilitate the work of any technical sub contractors       on agricultural projects.

To study technical requirements for agro- industry projects and      development and implementation.

Perform any other duties as may be assigned from time to time.

Application Instructions:

Interested candidates should forward their CV detailed resume stating age, qualifications, experience, e-mail address, daytime telephone contact and names and addresses of three referees to reach the below mentioned address on or before 15th July, 2013

Managing Director Development House

Ohio/Kivukoni Street

P. O. BOX 2669

Dar es Salaam