Tanzania Team Leader

Tanzania Forest Conservation Group.

Vital Signs

TFCG are recruiting for two positions within the Vital Signs project.

The Vital Signs is a ground-breaking new monitoring system that seeks to provide near-real time data and diagnostic tools to inform agricultural development decisions and monitor their outcomes. Vital Signs metrics and indicators will verify that investments to improve food production also support healthy natural systems and robust livelihoods for smallholder farmers. Vital Signs meets a critical need for integrative, holistic measurements of agriculture, ecosystem services and human well-being. The system will quantify sustainability and provide tools to evaluate risks and trade-offs by pooling multi-scale data into an open-access online dashboard for policy makers, the private sector and the scientific community. Vital Signs in Tanzania is a partnership project between the Tanzania Forest Conservation Group and Conservation International. The project will operate for 3 years initially. Vital Signs is financed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Position: Tanzania Team Leader

The Tanzania Team Leader is responsible for overseeing the management, implementation and logistics for Vital Signs within Tanzania. This is a key position for Vital Signs work in Tanzania and contributes towards the national, regional and international metrics being developed as part of this project. The individual in this position must have appropriate technical skills and the ability to work with a diverse set of both national international partners.

The Tanzania Team leader will need to be a person with an MSc or PhD (in one of the following fields: agronomy, earth sciences, anthropology, economics, development-related sciences, ecology, forestry) and at least 3 years experience in managing and coordinating fieldwork in agriculture, conservation or socio-economic development projects. Experience with working and coordinating field-based teams in rural areas is essential.

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How you can apply

Qualified candidates should send applications including a detailed CV, covering letter, contact details (including an e-mail address and phone number) and contacts of three professional referees to: personnel@tfcg.or.tz

Please name your CV and covering letter files using your full name. Please do not send scans of certificates as these are only required for candidates at the interview stage.

Please specify for which position you are applying.

Applicants who have not received communication by 15th July should consider their application unsuccessful.