Agriculture and Livestock Field Officer - Siha district (Sanya Juu - West Kilimanjaro )

Fert is an NGO assisting farmers and their organizations to develop economical services. Fert is
implementing a program aiming at improving farmers’ technical and economical environment in
Arusha and Kilimanjaro regions. For that purpose, Fert is looking for one qualified person to fill
the following post based in Siha District :

FIELD OFFICER
Responsibilities:
 Facilitate groups of farmers to increase their agricultural and livestock keeping skills
through training, exchange visits, demonstration plots …
 Advise farmers individually on their productions and the management of their farm
 Analyze economic data from farmers
 Support farmers on development of common services such as imput supply, marketing of
their products, etc.
 Write regular reports on activities done with the groups

Qualifications and abilities:
 Tanzanian citizen with good team work capacity
 Holder of a diploma in agriculture/livestock and having at least 2 years of experience in
relevant areas.
 An experience in horticultural crops (vegetable, potatoes) would be an asset
 Good knowledge of agricultural production (maize, vegetables, coffee) and livestock
(poultry…)
 Good communication skills: listening, understanding, expression, facilitation of groups…
 Ability to analyze economical data
 Capacity of organization
 Willingness to carry out extensive fieldwork in close link with farmers: the job is taking
place in a remote area
 Language: Kiswahili and English required
 Ability to drive motorcycle

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT will be on contract basis of one year, renewable, with a probation
period

TO APPLY, send before the 8
th of September 2015 your letter of application, detailed CV,
copies of certificates, three references, and a telephone or e-mail contact to “Fert
representative » at the following email address : fert.recrute@gmail.com
Only applications sent on this address will be accepted.