Program Coordinator Landscape Restoration at Justdiggit

Program Coordinator Landscape Restoration at Justdiggit… See details on how to apply for the opportunities available at Justdiggit.

Description;

Justdiggit is a fast-growing non-profit organisation working on landscape restoration in Africa. As an African-European organization, our staff is based in multiple countries, but our main hubs are the Amsterdam office and the Regional Office East Africa (ROEA) in Nairobi. As we are scaling up further, we are looking for an experienced program coordinator in Tanzania to strengthen our team in Arusha!

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Supervise current projects and partners to keep workflow on track
• Keep track of the technical interventions in close collaboration with our Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) team;
• Contribute to the program’s narrative and financial reporting to our donors;
• Oversee and coordinate the implementation of the HUSISHA program in the Northern Tanzania
  landscape and contribute to the ultimate impact of this project. This comprises but is not limited to all the general aspects of program management, such as: 
  • Provide technical advice and training to our local partners and beneficiaries on the basics of
    landscape restoration;
  • Coordinate and collaborate with the HUSISHA program implementing partners to ensure the key
    objective of the program is achieved.
  • Build and maintain partnerships and good relationships with our HUSISHA program partners in
    Tanzania;
  • Support the program implementing team in rolling our rural communications and campaigns to activate more farmers and livestock keepers
• As a program coordinator, you will be reporting to the Manager, Tanzania and the head of Regional
  East Africa Office (ROEA)
• Your main duty station will be Arusha, where you will join the Manager Tanzania. You will travel
  frequently to our projects and partners in the field and will work from our Regional Office East Africa office (in Nairobi, Kenya) as may deem necessary.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

• A strong affinity with and a lot of enthusiasm for our mission: helping 350 million subsistence farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa to regreen their own land by 2030!
• * >6 years of work experience, of which >3 years as a program coordinator in landscape restoration, soil- and water conservation, or agro-forestry projects in developing countries and preferably Tanzania
• Bachelor’s degree in natural resources management, rangeland sciences, agroforestry, geography,
  ecology, environmental sciences, international development, or related field
• Experience and interest in working with community awareness programs and rural communication tools
• Strong ability in coordination, planning, and reporting
  Have a strong affinity with soil and water harvesting interventions and related developments across diverse ecosystems and especially mobile technology
• Remote sensing and GIS skills and the ability to design quick-to-deploy solutions
• Independent and proactive, able to create something out of nothing
• Easy to work with and culturally sensitive: you will work across regions within the country
• Fluent in Kiswahili and English
• Our preference is a Tanzanian national

METHOD OF APPLICATION

If you believe you are the right person for this role, please send your CV and motivation letter, explaining your salary expectations to [email protected]

Application Deadline: 8th April 2023.