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Raising the Village
Job Title: Agriculture Officer/Agronomist Department/Group: Programs
Reporting To: Project Manager Years of Experience 2-3 Years
Location: Tanzania Travel Required: Up to 80%
Job description
About Raising The Village
At Raising The Village (RTV), we are dedicated to eradicating ultra-poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa.
As a dynamic, rapidly growing international development organization, we’ve assembled a team of
over 350+ passionate individuals in Uganda, Rwanda and DRC, alongside an additional 10+
professionals in North America. Together, we are committed to elevating communities out of ultra-
poverty by implementing innovative solutions and leveraging advanced data analytics to drive
impact.
To date, our holistic approach has positively impacted over 1,000,000 lives since 2012, and we’re
poised to achieve even greater milestones, aiming to assist 1 million individuals annually by 2027.
Our growth and success are fueled by the invaluable support of global partners who share our
vision of sustainable change. Learn more about our impactful programs at
Job Summary
The Agriculture Officer will ensure effective planning and design, and successful implementation
and supervision of Agriculture extension interventions including cropping and livestock in
Raising The Village’s partner communities in Tanzania, as part of our core methodology. This
will involve working with our Planning, Evaluation, and Learning (PEAL) team to identify and
assess the key needs of Agriculture extension, working with Procurement team for the
development and management of contracts in accordance with project budgets and timelines,
and collaborating with program staff, local authorities and communities to support Agriculture
extension interventions. The incumbent in this role will have a strong understanding of
composting, organic pesticides, soil and crop management. The incumbent should also be able
to advise partner communities on health, nutrition and feeding, hygiene, breeding and care of
animals. During implementation of the project's activities, the Agriculture Technical Officer will
be required to provide feedback to relevant partners and the local authorities with an aim of
improving overall quality of Agriculture interventions
Key Role and Responsibilities:
Program Design and innovation
● Support PEAL team to design and plan activities on Agriculture extension for Tanzania
● Provide new insights on agricultural program innovations especially in the context of climate
resilience in Tanzania
● Review project designs and ensure agricultural components are realistic and feasible to the
respective communities based on availability, soil, water, etc. and provide feedback where
required.
Technical Support
● Assist to identify new methods of planting, fertilizing, harvesting and storing of crops to
achieve optimum land usage and yield;
● Identify micro-organisms and insects, parasites, and weeds harmful to crops and advise
on control measures;
● Examine topographical, physical and soil characteristics to determine its most effective
crop yield potential;
● Provide technical support regarding emerging issues and points of concerns in the areas
of agriculture from planting to use of organic fertilization and pesticide to post-harvest
management;
● Work with RTV Implementation staff and government officers to conduct follow-ups on
community and household gardens where there are concerns and/or emerging
agricultural issues;
● Support the project team to identify the seeds to be passed on to the next beneficiary;
● Provide support on all agricultural pilot initiatives from idea to implementation to
evaluation, such as, key hole gardens, backyard garden, etc.
● Work with procurement officers to guide on seed specifications and verification.
● Coordinate soil baseline Surveys across clusters in support with VENN team.
Facilitation and Training
● Conduct refresher training as needed for RTV staff and local government extension
officers in Tanzania including but not limited to:
o RTV methodology on land preparation (community gardens, nursery beds
and household gardens, compost pits, etc.);
o RTV methodology on post-harvest management and seed pass-on;
o Application of organic manures and fertilizers.
● Conduct practical trainings and a refresher training with selected Community Agricultural
Trainees (Agriculture and Livestock Champions) in each cluster of operation. Trainings
are to focus on but not be limited to:
● Develop and update training materials for RTV staff and Government extension officers;
● Develop and update training materials for A&LC in local languages;
● Develop guides and 1-pager for community members use in local languages.
Project Management
● Identify key issues and risks for clusters and provide mitigations and solutions while
maintaining a risk log;
● Ensure successful planting, germination, and harvests across clusters based
on organizational targets;
● Plan, execute and update monthly workplan;
● Conduct data collection on key metrics, including: yield, germination and trained
community agricultural trainees;
● Support the Planning, Evaluation and Learning team with agricultural reporting and
analysis providing feedback and recommendations;
● Create and introduce new ideas and initiatives/pilot projects taking them from idea to
implementation and evaluation;
Administration and Coordination:
● Attend district and staff meetings in person and/or virtually to discuss key agricultural
issues, areas of success and areas in need of improvement to brainstorm possible
solutions and next steps;
● Complete weekly financial request, submissions and reconciliations to the Project Manager
/your supervisor.
● Take photographs to share and for data repository;
● Other requirements might be required by their direct supervisor and/or management.
Qualification, Skills and Experiences
● University Degree of Science in Agriculture, Extension, Agronomy Agriculture and Rural
Development, in both animal and crop husbandry, community development or related fields;
● Minimum 3 years of work experience in the agricultural field;
● Experience in community development programming;
● Understanding of organic pesticide use for treatment and prevention measures;
● Understanding of soil management and crop and pest management;
● Strong facilitation skills with expertise in relaying information from a scientific/technical level
to individuals with varying levels of literacy and understanding abilities;
● Organizes workload effectively while remaining aware of changing priorities and competing
deadlines;
● Accurately completes multiple tasks to meet deadlines while taking into consideration special
assignments, frequent interruptions, available resources and multiple reporting relationships;
● Strong training & facilitation skills;
● Strong communication skills, both verbal and written English;
● Fluent in local languages where RTV works in the Region
● Proficient in Microsoft Suite;
● Energetic and physically able to hike on high terrain, ability to travel 80% of time;
● Can work independently but is also a strong team player;
● Able to think outside of the box to provide plausible solutions to issues and challenges.
Raising The Village is committed to Equity and Inclusion in the workplace and is proud to be an
equal opportunity employer.
