About the workplace

Stromme Foundation is a rights-based development NGO that works towards a vision of a world free from poverty. Our most important interventions in the fight against poverty are education, economic inclusion / job creation and a strong civil society. This gives hundreds of thousands of people the opportunity to climb out of poverty, every year. We are a decentralised organisation. With offices in West Africa, East Africa and Asia consisting only of local employees, we work through local partners in 11 countries. We implement our programmes through local partner organisations. Our Organisational Headquarters is in Kristiansand, Norway, and has a coordinating, capacity building and fundraising role. Around 35 staff work in Kristiansand, and a total of 150 staff work for Stromme Foundation worldwide. Stromme Foundation is a non-profit, value-based organization, and we want to create a culture where we both live and are motivated by our core values of dignity, justice, and solidarity.

Work tasks

The ELCAP Project Coordinator will have the overall responsibility for effective planning, coordination, monitoring, implementation, and promotion of ELCAPs livelihoods activities in line with the SF strategic plan, vision, mission, values, and objectives. The coordinator will be required to apply a wide variety of livelihood development tools and approaches to catalyse innovative services, facilitate linkages between market actors, manage stakeholders relationships, and coordinate the reporting among consortium members. The ELCAP project Coordinator will be based in Singida, with regular field travel to the project sites in Manyoni, Ikungi and Iramba. The post holder will report to the Program Manager and Stromme Foundation Country Director for Tanzania. The main duties will be leading Project Implementation (30%), Strategic Partnerships, Collaboration, Networking and Relationship Management (10%), Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (30%), Financial Planning, Management, and Compliance (10%), People Management and Development (10%) and Capacity building for partners (10%).

Qualifications

Interested candidates must Hold a bachelors degree in agriculture, agribusiness, or any other related field from a reputable academic institution. Graduate qualification in development studies, business administration or management studies will be an added advantage.

Candidates should possess a minimum of five-year experience in large national or international Non- Governmental Organizations or Government departments where they have managed Livelihoods projects focusing on Commercial Agricultural Production, coordinating partnership and consortium projects, private sector engagement, business financing for Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), agricultural extension, training savings and producer groups, promoting youth green entrepreneurship, digital

Scope of employment

Form of employment: Summer job/Seasonal employment

Scope: Full-time

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Time-limited to: 29/03/2024