Global Resource Alliance – Tanzania (GRA – Tanzania)
Tree Program Trainer
Job Description
Global Resource Alliance – Tanzania
Job Title: Tree Program Trainer
Location: Musoma, Tanzania
Supervisor: GRA-Tanzania Tree Program Manager
Global Resource Alliance, Inc.
Global Resource Alliance, Inc. (GRA) is a non-profit organization headquartered in Ojai, California. It was founded in April 2002 to provide financial and technical support to community organizations in the world’s least developed regions working for social, economic and environmental change. GRA’s local organization, Global Resource Alliance – Tanzania, has partnered with Belgian NGO, WeForest, since 2011 to plant trees with institutions, such as schools and churches, and individuals and farmer groups, who have collectively planted over 1 million trees through their Tree Program throughout the Mara Region of Tanzania. These seedlings are grown in two nurseries, one in Kinesi, established 10 years ago, and one in Butiama, established in 2019. All trees have to date been provided to individuals who come to the nurseries to pick the tree species and number they choose, and for schools, which receive free delivery of seedlings each season. Beneficiaries are given basic training on transplanting and managing tree seedlings, and establishing their own tree nursery. The seedlings are monitored over time to verify tree mortality rates and offer technical support to beneficiaries on how to best manage and benefit from their trees.
Role
A Tree Program Trainer is needed to carry out training to the beneficiaries of the Tree Planting Program. Individuals applying to the position must meet the selection criteria below, and be able to function with minimal technical supervision, they will be directly supervised by the Tree Program Manager.
Responsibilities
Core duties include, but are not limited to, the following:
Job Description
Global Resource Alliance – Tanzania
Job Title: Tree Program Trainer
Location: Musoma, Tanzania
Supervisor: GRA-Tanzania Tree Program Manager
Global Resource Alliance, Inc.
Global Resource Alliance, Inc. (GRA) is a non-profit organization headquartered in Ojai, California. It was founded in April 2002 to provide financial and technical support to community organizations in the world’s least developed regions working for social, economic and environmental change. GRA’s local organization, Global Resource Alliance – Tanzania, has partnered with Belgian NGO, WeForest, since 2011 to plant trees with institutions, such as schools and churches, and individuals and farmer groups, who have collectively planted over 1 million trees through their Tree Program throughout the Mara Region of Tanzania. These seedlings are grown in two nurseries, one in Kinesi, established 10 years ago, and one in Butiama, established in 2019. All trees have to date been provided to individuals who come to the nurseries to pick the tree species and number they choose, and for schools, which receive free delivery of seedlings each season. Beneficiaries are given basic training on transplanting and managing tree seedlings, and establishing their own tree nursery. The seedlings are monitored over time to verify tree mortality rates and offer technical support to beneficiaries on how to best manage and benefit from their trees.
Role
A Tree Program Trainer is needed to carry out training to the beneficiaries of the Tree Planting Program. Individuals applying to the position must meet the selection criteria below, and be able to function with minimal technical supervision, they will be directly supervised by the Tree Program Manager.
Responsibilities
Core duties include, but are not limited to, the following:
Provide training on planting and maintaining trees to groups, students, and individuals
Distribute seedlings to schools and villages, and maintain proper records of distributed seedlings
Educate the community on the importance of trees and the importance of taking specific care of and use of trees
Supervise field training for care and use of planted trees
Attend to or supervise responding to queries from visitors at the nurseries
Maintain register of all records of recipients of distributed seedlings
Submit to the Tree Planting Project Coordinator a weekly report of activities
Communicate to the Tree Planting Project Coordinator existing challenges
Supervise and maintain records of sales of trees at the nurseries through mobile payment systems
Carry out other duties that may be assigned by the Tree Planting Project Coordinator
Required Qualifications
Education: A diploma or Degree in forestry or these related fields: horticulture, general agriculture, community development and related fields, and agricultural economics
Work experience: supervisory and training experience leading a training program for smallholder farmers
Skills: Excellent training facilitation skills, as well as coordinating, reporting and communication
Language: Fluent in English and Kiswahili (speaking and writing)
Nationality: Tanzanian
Required Attributes
Commitment to GRA and WeForest’s mission and vision
Focused, disciplined, and determined
Innovative and collaborative
Good interpersonal skills
Willingness to keep flexible work hours
Terms & Conditions
Start date: 14th September 2020
Duration: One year, with potential to extend subject to performance and funding availability
Salary: Small NGO competitive package
Location: Musoma, Mara Region
Working hours: Full-time
Terms & Conditions
Email application and supporting documents by 07th September, 2020 to:- fizo.ngenzi@gmail.com and to trainerGRA@gmail.com
