Job Description

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The position oversees all production and market access activities, ensuring improved agricultural practices, technology adoption, and access to local and international markets for horticultural value chain actors. It involves establishing learning platforms, promoting climate-resilient farming, coordinating with financial institutions, and enhancing business development services for SMEs. The role also ensures integration of cross-cutting themes such as gender, youth, nutrition, and environment across all TAHA operations. Additionally, the position demands strong team leadership, strategic representation, and a high level of professionalism to manage complex, multi- stakeholder initiatives effectively.

3.0 POSITION OVERVIEW
a. Production: Oversee all the Production activities and will be overall responsible for;

•  Technology  drive  and  promoting  Good  Agricultural  Practices  to  farmers, focusing on optimizing production efficiency, improving crop quality and yield, and ensuring successful adoption of the promoted practices.
•  Establishing and  managing practical learning platforms like  Practical Training Centers, Demo plots, Farmer Field Days and Farmer exchange visits. All these must be implemented within the context of ever-changing climate arena.
• Collaborate with research institutions, partners, development projects and extension service providers to disseminate innovative technologies and practices to farmers across the value chain.
•  Establishing and institutionalize a robust, sound and cost-effective extension system

b. Market Access and Business Development Services: Oversee all the Market
Access activities and will be overall responsible for.
•  Developing and implementing marketing strategies to tap into local, regional and international market opportunities, as well as facilitating value chain actors to access these markets.
•  Overseeing the collection and analysis of market data, guide the development of
market requirements and guidelines, and lead capacity building programs to enhance farmers’ productivity and market competitiveness for all the value chain actors.
• Ensuring cost effective operationalization of TAHA managed market infrastructures.
• Coordinating with financial service providers to develop friendly tailor-made
financial products for horticultural value chain actors. Capacitate value chain actors on financial literacy and link them to financial institutions for loans.
• Ensuring   capacity building on  entreprinuership to  value chain actors using
TAHA approved methodologies including B|U|S
• Identify and evaluate and develop concept notes for funding opportunities to enhance capacity of Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
• Formalise registration of informal Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs) with respective authorities and regulatory agencies.

c. Cross cutting issues: TAHA appreciate the importance and positive impact of integrating the cross-cutting themes. These cross-cutting issues are gender, youth, nutrition, food safety and standards, and environment.
•  Developing and overseeing the implementation of strategies and policies of
TAHA’s cross cutting themes.
•  Ensuring integration and implementation of cross-cutting themes into TAHA
operations.
•  Establishing strategic partnerships for enhanced efficiency and impact in the implementation of TAHA’s cross cutting themes.
•  Mobilizing resources for execution of cross cutting themes.

d. Team Management
•  Supervising the ground team and ensuring proper management and utilization of assets and resources.
•  Compiling and monitoring departmental plans and targets and ensuring regular performance evaluation and feedback management.
• Ensuring harmony and efficiency in the team, institutionalization of sound operating system, regular capacity checks and team coaching including timely stategic adjustment as you maintain high level of professionalism and timeliness in guiding your supervisees.
•  Identify skills in the team for development as well as emerging challenges and provide guidance in addressing critical team issues.
•  Create and implement platform for management discussions and ideas sharing
e. Reporting
•  Ensure quality and timely reports are produced and shared with relevant parties in close collaboration with the Programs and MEAL Departments
f. Representation
•  Represent TAHA and the industry in events related to production and market access as assigned by the CEO.
•  Any other duties as assigned by the supervisor

g. Complexity of Role:
• Will require a high level of professionalism, eloquence and trustworthiness.
• Maturity  in  handling  the  team  and  partners,  a  strong  focus  on  strategic relationships and less focus on feelings or instincts.
• Ability to create the right environment for success against a backdrop of diverse and often conflicting needs and timelines.
• Ability to manage tasks crossing multiple projects or functions.

4.0 QUALIFICATIONS
Degree
Level

Experience

Key Skills
Master’s degree in agriculture general, Horticulture, Agri- business/Economics, Agricultural Marketing or any other related field.

• At least 7 years of experience in senior managerial position.
• Demonstrated technical experience in Agriculture/Horticulture sector will be an added advantage.

Strong communication, negotiation, presentation, management, and leadership skills; goal-oriented, flexible, and creative under pressure; research, multimedia platforms; strong budgeting, Internet, and computer skills

5.0 Why Join TAHA?
Join a passionate team committed to innovation, collaboration and impact.

6.0 How to apply
Interested   candidates   should   submit   a   cover   letter   and   detailed   CV   to
recruitment@taha.or.tz by  23rd  June  2025  with  the  subject  line:  “Application for
Technical Manager”. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

TAHA is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from individuals of all backgrounds.

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