The Farm Officer will oversee the implementation of the farm projects including designing strategies to minimize cost while maximizing productions.

The Farm officer is responsible in recruiting and supervision a number of Day workers to ensure that they perform according to the requirement of the project objectives.

The farm officer will work closely with the Managerial Department to ensure that products planted in the farm are in line with the requirements of the orphanage’s ratio and anticipated financial income.

ABOUT THE EMPLOYER:
On August 1, 2005, with the Aid of members from the church led by Swedish missionary Sven Stromberg established the Newland Orphanage Centre. This is a non-governmental organization (NGO) set to improve the standard of living of AIDS orphans and destitute children and to provide them access to all basic human rights in Kilimanjaro Region. The primary objective is to support children and repair family ties by ensuring the provision of support in Health, Housing, Education, shelter and reunification with families and relatives

The typical number of children residing at the centre is between 40 and 50, both boys and girls aged 3 to 17. With a growing number of children, the centre established The Family Approach to provide for the children while keeping family ties and working within the confines of our tiny property and budget.

NLO Center aims to implement the farming project which is aimed to be an important and the major source of food for the orphanage and a source to supplement the centers income and addition farming programmed to generate income. With the income generated to be reinvested to the farm to cover various production costs.


Organization: Newland Orphanage Center
Reports to: Orphanage Manager

Specifically, Farm Officer will perform the following duties:

• Develop monthly, quarterly and annual work plans and budgets;
• Provide technical advice to the farm team on how to adopt best farming practices.
• Provide technical backstopping to the day workers through regular On-farm monitoring visits,
• Provide technical advice and design small scale drip irrigation systems
• Provide guidance to the farm team about basic procedures of Poultry and animal keeping
• Establish a system to monitor and evaluate project activities, collect and update accurate and timely farm Data
• Provide technical advice about best practices to keep the farm animals healthy.
• Support the sales officer to design strategies that maximize sales of farm products in the village market.
• Conduct weekly meeting with the farm team to collect challenges and create way forward to solve the challenges.
• Report all farming issues to the NLO center manager and suggest measures for improvement o Take care of farm assets and ensure equipment’s are stored in an appropriate manner.
• Lead the farm team.
• Conduct daily visits and hands-on supervision on the farm

• The applicants should at least hold a Diploma in Extension services, Agriculture Sciences, Rural Development, or Veterinary. Additional training or experience in Drip irrigation system will be an added advantage
• At least One year of relevant experience in preparation and execution of agricultural projects in rural areas.
• Working knowledge of English and Swahili
• Good knowledge of project planning and management.
• Experience in farming equipment
• Computer literacy i.e. MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook

NOTE: The farm intends to have animal farming, so the applicant must be able to work in an environment with animals. The farm Officer will be communicating regularly with the Stakeholders and supervisors, so Knowledge on Emails, attachments etc. are important.