Responsibilities and reporting position

• The Agricultural Extension Officers (3) will work under the supervision of the Deputy Agronomic Technical Manager. More broadly, the team composed of the Deputy Agronomic Technical Manager and agricultural technicians operates in close coordination and under the overall responsibility of the Country Programme Manager and Nitidæ’s Head Office Technical Coordinator.
• Agricultural technicians will be responsible for the implementation of on-farm experimentation activities, the provision of technical advisory services and facilitation with farmers, and the dissemination of agroecological innovations.

More specifically, the Agricultural Extension Officer will carry out the following tasks:

1/ Support to the characterisation of agricultural practices and production constraints 

• With the support of the Deputy Agronomic Technical Manager, conduct interviews, surveys and focus group with different types of farmers in order to characterise cropping practices, farming systems, production constraints and risks.

2/ Implementation of farmer support activities

• Support the Deputy Agronomic Technical Manager in the design of technical support schemes and on-farm trials.
• Implement on-farm trials, including the establishment and monitoring of test plots and the provision of tailored, individualised farmer support.
• Participate in technical coordination meetings and contribute to activity reporting and to the analysis of results from on-farm trials.

3/ Training and knowledge dissemination

• With the support of the Deputy Agronomic Technical Manager, facilitate training sessions for farmers and other agricultural technicians on lessons learned from on-farm trials and on the potential of agroecological innovations according to farmer typologies.
• With the support of the Deputy Agronomic Technical Manager, disseminate validated technical models to farmers and field partners.

Skills and profile required

Required Profile

• Agricultural Extension Officer
• Bachelor of Science in Agriculture or Bachelor’s degree in related agricultural or rural development disciplines with at least 3 years demonstrable experience working with crop and livestock production systems. 
• Field experience in agricultural development projects, particularly in direct contact with smallholder farmers and rural communities is required. 
• Familiarity with farming systems and stakeholders in the Pwani Region and/or the Usambara Mountains.

Skills required

• In-depth knowledge of agroecology, organic farming and agroforestry
• Ability to carry out open-ended interviews to collect quantitative and qualitative data on technical and socio-economic parameters to characterize cropping systems, technical itineraries, constraints and production risks
• Ability to organize events and communicate with an agricultural audience
• Ability to work in a rural environment
• Ability to work in a team
• Ability to think beyond agronomic/academic knowledge to understand farmers’ decision-making process and constraints
• Good written and oral command of both English and Swahili
• Computer skills (Microsoft Office)
• Autonomy
• Motorbike driving license

Additional technical skills

• Experience with organic farming, agroecology and/or agroforestry 
• Experience with coffee and/or cashew production systems

 Job conditions

• Status: 1-year fixed-term contract, renewable, with probation period
• Remuneration according to profile and experience
• Reference office based in Dar es Salaam with the Extension Officers to be located within the project areas of Lushoto, Tanga (coffee production) and/or Mkuranga, Pwani (cashew production). More than 60% of the working time will be carried out in the field. A company motorcycle will be provided.
• Desired start date: April 2026 or upon arrangements

• Support to the characterisation of agricultural practices and production constraints
• Implementation of farmer support activities
• Training and knowledge dissemination

• In-depth knowledge of agroecology, organic farming and agroforestry
• Ability to carry out open-ended interviews to collect quantitative and qualitative data on technical and socio-economic parameters to characterize cropping systems, technical itineraries, constraints and production risks
• Ability to organize events and communicate with an agricultural audience
• Ability to work in a rural environment
• Ability to work in a team
• Ability to think beyond agronomic/academic knowledge to understand farmers’ decision-making process and constraints
• Good written and oral command of both English and Swahili
• Computer skills (Microsoft Office)
• Autonomy
• Motorbike driving license
• Experience with organic farming, agroecology and/or agroforestry
• Experience with coffee and/or cashew production systems

• Bachelor of Science in Agriculture or Bachelor’s degree in related agricultural or rural development disciplines with at least 3 years demonstrable experience working with crop and livestock production systems.
• Field experience in agricultural development projects, particularly in direct contact with smallholder farmers and rural communities is required.
• Familiarity with farming systems and stakeholders in the Pwani Region and/or the Usambara Mountains.