Background information about the job or company (e.g., role context, company overview)

The Program Officer – Smart Climate Livelihood is a technical role responsible for leading the planning, design, integration, execution and monitoring of climate-resilient economic empowerment activities across HFHT’s portfolio that serve as a catalyst for housing stability. The primary objective of this role is to ensure that project participants (smallholder farmers, market traders, and homeowners) achieve economic stability through climate-smart commercial agriculture, emerging climate-resilient technologies (e.g solar-powered irrigation), and market linkages.

This position is central to HFHT’s “housing as a platform for resilience” approach, designed to bridge the gap between income and habitability; the Officer will ensure that increased household income is strategically leveraged to improve housing conditions, energy efficiency, and overall family resilience, directly contributing to HFHT’s goal of impacting 3.2 million Tanzanians by 2029.

The Program Officer will work closely with the Habitability-HDRR & Basic Services Managers, Program Coordinator (s), Project Officer(s), WASH/Construction Specialist, Interns & Volunteers, LGAs technical Officials, private sector and implementing partners in relevant sectors to deliver high-quality and climate resilient interventions across the country. The job holder is tasked to ensure HFHT’s livelihood-housing program activities are compliant with the Tanzania National Climate Change Strategy, FYDP, and the National Agriculture Policy directly contribute to SDG 1 (No Poverty), SDG 2 (Zero Hunger), SDG 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy) SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities), and SDG 13 (Climate Action).

Reporting:

Program Director

Supervise:

Project-related interns/volunteers

Responsibilities or duties

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Program planning, Design and Strategic Integration (25%)

• Design & Strategy: Lead the design and integration of climate-smart livelihood models (e.g., solar-powered drip irrigation, drought-resistant crops, and eco-friendly market sheds) that align with HFHT’s “Green Building” and “Habitability” priorities.
• Housing Linkage: Develop and implement a “Livelihood-to-Housing” roadmap/framework, ensuring project participants are mentored on how to reinvest commercial farming or trading profits into incremental home improvements or “rent-to-own” payments.
• Energy Efficiency: Promote the adoption of renewable energy solutions (solar lighting, clean cooking) at the household level to reduce household costs and environmental impact.
• Target alignment: Ensure all livelihood activities contribute directly to the strategic goal of improving housing conditions.
• Technical Advisory: Provide technical expertise in selecting low-carbon, energy-efficient technologies (e.g., drip irrigation, solar lighting) to be featured in all HFHT interventions.

Technical Implementation of Climate-Resilient Technologies (30%)

• Smart Agriculture: Facilitate the establishment of solar powered irrigation schemes, Farmer Field Schools (FFS) and home kitchen gardens to improve household nutrition and food security for project participants.
• Market Linkages: Facilitate the creation of value-chain partnerships and the construction of safe, hygienic market sheds to increase the economic viability of vendors, particularly women and youth.
• Infrastructure Management: Oversee the installation and community-led maintenance of climate-adaptive infrastructure, including water harvesting systems and wind-break tree planting (e.g., orange, lime, cedar) to protect homes and crops.
• Food security & Nutrition: Establish and supervise home kitchen gardens for targeted households in project locations to improve family nutrition income diversification and ensure compliance with National Food Security guidelines.

Capacity Building & Community Empowerment (20%)

• Technical Training: Conduct competency-based training for homeowners and project participants on climate-smart agriculture (CSA) techniques, financial literacy, and basic business management skills.
• Stakeholder Coordination: Act as the primary liaison with Local Government Authorities (LGAs), to ensure project activities are integrated into government development plans, community leaders, farmers associations, extension officers, and private sector actors to ensure the long-term ecological and social sustainability of livelihood interventions.
• Safeguarding: Ensure all livelihood activities adhere to HFHT’s safeguarding and “Do No Harm” protocols, particularly concerning the inclusion of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) and marginalised groups.
• Housing Reinvestment: Facilitate training to project participants, including Village Saving and Loan Association (VSLAs) on financial literacy, emphasising the link between increased income from livelihood activities and the incremental improvement of their homes prioritizing repair, water harvesting and sanitation facilities.

Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning & Accountability (20%)

• SMART Monitoring: Develop and track key performance indicators (KPIs) such as: % increase in household income, number of houses improved via livelihood income, adoption rate of smart climate practices and technologies % of income spent on housing, reduction in crop loss due to climate adaptation etc.
• Impact Documentation: Lead the collection of high-quality success stories, best practices, and case studies that demonstrate the intersection of climate-resilient livelihoods and housing stability for donor reporting.
• Quality Assurance: Conduct regular field monitoring visits to verify the technical quality of agricultural interventions and ensure they meet government minimum standards.
• Conduct annual impact assessments on food security and nutritional intake improvements resulting from home kitchen gardens and irrigation projects.

Strategic Advocacy & Innovation (5%)

• Participate in regional agriculture and climate change working groups to influence policy and represent HFHT’s unique “Housing & Livelihood” relationship.
• Identify and pilot innovative, low-cost climate-adaptation technologies that can be scaled across the organization.
• Facilitate integration of advocacy on land and affordable housing improvement with livelihood interventions.
• Policy Stewardship & Compliance: Ensure strategic alignment of all climate-smart interventions with relevant Tanzania’s national frameworks (Vision 2050, FYDP, National Agriculture policy etc) and relevant SDGs ensuring 100% regulatory compliance and institutional relevance in the national development agenda.
• Strategic Strategy Integration: Drive the execution of HFHT’s 2025-2029 Strategic Plan by transforming climate-resilient livelihood gains into measurable housing outcomes, specifically leveraging increased household income to improve affordability and habitability.

Qualifications or requirements (e.g., education, skills)

Minimum Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Economics, Agronomy, Horticulture, Rural Development, Environmental Science, or a related field.
• A master’s degree in a related field, such as Climate Change or Sustainable Development, is an added advantage.

Technical Skills, knowledge and Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years of practical progressive experience in managing climate-smart livelihood, irrigation, value-chain, or economic empowerment program

Experience needed

Minimum of 5 years of practical progressive experience in managing climate-smart livelihood, irrigation, value-chain, or economic empowerment program

• Design & Strategy: Lead the design and integration of climate-smart livelihood models (e.g., solar-powered drip irrigation, drought-resistant crops, and eco-friendly market sheds) that align with HFHT’s “Green Building” and “Habitability” priorities.
• Housing Linkage: Develop and implement a “Livelihood-to-Housing” roadmap/framework, ensuring project participants are mentored on how to reinvest commercial farming or trading profits into incremental home improvements or “rent-to-own” payments.
• Energy Efficiency: Promote the adoption of renewable energy solutions (solar lighting, clean cooking) at the household level to reduce household costs and environmental impact.
• Target alignment: Ensure all livelihood activities contribute directly to the strategic goal of improving housing conditions.
• Technical Advisory: Provide technical expertise in selecting low-carbon, energy-efficient technologies (e.g., drip irrigation, solar lighting) to be featured in all HFHT interventions.
• Smart Agriculture: Facilitate the establishment of solar powered irrigation schemes, Farmer Field Schools (FFS) and home kitchen gardens to improve household nutrition and food security for project participants.
• Market Linkages: Facilitate the creation of value-chain partnerships and the construction of safe, hygienic market sheds to increase the economic viability of vendors, particularly women and youth.
• Infrastructure Management: Oversee the installation and community-led maintenance of climate-adaptive infrastructure, including water harvesting systems and wind-break tree planting (e.g., orange, lime, cedar) to protect homes and crops.
• Food security & Nutrition: Establish and supervise home kitchen gardens for targeted households in project locations to improve family nutrition income diversification and ensure compliance with National Food Security guidelines.
• Technical Training: Conduct competency-based training for homeowners and project participants on climate-smart agriculture (CSA) techniques, financial literacy, and basic business management skills.
• Stakeholder Coordination: Act as the primary liaison with Local Government Authorities (LGAs), to ensure project activities are integrated into government development plans, community leaders, farmers associations, extension officers, and private sector actors to ensure the long-term ecological and social sustainability of livelihood interventions.
• Safeguarding: Ensure all livelihood activities adhere to HFHT’s safeguarding and “Do No Harm” protocols, particularly concerning the inclusion of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) and marginalised groups.
• Housing Reinvestment: Facilitate training to project participants, including Village Saving and Loan Association (VSLAs) on financial literacy, emphasising the link between increased income from livelihood activities and the incremental improvement of their homes prioritizing repair, water harvesting and sanitation facilities.
• SMART Monitoring: Develop and track key performance indicators (KPIs) such as: % increase in household income, number of houses improved via livelihood income, adoption rate of smart climate practices and technologies % of income spent on housing, reduction in crop loss due to climate adaptation etc.
• Impact Documentation: Lead the collection of high-quality success stories, best practices, and case studies that demonstrate the intersection of climate-resilient livelihoods and housing stability for donor reporting.
• Quality Assurance: Conduct regular field monitoring visits to verify the technical quality of agricultural interventions and ensure they meet government minimum standards.
• Conduct annual impact assessments on food security and nutritional intake improvements resulting from home kitchen gardens and irrigation projects.
• Participate in regional agriculture and climate change working groups to influence policy and represent HFHT’s unique “Housing & Livelihood” relationship.
• Identify and pilot innovative, low-cost climate-adaptation technologies that can be scaled across the organization.
• Facilitate integration of advocacy on land and affordable housing improvement with livelihood interventions.
• Policy Stewardship & Compliance: Ensure strategic alignment of all climate-smart interventions with relevant Tanzania’s national frameworks (Vision 2050, FYDP, National Agriculture policy etc) and relevant SDGs ensuring 100% regulatory compliance and institutional relevance in the national development agenda.
• Strategic Strategy Integration: Drive the execution of HFHT’s 2025-2029 Strategic Plan by transforming climate-resilient livelihood gains into measurable housing outcomes, specifically leveraging increased household income to improve affordability and habitability.

• Climate-smart livelihood management
• Irrigation program management
• Value-chain development
• Economic empowerment program management
• Technical expertise in low-carbon, energy-efficient technologies
• Climate-smart agriculture techniques
• Financial literacy training
• Basic business management skills
• Stakeholder coordination
• Safeguarding protocols
• Monitoring and evaluation
• Impact documentation
• Strategic advocacy
• Innovation in climate adaptation technologies
• Policy analysis and alignment

• Bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Economics, Agronomy, Horticulture, Rural Development, Environmental Science, or a related field.
• A master’s degree in a related field, such as Climate Change or Sustainable Development, is an added advantage.
• Minimum of 5 years of practical progressive experience in managing climate-smart livelihood, irrigation, value-chain, or economic empowerment program