Project Officer – Economic Empowerment and Resilience Job Vacancy at AICT-MUD, Musoma Mara November 2026

Project Officer – Economic Empowerment and Resilience

Africa Inland Church Tanzania – Diocese of Mara & Ukerewe (AICT-MUD)

Job vacancy announcement

Project: Integrated Climate Smart, Food Security and Resilience Livelihood (ICFL) Project (2027–2031).

Date of Issue: 3 November 2026

1. Background

Africa Inland Church Tanzania (AICT) is an evangelical church registered in 1965. The Diocese of Mara and Ukerewe, commonly known as MUD or AICT-Mara, was established in 1993 and is located in the northern part of Tanzania. The Diocese operates across nine administrative districts: Musoma Municipal Council, Musoma District Council, Butiama District Council, Bunda District Council, Bunda Town Council, Rorya District Council, Tarime District Council, Tarime Town Council, Serengeti District Council, and the Ukerewe Islands.

In addition to its evangelical mission, AICT-Mara, in collaboration with development partners, implements various community development programmes aimed at empowering communities to address economic, health, educational, and socio-cultural challenges. Through capacity-building initiatives and the promotion of sustainable development approaches, the Diocese supports communities in strengthening their resilience, addressing their own development needs, and improving their livelihoods.

2. Project overview

With approval from its funding partner, World Renew Tanzania, AICT-MUD plans to scale up the five-year Integrated Climate Smart, Food Security and Resilience Livelihood (ICFL) Project, covering the period 2027–2031.

The project aims to improve household food security, nutrition, sustainable livelihoods, and climate resilience among vulnerable smallholder farming households across the Mara Region, with a particular focus on Butiama District Council, Bunda Town Council, and Serengeti District Council.

The project will promote integrated and sustainable approaches to food security and livelihood improvement, including Conservation Agriculture, Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs), Nutrition, and Gender and Development.

3. Vacancy announcement

To support the successful implementation of the project and achievement of its intended objectives, the Management of Africa Inland Church Tanzania – Diocese of Mara and Ukerewe (AICT-MUD) invites applications from qualified, competent, committed, and motivated individuals to fill the following position:

Position: Project Officer – Economic Empowerment and Resilience

• Number of Positions: 1

• Project: Integrated Climate Smart, Food Security and Resilience Livelihood (ICFL).

• Reports To: Diocesan Development Coordinator

• Duty Station: Musoma Municipality, with frequent travel to project implementation areas.

• Commencement Date: January 2027

• Contract Duration: One year, renewable subject to satisfactory performance and availability of funds.

4. Purpose of the position

The Project Officer – Economic Empowerment and Resilience will be responsible for coordinating, planning, supervising, and overseeing agricultural development activities under the Integrated Climate Smart, Food Security and Resilience Livelihood (ICFL) Project in the Mara Region, Tanzania.

The position involves working closely with farmers and rural communities to promote sustainable agricultural practices, strengthen household food security, and improve livelihoods. The successful candidate will provide technical guidance, facilitate farmer training, and establish effective working relationships with government authorities, private sector actors, NGOs, and other relevant development stakeholders.

5. Six (6) project thematic areas

The Project Officer – Economic Empowerment and Resilience will ensure effective implementation and achievement of quality results of the following six thematic areas (Project Outcomes) of the new ICFL Project in the 3 districts of Bunda, Butiama and Serengeti in Mara Region.

Intermediate Outcome 1: Smallholder farming households strengthen year-round food availability, access, utilization and stability through climate-resilient agriculture and diversified livelihoods.

Key Areas of Accountability

Conservation Agriculture and VSLAs Engagements:

The Project Officer – Economic Empowerment and Resilience will:

• Collaborate with the Field Coordinators – Economic Empowerment and Resilience and other ICFL team members to identify appropriate process and impact monitoring indicators for the project components, including Conservation Agriculture, Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs), Nutrition, and Gender and Development.

• Coordinate with the Field Coordinators to ensure strengthened households’ capacity to maintain food availability and access throughout the year by combining Conservation Agriculture, Good Agronomic Practices, agroforestry, diversified crop and poultry production, improved post-harvest management and practical household water solutions.

• Supervise the Field Coordinators to ensure they engage the former IFSL communities in order to deepen and sustain adoption by addressing remaining practice gaps and sharing experience through farmer-led learning, while new communities will receive structured practical support to establish and adapt these practices to their local climate, resources and farming systems. This will help households manage climate and production risks through a combination of complementary practices rather than relying on a single agricultural solution.

Intermediate Outcome 2: Smallholder farming households diversify and strengthen climate-resilient crop and livestock enterprises to enhance food security, income and resilience.

Key Areas of Accountability

The Project Officer – Economic Empowerment and Resilience will:

– Supervise the Field Coordinators – Economic Empowerment and Resilience to ensure quality support to households to diversify their livelihood base through improved crop and livestock enterprises, reducing dependence on a single source of food or income with households’ consideration on household resources, climate risks, labour availability, market opportunities and local preferences in order to spread production and income risks while improving access to food, animal-source foods and cash income.

Intermediate Outcome 3: Smallholder farming households improve year-round access to diverse and nutritious foods through increased production, consumption and utilization of nutrient-rich foods.

Key Areas of Accountability

The Project Officer – Economic Empowerment and Resilience will:

• Oversee improvement of households’ nutrition by strengthening production and consumption of diverse foods, including vegetables, legumes, fruits, poultry products and other locally available nutrient-rich foods.

• Will coordinate with the Field Coordinators – Economic Empowerment and Resilience to ensure nutrition-sensitive agriculture is linked to household production, food preparation and consumption decisions so that increased production translates into better diets.

Intermediate Outcome 4: Smallholder farming households improve market participation and income through collective marketing, aggregation and strengthened market linkages.

Key Areas of Accountability

The Project Officer – Economic Empowerment and Resilience will:

– Work with the team to strengthen farmers’ ability to move from production for household consumption toward more organized and profitable market participation. Support will include market information, collective marketing, produce aggregation, quality management, post-harvest handling, improved storage, price negotiation and linkages with buyers and service providers.

Intermediate Outcome 5: Women and youth increase their participation in and benefit from productive livelihood opportunities, financial services and agricultural value chains.

Key Areas of Accountability

The Project Officer – Economic Empowerment Resilience will:

• Work with the team to address practical economic barriers affecting women and youth while strengthening their meaningful participation in agriculture, enterprise development, financial services and markets. Support will include skills development, access to finance, market linkages, technologies, extension support and, where feasible, improved access to productive assets and services.

• Strengthening Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs) as community-owned platforms for financial inclusion, agricultural investment and livelihood development.

Intermediate Outcome 6: Women, men and marginalized groups, including people with disabilities, equitably participate in, make decisions about and benefit from agriculture, livelihoods, nutrition and community development opportunities.

Gender and Empowerment

Key Areas of Accountability

The Project Officer – Economic Empowerment and Resilience will:

• Be capable in promoting inclusive participation and equitable decision-making across household and community systems. It will address barriers related to gender, age, disability, social norms, access to resources and leadership opportunities.

• The Project Officer will apply a gender-sensitive and progressively transformative approach that recognizes differences in roles, responsibilities, access to resources, decision-making power and opportunities among women, men, youth, people with disabilities and other marginalized groups.

• In collaboration with the Field Coordinators – Economic empowerment and Resilience, he/she will ensure a shift from basic awareness to deepening and sustaining behavioural and household-level changes in the former IFSL communities.

• To liase with Field Coordinators to provide refresher training to Champion Farmers, mentoring and practical facilitation tools to strengthen their role as community change agents (playing the roles of a Gender Champion).

• The incumbent is expected to focus on measurable areas such as joint household decision-making, women’s participation in leadership, control over income and productive resources, and more equitable sharing of household responsibilities.

• Documentation of successful gender responsive practices, lessons and share with new communities through exchange visits and peer learning.

• Supervise a gender and social inclusion assessment to identify local norms, barriers and opportunities, dialogues with women, men and community leaders, and integration of gender considerations into Conservation Agriculture (CA), VSLAs, livelihood and nutrition activities.

6. Key duties and responsibilities

The Project Officer – Economic Empowerment and Resilience will:

• Work closely with other project staff to develop effective and coordinated implementation plans for the agricultural components of the ICFL Project.

• Work closely with the Monitoring and Evaluation Officer to put in place a sector M&E plan, ensuring this links to reporting requirements, and capacity build technical field staff in carrying out the work.

• Ensure effective planning, budgeting, coordination, management, and implementation of agricultural development activities in Butiama District Council, Bunda Town Council, and Serengeti District Council.

• Build the capacity of local communities to sustainably manage their agricultural resources and adopt improved agricultural practices.

• Establish and maintain effective partnerships with relevant government departments, NGOs, private sector actors, and other institutions involved in agricultural development within the project areas.

• Participate in baseline assessments, data analysis, and other project-related studies and documentation during project initiation and implementation.

• Work jointly with Field Coordinators to ensure timely and quality implementation of all project activities, including the procurement and distribution of agricultural inputs.

• Provide accurate and timely information for quarterly, annual, and donor reports in accordance with agreed reporting formats and deadlines.

• Participate actively in Monday staff updates, project review meetings, and other organizational meetings.

• Document project achievements, good practices, success stories, and outcomes from targeted communities.

• Participate in staff performance appraisals in collaboration with the Head of Department, in accordance with the Diocese’s performance management system.

• Perform any other relevant duties assigned by the supervisor from time to time.

7. Required education, qualifications and experience

Applicants should possess:

• A bachelor’s degree from a recognized university in Agribusiness, Agricultural Extension, Agriculture, Development Studies, or another relevant discipline.

• Knowledge of Tanzania’s development and agricultural policy environment.

• A good understanding of farmer group dynamics, collective marketing, aggregation, and market linkages.

• A valid motor vehicle driving license.

• Previous working experience with NGOs, development organizations, or the private sector in rural development.

Relevant experience

– At least three (3) years of relevant professional experience working with farmers in agribusiness, agricultural extension, including nutrition, gender, community development, rural development, or agricultural innovation programmes particularly those targeting smallholder farmers and vulnerable communities.

8. Skills and competencies

The ideal candidate should demonstrate:

• Knowledge and practical experience in community-based development approaches.

• Strong skills in partnership development, negotiation, and stakeholder relationship management.

• Experience in organizational and individual capacity building.

• Knowledge of participatory farmer training and extension approaches.

• Strong project planning, coordination, and implementation skills.

• Competence in data collection, entry, management, and analysis.

• Practical experience in facilitating field-level training and community meetings.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in both Kiswahili and English.

• Ability to work effectively in a team and support colleagues in different project activities when required.

• Innovative thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.

• Ability to adapt quickly to changing working environments and programme requirements.

• Self-motivation, commitment, integrity, and passion for community development.

9. How to apply

Interested and qualified candidates are invited to submit the following documents:

• An application letter clearly indicating the position being applied for.

• A detailed and updated Curriculum Vitae (CV), including contact details of at least three professional referees.

• Copies of relevant academic and professional certificates.

• A copy of the birth certificate.

Applications should be submitted electronically to the following email address:

Email: aictmara@yahoo.com

Application Deadline: 23 November 2026, at 4:30 p.m. (East Africa Time).

Applicants must clearly indicate the position they are applying for in the subject line of their application email. Applications that do not specify the position applied for will not be considered.

Important notes

• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

• Applicants who do not receive feedback within one month after the application deadline should consider their applications unsuccessful.

• AICT-MUD is an equal opportunity employer and encourages qualified candidates who meet the stated requirements to apply.

For the attention of:

THE DIOCESAN SECRETARY
Africa Inland Church Tanzania (AICT)
Diocese of Mara and Ukerewe (AICT-MUD)
Musoma, Tanzania.