^{Young Talent Development Professionals5 Positions (2 Chamwino, 1 Ikungi, 1 Bahi, 1 Itigi – Singida & Dodoma Regions)}

Job Purpose
Rikolto in Tanzania is recruiting Young Talent Development Professionals to support two key projects: Vijana Kilimo Biashara (VKB) and the Joint Programme on Accelerating Progress Towards Rural Women’s Economic Empowerment (JP-RWEE). The projects aim to enhance food productivity, reduce post-harvest losses, and strengthen economic empowerment for youth and women in Singida and Dodoma Regions.

The Young Talent Development Professionals will work closely with farmers, local partners and stakeholders to provide technical assistance, coordinate field activities and facilitate market linkages. They will also contribute to capacity-building initiatives, organise farmer field days, and support data collection for monitoring, learning and evaluation.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver practical training to sunflower and sorghum farmers on Good Agronomic Practices (GAP), post-harvest handling, quality standards and market access opportunities.
• Mobilise and promote active youth participation in agribusiness initiatives, ensuring gender inclusion across all interventions.
• Strengthen relationships with local government authorities, private sector actors and development partners to enhance ownership and sustainability.
• Document lessons learned, success stories and business cases to demonstrate impact.
• Prepare reports, minutes and activity summaries for coordination meetings and stakeholder engagements.
• Support monitoring and documentation of progress, innovations and business model improvements at partner level.
• Work with Business Development Service (BDS) providers to strengthen business relationships between farmers, buyers and service providers.
• Supervise and monitor data collection by local coaches and community facilitators at cluster level.
• Maintain accurate records, including training attendance and monitoring data.
• Support follow-up coaching and quality assurance of trainings delivered by cooperative BDS providers.
• Represent Rikolto in relevant meetings, forums and field events as assigned.
• Collaborate with the Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) specialist to collect, compile and analyse programme data for learning and reporting.

Expected Outputs

• Tangible innovations that improve programme implementation.
• Quality monthly progress reports submitted on time.
• Strengthened business relationships between farmers and value chain actors.
• Well-documented business cases, success stories and lessons learned.
• Effective performance of local business coaches and community facilitators through quality mentorship.
• High-quality M&E data shared for informed decision-making.
• Improved communication and coordination with programme stakeholders.

Education and Experience

• A graduate from 2022 onward.
• Diploma or Bachelor’s degree in: Agri-business Management, Agriculture Extension, Co-operative Management & Accounting, Agriculture Economics, Business Economics, or any related programme with competencies in community mobilisation, extension, stakeholder engagement, administration, finance, marketing, entrepreneurship or business development.
• Resident in and knowledgeable about the programme areas. Successful candidates must be able to arrange their own accommodation.
• Highly committed, disciplined and able to work effectively with diverse stakeholders.

Mode of Application

Interested candidates should submit their application no later than 16:00hrs (EAT), 02 November 2025 to:
eastafrica.recruitment@rikolto.org

Please note: If you do not hear from us within two weeks after the application deadline, kindly consider your application unsuccessful.

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