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Tanzania Market Access Assistant (Fixed - Term)

Mbeya/Songwe, Iringa and Njombe - Tanzania

About One Acre Fund

One Acre Fund Tanzania is part of One Acre Fund Global, a non-profit social enterprise that supplies financing and training to help smallholders grow their way out of hunger and build lasting pathways to prosperity.

To learn more about our work, take a look at our Why Work Here blog for more information.

About the Role

You will coordinate OATL's market access activities at the regional level, as directed by senior management. Main responsibilities include overseeing crop aggregation, ensuring quality control, and implementing operations based on market data and strategies provided by senior management. You will be asked to work with farmers— youth and women—to facilitate market access for crops, provide training, and support crop sales, ensuring understanding of our market access strategy and you will report to Market Access Lead.

Responsibilities

Understand Crops Value Chain Needs and Market Demand:

  • Facilitate market assessments to understand demand for multiple crops and the challenges farmers face at the regional level.
  • Collaborate with senior management to analyze market trends and identify crops aligned with market needs .
  • Help identify profitable markets based on feasibility studies and return on investment in collaboration with senior management.

Coordination:

  • Coordinate and implement market access activities within the assigned region, following the guidance and strategic direction provided by senior management.

Farmer Engagement and Training:

  • Work with farmers, especially youth and women, to facilitate market access, provide training on best practices, and deliver financial literacy programs in collaboration with the Market Access Lead.

Crop Aggregation, Quality Control, and Infrastructure:

  • Oversee crop aggregation and quality control, facilitate storage solutions to minimize post-harvest losses, and collaborate with logistics to ensure market delivery. 
  • Work with farmer groups or cooperatives to improve crop quality and streamline aggregation processes.

Support Crop Sales:

  • Help support crop sales, including OATL’s purchases from farmers, ensuring market access opportunities align with our overall strategy.
  • Supervise temporary data collectors in a specific region, ensuring accurate data collection and providing guidance:
  • The supervisor will also facilitate quality control for both data and crops, ensuring that all standards are met throughout the process:

Career Growth and Development

We have a strong culture of constant learning and we invest in developing our people. You’ll have weekly check-ins with your manager, access to mentorship and training programs, and regular feedback on your performance. We hold career reviews every six months, and set aside time to discuss your aspirations and career goals. You’ll have the opportunity to shape a growing organization and build a rewarding long-term career.

Qualifications

Across all roles, these are the general qualifications we look for. For this role specifically, you will have:

Educational Qualifications:

  • Diploma or Bachelor's Degree in Agribusiness, Marketing, Business Administration, International Development, Social Sciences or related field.

Experience:

  • At Least 1 year of experience in market access, agricultural value chain development, or related fields, preferably within the Experience in farmers’ support programs, agriculture value chains, or smallholder farmer engagement is essential.
  • Experience working with or managing farmer groups, cooperatives, or local market linkages.

Preferred Start Date

As soon as possible

Job Location

Mbeya/Songwe, Iringa and Njombe - Tanzania

Benefits

Health insurance paid time off 

Contract Duration

1 Year

Eligibility

This role is only open to citizens or permanent residents of Tanzania.

Application Deadline

13 May 2025. Please note that we hire on a rolling basis which means that applications are reviewed and processed on a continuous basis until a hire is made.

One Acre Fund never asks candidates to pay any money or pay for tests at any stage of the interview process. Official One Acre Fund emails will always arrive from an @oneacrefund.org address. Please report any suspicious communication here (globalhotline@oneacrefund.org), but do not send applications or application materials to this email address.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI), and anti-racism are deeply connected to our organization’s mission and purpose. One Acre Fund aspires to build a culture where all staff feel consistently valued, represented, and connected – so that our team can thrive as professionals, and achieve exceptional impact for the farmers we serve.

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

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