Tanzania Agroforestry Tree Supervisor (Fixed-Term)

About One Acre Fund

Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund equips 5.5 million smallholder farmers to make their farms more productive. Across nine countries that together are home to two-thirds of Africa's farmers, we provide high-quality farm supplies, tree seedlings, accessible credit, modern agronomic training, and a wide range of other agricultural services. On average, this model enables any farmer to increase their income and assets on supported land by more than 35 percent, while permanently improving their resilience. This is all made possible by our team of 9,000+ full-time staff, drawn from diverse backgrounds and professions.

To learn more, please see our Why Work Here blog post.

About the Role

A Tree Supervisor is responsible for overseeing the delivery of One Acre Fund’s Tree program across designated sites while driving impact, financial sustainability and customer service through the sites that they manage. A Tree Supervisor will manage 11-25 sites

Responsibilities

• Seedling Cultivation: Supervise the construction of dedicated nurseries by outgrowers. Prepare and execute an input distribution plan, ensuring all outgrowers get their production inputs on time and in form. Create work plans for the Outgrowers to hit their seed pre-treatment, socket filling and sowing KPIs in time and form. Notify the Tree Coordinator of any variances while also presenting improvement solutions.
• Data Reporting & Data Collection: Steward team KPIs and quality control measures diligently, and communicate risks and challenges immediately to the Tree Coordinator, to ensure that project activities meet the established standards and that activities are adjusted accordingly to meet targets
• Seedling Marketing, Distribution & Training: Achieves annual adoption goals by overseeing the execution of marketing, enrollment and distribution strategies in 11 - 25 sites.
• Team support: Coordinate team meetings and own the elaboration of meeting agendas and work plans for your team members, and follow up on updates from previous meetings in the performance management tracker.
• Financial Sustainability: In all areas of management, demonstrate mindfulness of cost and champion cost controls.
• District Culture & DEI: Manages and motivates the Tree Officers/Outgrowers/Temp Staff in a way that contributes to psychological safety and strong customer service

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:

• 3+ years of experience in agroforestry, forestry, or a related field.
• Knowledge of agroforestry principles, practices, and technologies.
• Ability to operate and maintain forestry equipment and tools.
• Familiarity with geographic information systems (GIS) and mapping technologies.
• Certification in first aid and CPR.

Preferred Start Date

As soon as possible

Job Location

Songwe-Mbozi, Mbeya-Mbeya Rural and Iringa-Mufindi, 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

22 October 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.