Community Forester at The New Forests Company (T) Limited

The New Forests Co. (T) Ltd

Jobs in Tanzania 2022: New Jobs Vacancies at The New Forests Company (T) Ltd, 2022

Key Result Areas and accountabilities:

• Sourcing high quality seedling inputs for the Out-grower program, in co
  ordination with the CSR team regarding species preferences
• Lead
  and train the CSR CDOs and Community Liaison Officers (CLOs) in
  accurate GPS mapping and forestry data collection to ensure accurate
  data is inputted into the Micro- Forest app.
• Lead the
  silviculture practices of the Out-grower program, including planning,
  spacing, land preparation, trainings, seedling distribution, post
  planting verification, enumeration, thinning and harvesting.
• The community trained practices are to be compliant with FSC, for ease of future group scheme certification
• Be
  proactive in supporting the CSR team and Community Tree grower
  Associations with resolving planting or tree related challenges
• Co-ordinate visits to NFC plantations, research trials and processing facilities as part of the community knowledge building
• Ensure
  all relevant NFC IMS procedures and prescriptions are followed 8.
  Co-ordinate with NFC Forestry department regarding NFC quality
  standards, to ensure mature Out-grower timber complies with NFC sourcing
  criteria
• Incorporate agroforestry, fruit trees, inter-cropping,
  and other climate smart best practices in the Out-grower program to
  help maximize their land use potential and build climate resilience.
• Develop
  and/or update silviculture, agroforestry, and risk management training
  cards to support effective knowledge transfer to communities
• Health
  and safety issues and problems are effectively investigated, managed,
  and reported on. A positive attitude towards health and safety is
  developed, managed, and maintained across all areas.
• An
  environment of continuous, but appropriate, health and safety
  improvement are developed. Activities are coordinated with other
  functions and departments and are undertaken in a collegiate manner.
• New and improved methods or initiatives are evaluated, documented, costed, recommended and, where authorized, implemented.
• Any other duties as assigned by the supervisor

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Skills, Knowledge & Competencies required to perform this role:

• Demonstrate knowledge of commercial level forestry
• Experience
  in or willingness to learn and apply agroforestry practices 3.
  Demonstrable experience with and interest in working with Communities
• Ability to follow standard operating procedures (SOPs)
• Respect NFC’s safety rules and other policies
• Good communication skills – verbal and written
• Ability to plan all activities, and execute the operations
• Ability to produce timely reports in agreed format
• Demonstrable ability to work with mobile software apps, such as Smallholdr, Katam and others

Qualifications
Essential:

• A relevant degree in Forestry
• Years of experience required to perform this role
• At least 3 years’ work relevant experience

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Desired Start Date: 02nd January, 2023.
How to apply
If you are interested, please send you application letter & CV to desire.dusengimana@newforests.earth and bahati.sosthenes@newforests.earth not later than 30th November, 2022.