The Project ‘Food Systems Land Use and Restoration in Tanzania’s Forest Landscapes’ is a child project under the GEF Food Systems, Land Use and Restoration (FOLUR) Impact Program. The 5-year project is implemented through the Ministry of Natural
Resources and Tourism, as the lead Executing Agency, with the support of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) as GEF Implementing Agency.
The key environmental problem to be addressed by the project is the degradation of Tanzania’s rich forest lands and wetlands and the related loss in forest health and biodiversity, under the pressure of agricultural development, with a focus on rice production, which has detrimental effects on the delivery of ecosystem services and related livelihood and economic opportunities. In Tanzania, rice production has more than tripled between 2004 and 2015, making Tanzania the 2nd largest rice producer in South- Eastern Africa. The rice sector is currently a key point of attention of various
Government and donor supported programs geared towards both intensification and extensification, with a growing interest in export to supply adjacent Africa states. A key challenge is that production is small scale, with current yields are among the lowest in the world (between 1.5 and 2 t/ha), inefficient supply chains, post-harvest handling and poor transport networks, posing additional challenges.
The project focuses primarily on two landscapes in Tanzania, both critical for rice cultivation: the Kilombero Valley on mainland Tanzania; and the North Unguja (Zanzibar) landscape. The project represents an integrated approach that combines aspects of sustainable food systems and deforestation free supply chains, with broader landscape level planning, management and restoration for the preservation of ecosystem services in these two landscapes, which translates into three main pillars of work:
Positions:
1: Sustainable Food Systems Specialist in the Rice Sector Development
Major Function
The Sustainable Food Systems Specialist in the Rice Sector Development will provide leadership, guidance and support in the implementation of Component 2 of the project:
The development of sustainable and socially inclusive value/supply chains for the rice production sector, including the development of supporting governance/policy frameworks, financial and market mechanisms and incentives that will drive sustainable value chains. In particular, he/she will oversee project delivery through the two Landscape Coordination Units (LCUs) in Kilombero and Unguja, as well as provide targeted technical support to the design and implementation of project activities.
2: Gender and Safeguards Specialist
Major Function
The project emphasizes gender-responsive and socially inclusive approaches, ensuring
that women, youth, and marginalized groups actively participate in planning, decisionmaking, and benefit-sharing. It also emphasizes the need for safeguards measures to be put in place to prevent any adverse social and environmental impacts to be associated with the project activities. To guarantee this, a Gender and Safeguards Specialist will be hired to lead in the development and support the implementation of the
Gender Action Plan (GAP), delivery of the Stakeholder Engagement Plan (SEP) and the Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) with related Process
Framework (PF), including providing oversight on safeguards and social inclusion across the project.
This role will also provide technical guidance across Components 1–3 of the project, ensuring that equity, inclusion, and safeguards considerations are mainstreamed into peer-to-peer exchanges, learning platforms, country engagement, and global knowledge sharing.
GENERAL CONDITIONS:
i All applicants must be Citizens of Tanzania with age not above 50 years
ii Applicants must attach an up-to-date Curriculum Vitae (CV) having reliable contacts; postal address/post code, e-mail and telephone numbers.
iii Applicants should apply on the strength of the information given in this advertisement.
iv. Applicants must attach their certified copies of the following certificates. Postgraduate/Degree/Advanced Diploma/Diploma/Certificates. Postgraduate/Degree/Advanced Diploma/Diploma transcripts. Form IV and Form VI National Examination Certificates. Professional Registration and Training Certificates from respective Registration or Regulatory Bodies, (where applicable). Birth certificate.
v. Attaching copies of the following certificates is strictly not accepted: – Form IV and form VI results slips. Testimonials and all Partial transcripts.
vi. An applicant employed in the Public Service should route his application letter through his respective employer.
vii. An applicant who is retired from the Public Service for whatever reason should not apply.
viii. An applicant should indicate three reputable referees with their reliable contacts
ix. Certificates from foreign examination bodies for Ordinary or Advanced level education should be verified by The National Examination Council of Tanzania (NECTA).
x. Professional certificates from foreign Universities and other training institutions should be verified by The Tanzania Commission for Universities (TCU) and National Council for Technical Education (NACTE).
xi. A signed application letter should be written either in Swahili or English and Addressed to
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism.
Government City – Mtumba,
Ardhi Street
P.O. Box 1351,
DODOMA.
xiii. Only shortlisted candidates will be informed on a date for interview and;
xiv. Presentation of forged certificates and other information will necessitate to legal action;
Deadline for application is 10th December, 2025;
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