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JOB TITLE Business Development Manager

DUTY STATION TTGAU Office; Njombe, Tanzania

DURATION 12 Months; Extension is subject to performance

EXPECTED START DATE Soon

BACKGROUND

Tanzania Tree Growers Associations Union TTGAU, is a member based, central
body formed to promote economic and social interests of private commercial
smallholder tree growers in Tanzania. TTGAU was established to strengthen the
collective voice of small-scale tree growers with the main aim of increasing
members’ income at harvest of their woodlots through collective marketing and
promotion and support forthe use of improved tree seeds, alongside providing
access to forestry technical advice to increase the asset value of the
woodlots. The vision of TTGAU is “an inclusive forestry sector in Tanzania”.

TTGAU with support from Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United
Nations FAO, We Effect, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland MFA and
other partners is currently implementing the Forest and Farm Facility
Programme FFF covering Tabora, Katavi, Rukwa.Songwe, Morogoro, Njombe,
Ruvuma and Iringa regions. The goal of the FFF programme is facilitating
policies, entrepreneurship, adaptation/mitigation to climate change and
improved and equitable access to social and cultural services within forest
and farm value chains to secure Climate Resilient Landscapes and Improved
Livelihoods.

TTGAU has secured support from partners to recruit the Business Development
Manager for 12 months. During this time, the Business Manager is expected to
build TTGAU’s business development capacity and generate sufficient revenues
for the association to justify extension of his or her contract thereafter.

TASKS AND OBJECTIVES

The Business Development Manager of the TTGAU will undertake the following
activities

Stocktaking of the TTGAU’s trees and timber market assessment Prepare TTGAU
members and TTGAU for wood trade

-->Conduct a survey of local market requirements for wood products, preparing a summary to share with TTGAU members
-->Organize meetings to share information about the benefits of aggregating wood products offered by the individual producers and to compare these benefits with the situation of an individual producer who faces problems of isolation and a lack of market information and opportunity
-->Organize trainings on tree products value chains
-->Capacity development to members of the TTGAU on harvesting best practice, good plantation management, insight of cost structures and negotiation skills
-->Legal establishment of the business branch of the TTGAU e.g. cooperative

Oversee a TTGAU tree inventory

The TTGAU will carry out a tree inventory in 2020/21, to provide estimates of
current volumes and forecasts for the TTGAU business plans. The product of
these activities are 1 a tree inventory at farmer level of all the TTGAU
members in the selected region and the aggregated information at association
level, 2 capacities in TTGAU to replicate and conduct these trainings in
other regions of Tanzania, 3 Forest information system FIS

Business Plan Development

Business Development of the Tanzania Tree Growers Associations UnionTTGAU
and its affiliate members

-->Facilitate meetings to determine and decide on the products to be offered by TTGAU
-->Identification of potential markets for the products and meetings with potential commercial partners.
-->Develop a business plan for TTGAU with its board
-->Implement the process for selection of five05 business initiatives of TTGAU members that will receive grants for the preparation of bankable business plans e.g. call for proposals.
-->Support the preparation of five bankable business plans from the selected five 05 TTGAU affiliate members

Marketing, networking and communication Preparation of business brochure of
TTGAU with information products and linkages with potential buyers

-->Preparation of a business brochure for the TTGAU and for the TTGAU members
-->Meetings with potential buyers to share the business brochure
-->Meetings and building links visits between the Association/new business branch/arm and partners interested in “fair business”
-->Facilitation and technical backstopping to strengthen commercial partnerships.
-->Favourable contracts and commercial venues established with buyers of the TTGAU products

REQUIRED COMPETENCES Academic Qualifications

-->Degree in Business/Agri-business, Cooperatives, Marketing /Forestry/ Natural Resources/Rural development or related field including, Agricultural economics, Commerce Management Science option

Technical Competencies and Experience Requirements

-->At least 5 years of experience in business and value chains development with forest products
-->Excellent written and oral communication in English, Swahili, and capacity to write a full project document
-->Excellent IT skills
-->Knowledge of local context will be an added advantage



Read and Apply Now Through










Email info@ttgau.or.tz

Qualified and motivated applicants should submit a resume and covering letter
with two referees in English to

**info@ttgau.or.tz** **** with subject line “Application Business
Development Manager of Tanzania Tree Growers Associations Union TTGAU.” by
23rd November,2020.



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