JOB
OFFER IN IRINGA REGION
Position:Farm
manager (with a heart for people with special needs)
The project
Just 20 kilometers outside the town of Iringa,
in the friendly village of Mangalali, Mark’s farm & lodge ltd wil start a
unique project in Tanzania. It will become a project with a combination of
small scale farming and tourism. Aim of the project is to integrate people with
autism or a mental disability in society and to show that they have their own
talents. On the farm, people with autism or a mental handicap will participate
as much as possible in activities in the field of agriculture, animal husbandry
and food transformation. It’s goal is to stimulate talents of people with a
handicap by allowing them to do several works that fit their possibilities. The
approach is that of so called inclusive development where people with and
without handicap work hand in hand with each other. We call this a ‘CARE FARM’.
Our goal is that the farm will function as a self sustaining unit.
On the farm, local people will be trained in
how to work together with people with a mental handicap. Professional training
and knowledge transfer to people from the local community will form an
essential part of the functioning of the farm. Also, teaching parents,
especially mothers, how they can stimulate the development of their child. There
will be possibilities for Tanzanian families who have a person with a handicap
to stay from some time on the farm in order to learn how they can better function
with their child or family member who has a mental disability. In our activities,
we search to work in harmony with the village of Mangalali.
The job
For the 6 Hectare MARK’s Farm at Mangalali, we
search for a practical and hands on Farm manager. You will be responsible for
the overall functioning of the farm and it’s projects. Since the project is
still in the start-up phase, you have a pioneering spirit, you have excellent
communication skills, you have practical farming experience especially in
growing vegetables and staple crops. You like to work with people and you share
the vision of MARK’s farm that everybody counts and has a talent. There will be
simple accommodation for you available on the farm. We prefer to employ someone
who is from the broader Iringa region.
Your
responsibilities
- · Working together with special education in the region to organize day care activities for children with a mental handicap
- · Entertain good working relations with the village of Mangalali
- · Report to the managing director of MARK’s farm &lodge
- · Manage the farm budget
- · Oversee the construction process on the farm
- · Put up vegetable garden and all possible farming activities within the possibilities of the budget
- · Organise marketing/sale of the farm products
Educational/Professional
qualifications:
- · A National Form V certificate or higher
- · Computer literate in at least Word and Excel
- · Fluent in both Swahili and English;
- · Age Limit between: 25-35 years of age.
- · Proven experience in overseeing farm activities
Send your CV and motivational letter not later
than the 5th of June to Roland Zuidema,
managing director: roland@stichtingmark.nl
Only selected candidates
will be invited. Job interviews will be held on the 8th of June in
Iring
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