Organization: Habitat for Humanity Tanzania (HFHT)
Duty Station: National Office – Dar es Salaam or Dodoma
Job Type: Full-time
Closing Date: Sunday, 8 February 2026
Habitat for Humanity Tanzania is seeking a qualified and motivated professional to fill the position of Program Officer – Smart Climate Livelihood. This is a key technical role supporting climate-resilient livelihoods as a pathway to improved housing stability and community resilience across Tanzania.
About Habitat for Humanity Tanzania
Habitat for Humanity Tanzania (HFHT) is a Christian housing organization committed to eliminating poverty housing and homelessness. HFHT works with communities, government institutions, and partners to provide decent, affordable housing while integrating livelihoods, climate resilience, WASH, and disaster risk reduction approaches.
The organization applies a “housing as a platform for resilience” model, ensuring that increased household income directly contributes to improved housing conditions and long-term family stability.
Position Summary
The Program Officer – Smart Climate Livelihood is responsible for the planning, design, implementation, and monitoring of climate-smart economic empowerment initiatives across HFHT’s programs. The role ensures that smallholder farmers, market traders, and homeowners achieve economic stability through climate-resilient agriculture, renewable energy technologies, and strong market linkages.
This position directly contributes to HFHT’s strategic goal of impacting 3.2 million Tanzanians by 2029 by linking livelihoods to improved housing, energy efficiency, and family resilience.
Key Responsibilities
Program Planning, Design and Strategic Integration
Design and integrate climate-smart livelihood models such as solar-powered drip irrigation, drought-resistant crops, and eco-friendly market sheds
Develop and implement a livelihood-to-housing framework guiding households to reinvest income into incremental home improvements
Promote renewable energy solutions including solar lighting and clean cooking technologies
Provide technical guidance on low-carbon and energy-efficient technologies aligned with HFHT’s green building priorities
Technical Implementation of Climate-Resilient Technologies
Establish solar-powered irrigation schemes, farmer field schools, and home kitchen gardens
Facilitate value-chain partnerships and construction of safe, hygienic market sheds
Oversee climate-adaptive infrastructure such as rainwater harvesting systems and wind-break tree planting
Support food security and nutrition through household-level climate-smart interventions
Capacity Building and Community Empowerment
Conduct training on climate-smart agriculture, financial literacy, and basic business skills
Coordinate with Local Government Authorities, extension officers, private sector actors, and community leaders
Ensure inclusion of women, youth, persons with disabilities, and marginalized groups
Support Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs) to link income growth with housing improvement
Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Accountability
Develop and track SMART indicators including household income growth, housing improvements, and adoption of climate technologies
Document success stories, best practices, and case studies for donor reporting
Conduct field monitoring visits to ensure technical quality and compliance with standards
Lead annual impact assessments on food security and nutrition
Strategic Advocacy and Innovation
Represent HFHT in climate change and agriculture working groups
Pilot scalable, low-cost climate adaptation innovations
Ensure alignment with national policies such as FYDP, Vision 2050, National Agriculture Policy, and relevant SDGs
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Economics, Agronomy, Horticulture, Environmental Science, Rural Development, or related field
Master’s degree in Climate Change, Sustainable Development, or related field is an added advantage
Minimum of 5 years’ experience managing climate-smart livelihood or economic empowerment programs with INGOs
Proven experience with donor-funded projects such as USAID, EU, or BMZ
Strong knowledge of climate-smart agriculture, irrigation systems, value chains, and market-based approaches
Excellent communication skills in English and Swahili
Strong understanding of Tanzania’s agriculture, land, and climate policies
Core Competencies
Housing-centric thinking and livelihood-housing integration
Technical expertise in climate-smart agriculture and renewable energy
Integrity, accountability, and results orientation
Strong stakeholder engagement and collaborative leadership
Safeguarding and Equal Opportunity
Habitat for Humanity Tanzania is committed to safeguarding beneficiaries and promoting a safe working environment. All staff must adhere to HFHT’s Code of Conduct and safeguarding policies.
HFHT is an equal opportunity employer and encourages qualified Tanzanians to apply regardless of gender, disability, or background.
How to Apply
Interested candidates should submit a letter of motivation and CV (maximum five pages) combined into one PDF file. Applicants must clearly indicate salary expectations in the motivation letter.
Applications should be addressed to the National Director, Habitat for Humanity Tanzania and sent via email to:
humanresource@hfhtanzania.or.tz
info@hfhtanzania.or.tz
The subject line must clearly state:
Program Officer – Smart Climate Livelihood
Only candidates who meet the minimum requirements should apply.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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