Forestry, Land Use, and Value Chain Development in Tanzania (FORLAND) is a four-year bilateral project between the governments of Finland and Tanzania (2025-2029). The Project area includes the Iringa, Njombe, Ruvuma, and Lindi regions, which are rich in natural and plantation forest resources. The main headquarters is at Forest and Wood Industries Training Centre (FWITC) in Mafinga. FORLAND helps small woodlot owners establish and manage tree plantations, as well as rural communities manage their Miombo Village Land Forest Reserves using Community Based Forest Management. The project also strengthens the value chain, assisting communities, tree producers, and micro, small, and medium enterprises in adding value to their goods. It builds on the success of the Participatory Plantation Forestry Programme (PFP 2) and Forest and Value Chain Development Programme (FORVAC) to ensure the long-term viability of the achievements and institutions supported. It also closely aligns with the development strategies and priorities of the Finnish and Tanzanian governments, helping to alleviate poverty, create jobs, and strengthen climate resilience.

The FORLAND project is recruiting a Database Management and IT support officer who will be responsible for the following duties:
• Troubleshoot system and network problems and diagnosing and solving hardware or software faults.
• Installing and configuring computer hardware, software, systems, networks, printers and scanners.
• Planning and undertaking scheduled maintenance upgrades of computers, gadgets
• Maintaining records of software licences
• Maintain local (LAN/WAN) information architectures (data, application, network) ensuring the system is online daily.
• Database set up and maintenance for the FORLAND available data
• Maintenance of the FORLAND website, Facebook
• Make recommendations about purchase of technology resources and hardware parts
• Responsible for information security and monitoring data backups in offices to ensure that they are completed on a regular basis
• Video conference maintenance
• Any other IT related duties that may arise

Business area:
Development Consulting

Qualifications required:
A bachelor’s degree in computer science, information science, or a related field.

Professional experience required:
• At least three years of experience as a database administrator or a related role. • Proficiency with database standards, languages, and applications, such as MS SQL, Oracle Database and SQL. • Knowledge of data backup, recovery, security, integrity, and design. • Certification from the software vendor that makes the applications they use. • Good problem-solving, analytical, communication, and documentation skills

Position length:
>Temporary

Position length:
38 months with duty station in Mafinga