Job Vacancy: Innovations in Gender Equality (IGE) Program
The
Tanzania Innovations in Gender Equality
(IGE) to Promote Household Food Security Program is a USAID-funded program
that has been operating in Tanzania for the last two-years (Oct 2012-Sept 2014)
implemented by Land O’Lakes Inc. The program is designed to strengthen gender
equity in Tanzania by harnessing the full capacity of the country’s rich array
of public and private organizations focused on agriculture and women’s needs.
Tanzania IGE is achieving this by facilitating the creation of the Centre
for the Advancement of Women in Agriculture in Tanzania (CAWAT). This is a coordinated, multi-stakeholder
coalition of Tanzania public, private, and non-governmental organizations
(NGOs) dedicated to strategically promoting change that advances gender
equality and women’s empowerment in agriculture, food security, and nutrition.
Over the last
two years of its operations, IGE has demonstrated a potential to create great
opportunities and produce significant positive impact on the livelihoods of
women smallholder farmers. An extension has been granted to IGE to continue its
good work for another 2 years (Nov 2014
– Oct 2016). With this opportunity
to extend its reach, IGE will continue to facilitate the competitive
solicitation and development of vital agriculture technologies that ease women
farmers’ time and labor burdens; support the scale-up and dissemination of
these technologies; provide leadership development and business incubation
trainings; foster mentorship; and address policy constraints that hinder
women’s full and effective participation along the agriculture value chain.
The following
positions are open in the program and interested qualified candidates are
invited to apply:
Grants and Operational Director
Reporting to the
Chief of Party, the Grants and Operational Director is an integral member of
the program team, responsible for the management and delivery of the IGE Grants
Program and contributes to overall program effectiveness and efficient program
delivery of program key results. In consultation with the Chief of Party and
other program team members, the job holder will be responsible for the
management, coordination, administration/ execution and monitoring of the grant. S/he will ensure that the grants review and selection
process is in a manner that is responsible, professional, financially sound,
participatory, and sensitive to local needs, culture and politics and in
accordance with Land O’Lakes policies and procedures.
Required Qualifications
1. A minimum of Master in Accountancy/Finance
Administration
2. Ten plus years of experience with grants
administration and/or compliance (government grant or donor funding experience required
3. Deep financial acumen and a strong track
record of success
4. A robust collaboration and problem-solving
skills, providing seasoned guidance on compliance issues as well as key
financial and operational best practices
5. Strong project management and time
management skills; highly organized and detail-oriented
6. Ability to provide guidance to people with
a wide range of cultural backgrounds, training and experience
7. Extensive
experience in technical support work preferably in an international development
organization
8. Excellent computer skills in Microsoft Word, Excel,
PowerPoint and SPSS preferred
9. Strong written and oral communication skills; communicate effectively with both internal and
external clients and ability to speak and write English and
Kiswahili fluently
Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) Specialist
Reporting to the
Chief of Party, this position is an integral member of
the program team, responsible for delivering program key results. This position is responsible for
implementing the monitoring and evaluation work plan and project activities.
This entails coordinating all data collection, management/handling, processing
and analysis; maintaining database of project performance; ensuring data
quality and completeness; ensuring that these data are
entered into Land O’Lakes M&E system IMPACTS on a timely manner; and providing
routine reports to the Chief of Party, project staff, Land O'Lakes
headquarters, and project clients. The position is also expected to assemble
and report the data from project partners, including evaluations, and to assist
with the recruitment, selection and monitoring of the work of external
consultants. In consultation with the Chief of Party, other project staff and home
office M&E Manager, the M&E Specialist may also be asked to identify
appropriate assessment/evaluation questions, and recruit and supervise
consultants to conduct assessments relevant to the project.
Required
Qualifications:
1. Master degree in Economics, Agribusiness,
Agriculture Economics, Nutrition or equivalent.
2.
Experience in social research/survey work in a
development organization.
3.
Experience in planning and with both qualitative
and quantitative data collection and analysis methods.
4. Experience in program planning
5. Proven interpersonal, group facilitation and
training skills, especially for smallholder rural farmers
6. Highly developed conceptual, analytical, and
innovative problem-solving ability
7. Excellent computer skills in Microsoft Word, Excel,
PowerPoint and SPSS preferred
8. Strong written and oral communication skills; communicate effectively
with both internal and external clients
and ability to speak and write English and Kiswahili fluently
Program Coordinator
Reporting to the
Chief of Party, this position is an integral member of
the program team, responsible for delivering program key results. In consultation with the Chief of Party and
other program team members, the Project Coordinator will be responsible for managing,
coordinating and maintaining the overall work-flow of all aspects of the IGE
program throughout its lifetime. This
will include but not limited to directing, organizing and controlling project
activities; advising and supervising arrangements and planning of specific
programming areas. Providing on-site
supervision of events and activities; ensuring compliance with procedures and
policies and receiving project documents, compiling summaries that include a
project plan, target date and list of responsibilities and responsible person
and production of program reports.
Others are ensuring administrative tasks of the program such as project
documents proper filing, creating and maintaining project schedules, creating
responsibility lists for those who are involved in the project; are in place, and
project activities are timely and properly done. The Project Coordinator will
also be expected to schedule program meetings, represent the program in
relevant meetings and arrange travel for others for attending meetings within
and outside the country. Acts as a
liaison between the program and other institutes and individuals for the
appropriate sharing of information, advocate for and marketing of the program.
Required
Qualifications
1.
Maters in Arts/Science in gender/women’s studies,
agriculture, or related field of study.
2. Program management experience, with a good understanding of relevant
cross-sectoral issues.
3. Proven ability to organize and work collaboratively with many organizations
and multi-stakeholders.
4. Proven ability in planning & creation of a good
work plan and scheduling skills
5.
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple
responsibilities and deadlines within a common timeframe.
6. Project control, tracking, measurements, risk management
& root cause analysis
7. Good knowledge of requirements gathering and
management techniques and of change control
8. Ability to act on own initiative & make
decisions, problem solving skills
9. Excellent computer skills in Microsoft Word, Excel,
PowerPoint and SPSS preferred
10. Strong written and oral communication skills; communicate effectively
with both internal and external clients
and ability to speak and write English and Kiswahili fluently
Deputy Program Coordinator
Reporting
to the Program Coordinator is an integral member of the program team,
responsible for delivering program key results.
The job holder will assist the Program Coordinator in maintaining the
overall work-flow of the IGE program, coordination throughout the program
lifetime.
Required
Qualifications:
1.
Bachelor of Arts/Science in gender/women’s studies,
agriculture, sociology, or related fields.
2.
Two or more years of experience in community
development organizations activities;
3.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills,
ability to speak and write English and Kiswahili fluently. an eye for detail
and excellent grammar
4.
Experience in event planning and management.
5.
Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
programs.
6.
Ability to travel as needed, including to rural
areas, to accomplish program deliverables.
7.
Team Leadership and stakeholder management
8.
Ability to act on own initiative & make
decisions, problem solving skills
9. Excellent computer skills in Microsoft Word, Excel,
PowerPoint and SPSS preferred
10. Strong written and oral communication skills; communicate effectively
with both internal and external clients
and ability to speak and write English and Kiswahili fluently
CAWAT Organization Development Specialist
This
position is an integral member of the program team,
responsible for delivering program key results.
Reporting
to the Program Coordinator will be responsible for maintaining good
relationships with all CAWAT partners, strengthening the leadership of CAWAT
members in various positions, ensuring good governance structures (own
administration, human resource, finances, organizational program and project
management structures) are in place, and managing the development and initial
roll-out of its long-term sustainability plan. The latter will include managing
recruitment of CAWAT’s first executive director and seeking external funding
opportunities in support of the Centre.
Required
Qualifications
1. Minimum of a
Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Public Administration, Business
Administration or a related field
2. 3 – 5 years of
Human Resources and or Organizational Development experience
3. Previous experience
in the field of Human Resources/Organizational Development
4. Considerable
knowledge of principles and practices of personnel administration
5. Excellent computer skills in Microsoft Word, Excel,
PowerPoint and SPSS preferred
6. Strong written and oral communication skills; communicate effectively
with both internal and external clients
and ability to speak and write English and Kiswahili fluently
Business Incubation Advisor
Reporting to the Grants and Operations Director, this position will be expected to deliver the
support needed by women in agriculture innovation awardees and to serve as a
liaison in between business incubation formal trainings and potential markets
of their technologies.
Required
Qualifications
1. Bachelor's degree in business administration, entrepreneurship or
related field
2. A minimum (2) years demonstrated experience of business counseling and
providing business/technical assistance to client companies.
3. Experience with business startups, business development, sales and
marketing
4. Knowledge of entrepreneurship and small enterprise development
entrepreneurial financial / lending practices and small business tax
requirements
5.
Previous experience providing personalized counseling, coaching and/or
advisory sessions to design and implement business plans experience
6.
Technical skills and knowledge of entrepreneurship and small enterprise
development
7.
Elaborate and lead workshops and personal advisory sessions regarding
small business start-ups for poor and marginal populations.
8. Knowledge of business management principles, budget formulation and
financial management and property management and leasing
9.
Excellent
computer skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and SPSS preferred
10. Strong written and oral communication skills; communicate effectively
with both internal and external clients
and ability to speak and write English and Kiswahili fluently
Driver/Logistics Officer
This
individual will be responsible for providing vehicle transportation services
for Land O’Lakes employees, visitors, and designated partners in town and
within project sites. This position is responsible for passenger safety. In addition to driving staff, the individual
will be called upon to perform logistics and other errands
as directed. This position will also monitor equipment and perform limited
maintenance (vehicle inspection and maintenance including checking the oil,
fuel, brakes, lights, windshield wipers, and water and tire pressures).
Required Qualifications
1.
Clean driving license
2.
Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a similar position
3.
Ability to drive a multi-passenger vehicle safely and appropriately in
accordance with the laws of Tanzania and policies of the organization
4.
Ability to read and interpret road signs
5.
Ability to communicate with others and effectively in both English and
Kiswahili (orally and written)
6.
Extensive knowledge of the operations and features of assigned vehicle(s)
7.
Ability to recognize vehicle maintenance needs and perform minor vehicle
repairs
8.
Defensive
Driving Certificate desired
Note: The duration for all the above
positions is 2 years (Nov 2014 – Oct 2016) except
CAWAT Organization Development Specialist whose duration is 1 year (Nov 2014 –
Oct 2015). The positions will be based in Dar-es-Salaam with reasonable travel
to the field.
To apply: Interested candidates should submit a CV and cover letter to recruit.kenya@idd.landolakes.com no later than Tuesday 9 September 2014.
The subject line of the application e-mail should indicate the position
being applied for. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
