Feed the Future Tanzania Advancing Youth, Dar es Salaam. Tanzania
About DAI and the Feed the Future Tanzania Advancing Youth Project
DAI
works at the cutting edge of international development, combining
technical excellence, professional project management, and exceptional
customer service to solve our clients’ most complex problems. Since
1970, DAI has worked in 150 developing and transition countries,
providing comprehensive development solutions in areas including crisis
mitigation and stability operations, democratic governance and
public-sector management, agriculture and agribusiness, private sector
development and financial services, economics and trade, HIV/AIDS, avian
influenza control, water and natural resources management, and energy
and climate change. Clients include international development agencies,
international lending institutions, private corporations,
philanthropies, and host-country governments.
Background:
The
purpose of USAID’s Feed the Future Tanzania Advancing Youth (AY)
project is to use positive youth development approaches to empower rural
Tanzanian youth and educate them on viable business options for rural
economies, highlighting the income-generating potential across
agricultural and other rural value chains and facilitating access to
information, skills, and opportunities to ensure successful business
startups and sustained employment.
Job Title : Finance and Administration Manager
Reports to : Chief of Party
Location : Dar es Salaam
Responsibilities:
- Provide leadership for all aspects of Feed the Future Tanzania Advancing Youth (AY) administrative and financial management, including budgeting, tracking, reporting and accounting of finances and procurement; office facility and vehicle park logistics management, human resources and vendor contracts
- Supervise AY staff in financial reporting, grants management, and subcontracting for USAID, DAI and Tanzanian law compliance
- Ensure AY administrative, operations and finance teams function efficiently to support the technical implementation of the project;
- Oversee the daily financial operations of the project, which include cash flow management, time sheet recording, managing pipeline, assisting with financial projections & budgeting, ensuring bank reconciliations and wire requests are submitted correctly and in a timely fashion, verifying vouchers and entries in FAS as well as timely uploads of project expenses in accordance with DATs Financial calendar reporting to USAID on the financial aspects of the project, and daily monitoring of obligations, budgets, and expenditures;
- Investigate and identify new way of achieving project efficiencies. Provide compliance training to procurement, finance, and M&E staff, including fraud prevention and reporting;
- Identify potential areas of financial vulnerability that are high risk. Develop and implement practical corrective action plans to resolve issues;
- Conduct spot checks of procurement documentation, financial records, etc.;
- Supervise Senior Accountant, Office Manager, HR Officer, Procurement Officer, and administrative team;
- Other duties as assigned.
- Master’s in Business. Finance, Accounting, or a similar relevant field;
- Demonstrated experience with funds control, monitoring of fraud and abuse and demonstrated success in managing sub-contracts/sub-grants with international consortiums including local organizations and NGOs;
- Minimum eight years of experience of which at least five years must be overseas in financial management of large, complex, donor-funded projects, with demonstrated experience with funds control, monitoring of fraud and abuse and demonstrated success in managing sub-contracts/sub-grants with international consortiums including local organizations and NGOs;
- Professional level oral and written skills in English.
DAI is an equal opportunity employer and the position is open to all. Qualified candidates should submit a CV, and cover letter explaining how the experience detailed in the CV will contribute to the requirements of the position. The applicant should also provide valid and reachable references The CV, cover letter, and list of references should be sent to AYA_HR@dai.com on or before July 24th, 2019. Unfortunately, due to the large volume of applications we receive, we will not be able to respond to each individual candidate. Women are strongly encouraged to apply. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.*****************
Job Title: Carpenter Signage Finishing
Based: Zenith Media PVT Ltd, Production Site, Unga Limited, Arusha.
Position reports to: Signage Manager.
Job Purpose Summary: To ensure effective completion of Signage jobs.
About us
From our purpose built premises in South Wales,
Zenith Media has in a short space of time, become one of UK's leading
printing companies servicing the UK's publishing, tourism, marketing,
government procurement and manufacturing sectors.
We service and support
a wide range of international clientele offering a 'total solution'
for pre-press, print and finishing operations with delivery pipeline
schedules that are within days rather than weeks, delivered to your
desired multi-drop destinations within the United Kingdom.
Whether
it be mono, two colour or four colour process lithographic printing or
high quality digital printing, we can provide you with paperback or
hardback books, journals, magazines, brochures, directories, catalogues,
leaflets, posters - whether you want it saddle stitched, perfect bound,
burst bound, spiral bound, wire-o-bound, sewn or un-sewn, we can
produce it at an extremely competitive price and all under one roof at
our modern and spacious premises.
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
General Signage Finishing
• Cutting, bending, sticking, attaching materials such as acrylics,
forex, corex, MDF’s, alucobond, metal, wood, and etcetera to make
various types of signs .
• Attaching printed materials to signs for example, backlit flex to light box, vinyl to signboards, and etcetera.
• Installing signage on-site.
• Communicating with Signage Manager & Operator regarding progress of jobs.
• Communicating with Signage Manager and Operator(s) to increase productivity and efficiency and to cut waste.
• Using finishing equipment such as drills, grinders, heat guns and etcetera to work on and complete jobs.
Signage Finishing Carpentery
• Make innovative furniture or furniture parts as per the design.
• Fixing furniture.
• Making wooden components for signage.
• Fabricating wooden signs.
• Painting and polishing finished works.
• Using and knowing how to use carpentry machines.
• Install finished work on-site.
General
• Keeping the relevant work space organized and clean.
• Following safe practices and adhering to safety standards (as stated in policies and procedures).
• Attend training as and when specified by company.
• Attend meetings when required.
• To undertake self-development relevant to the position.
To complete other tasks as required by the company
Dimensions/Territory/Scope/Scale indicators: The responsibilities of this position extend to and are within the domain of the Signage department.
Date and other relevant internal references: For further information on organizational structure, processes and all other work related rules, regulations, policies and procedures please refer to the ‘Policies and Procedures’ handbook of the Company. If information is not available therein then refer to superior or Directors.
Required Skills & Experience
• Following safe practices and adhering to safety standards (as stated in policies and procedures).
• Attend training as and when specified by company.
• Attend meetings when required.
• To undertake self-development relevant to the position.
To complete other tasks as required by the company
Dimensions/Territory/Scope/Scale indicators: The responsibilities of this position extend to and are within the domain of the Signage department.
Date and other relevant internal references: For further information on organizational structure, processes and all other work related rules, regulations, policies and procedures please refer to the ‘Policies and Procedures’ handbook of the Company. If information is not available therein then refer to superior or Directors.
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Vacancy title: Head of Human Resource
Jobs at: Favorite HR Services
Deadline of this Job: 22nd July, 2019
Deadline of this Job: 22nd July, 2019
Duty Station: Within Tanzania, Dar es Salaam , East Africa
Required Skills & Experience
• Degree in HR, Organizational Development
• Business Administration or related field.
• Business Administration or related field.
• Master's degree is an added advantage
• Professional certification in HR is a plus
• 8+yrs experience in a leadership position in HR
• Ability to interact effectively with the Senior
• Management and Board of Directors
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Understanding of the Labour Laws in Tanzania
• Demonstration of High level of confidentiality
• Experience in administration of benefits and compensation programs
Job Education Requirements: Degree in HR
Job Experience Requirements: 8+yrs experience
Job application procedure
To Apply Send your CV and application to anna.meela@favoritegroup.net
Job Experience Requirements: 8+yrs experience
Job application procedure
To Apply Send your CV and application to anna.meela@favoritegroup.net
Job Title: Human Resources Officer
Ubongo is building brains and building change for families across Africa through fun edutainment on accessible technologies. We’re a social enterprise founded and based in Dar es Salaam, and we broadcast our shows Akili and Me and Ubongo Kids across the continent.
Ubongo is building brains and building change for families across Africa through fun edutainment on accessible technologies. We’re a social enterprise founded and based in Dar es Salaam, and we broadcast our shows Akili and Me and Ubongo Kids across the continent.
The Human Resources Officer is responsible for maintaining and enhancing
the organization's human resources by planning, implementing, and
evaluating employee relations and human resources policies, programs,
and practices.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Ensure that the office is running smoothly from a governance and internal policy and compliance point of view
- Maintaining efficient and effective resource planning at every stage of the process and in line with our policy as well as ensure our compliance with necessary governmental policy.
- Ubongoers are always learning so that needs to be maintained through an effective and valuable on the job training.
- Maintaining/Enforcing the performance management process
- Ensures legal compliance by monitoring and implementing applicable human resource requirements; conducting investigations; maintaining records; representing the organization at hearings.
- Maintains historical human resource records by designing a filing and retrieval system; keeping past and current records.
- Provide advice on conflict management and act as the chairman of any conflict resolution meetings/disciplinary hearings (unless personally involved).
- Respond to alleged violations of rules, regulations, policies, procedures, and UBONGOERs Standards of Conduct by evaluating or recommending the initiation of investigative procedures. Develops the oversees a system for uniform handling of such violations.
- All oversees Ubongoers are to feel included in the Company with respect to all training and development, staff welfare and general support needs from the Tanzanian Office.
- Providing legal assistance to all staff (in country and abroad) in particular in the areas of employment law, private insurance and social security insurance as well as with in-house policies.
- Responsible for updating any and all Company Policies as the laws changes, for situations where the change in the law would cause our current policy to be in non-compliance with the law (both internationally and locally).
- Bachelor or Masters in Human Resources or related degree is preferable but not essential and at least 2-3 years working experience.
- Knowledge and experience in employment law, compensation, organizational planning, recruitment, organization development, employee relations, and employee engagement and of course not forgetting someone who is sensitive to and understands organisational culture.
- Communication skills – Ability to interact and influence a range of seniority levels and is confident discussing sensitive issues with Senior managers.
- Someone who will drive for results and have the required soft skills for all levels of stakeholders and who will exemplify Ubongoer’s principles and values
- Team player & cross cultural awareness - Works effectively in a team. Collaborates and shares information and solutions with colleagues, with other teams and stakeholders, is able to work in a dual office model.
- Displays dedication and prioritises problems by considering the impact on the organization; identifies quick-wins and is able to quickly recover from loses.
- Discretion – Respect confidentiality when required on sensitive matters. This is essential given the nature of the job.
- Communication - Active listener and clear communicator and has an ability to build rapport at all levels of seniority. Listen, explains, challenges and supports people.
- Acts as a people developer.
- Exemplifies Ubongoer’s principles.
TO APPLY CLICK HERE!
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JOB DESCRIPTION
POSITION: Adaptation Manager
REPORTS TO: Chief Product Officer
LOCATION: Tanzania or Kenya
We’re looking for an ADAPTATION MANAGER who will ensure the quality adaptation of our programs for distribution across multiple platforms by working with our business and production teams, education specialists, translators, dubbing studios, and other partners.
Our current project involves adapting our content into Kikuyu, Luo, Kinyarwanda, Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo, and Twi. However, we have multiple opportunities to adapt into other languages.
QUALITY CONTROL:
○ Develop project timelines for each language and coordinate with partners to meet deadlines
○ Identify challenges in the current process and develop solutions to address these challenges
○ Document effective processes and train internal and external teams on these processes
OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES:
CLICK HERE TO APPLY
For More information Visit https://www.ubongo.org/careers/
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POSITION: Adaptation Manager
REPORTS TO: Chief Product Officer
LOCATION: Tanzania or Kenya
We’re looking for an ADAPTATION MANAGER who will ensure the quality adaptation of our programs for distribution across multiple platforms by working with our business and production teams, education specialists, translators, dubbing studios, and other partners.
Our current project involves adapting our content into Kikuyu, Luo, Kinyarwanda, Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo, and Twi. However, we have multiple opportunities to adapt into other languages.
QUALITY CONTROL:
- Ensure quality adaptation of Ubongo’s TV and radio programs into new languages for distribution across Africa
- Act as the primary liaison between adaptation partners and Ubongo staff
- Coordinate with Ubongo staff to develop and lead trainings and workshops to onboard consultants and dubbing partners
- Conduct weekly check-ins with consultants to understand adaptation challenges and to maintain supportive relationships
- Collaborate with dubbing studios, translators, reviewers, and other consultants to ensure the accuracy and quality of the content
- Develop an effective structure that will enable Ubongo to adapt content for new markets, including:
○ Develop project timelines for each language and coordinate with partners to meet deadlines
○ Identify challenges in the current process and develop solutions to address these challenges
○ Document effective processes and train internal and external teams on these processes
OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Support the business and development team in identifying new markets and languages
- Coordinate post-production adaptation of visuals and compilation of final episodes
- Track and manage the adaptation budget
- Be based in Tanzania, Dar es salaam or Kenya, Nairobi
- Be proficient in English (knowledge of Kiswahili and French is a bonus)
- Be willing and ready to travel to various countries across Africa
- Have a solid understanding of technology with an ability to learn new softwares quickly
- Be organized and detail-oriented
- Have a commitment to Ubongo’s Mission and Principles and a desire to create fun, localized, educational content
CLICK HERE TO APPLY
For More information Visit https://www.ubongo.org/careers/
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GRANTS MANAGER
Reports to: CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Ubongo is building brains and building change for families across Africa through fun edutainment on accessible technologies. We’re a social enterprise founded and based in Dar es Salaam, and we broadcast our shows Akili and Me and Ubongo Kids across the continent.
The Ubongo Grants Manager will be responsible for applying for grants and managing grants through their lifetime, acting as the key point of contact for funders and the coordinator for project implementation at Ubongo and with our partners.
REQUIREMENT:
TO BE A MATCH, YOU’LL NEED TO BE:
Does that sound like a fit for you?
APPLY USING THIS ONLINE FORM
For More information Visit https://www.ubongo.org/careers/
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Ubongo Internship
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Reports to: CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Ubongo is building brains and building change for families across Africa through fun edutainment on accessible technologies. We’re a social enterprise founded and based in Dar es Salaam, and we broadcast our shows Akili and Me and Ubongo Kids across the continent.
The Ubongo Grants Manager will be responsible for applying for grants and managing grants through their lifetime, acting as the key point of contact for funders and the coordinator for project implementation at Ubongo and with our partners.
REQUIREMENT:
TO BE A MATCH, YOU’LL NEED TO BE:
- Ready and able to take on all the challenges listed below (and many more, down the line) as we scale! This probably means you’ll have a Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree and at least 3 years experience in project management. But we’re more interested in your ability to get the job done than your qualifications.
- Extremely organized and process oriented.
- Able to GET THINGS DONE. You will be a team of one who needs to coordinate and manage across all departments in Ubongo to ensure that we are meeting our grant requirements on a periodic basis and in a timely manner!!
- You must be comfortable managing technology based products and coordinating the work of technical staff.
- A super troubleshooter!
- Able to speak and work in English and Kiswahili – we’re a bilingual office. And have strong writing skills, including report and grant writing.
- Good at dealing with ambiguity and able to figure things out for yourself.
- Willing to speak up for what’s right, when you see wrong, or when you think there might be a better way.
- Someone who loves kids. They’re why we do what we do. They’re running around our office all the time. Our kids’ music and videos will become part of your life (and constantly stuck in your head).
- Searching and applying for grant opportunities, and coordinating interactions and due diligence with potential partners and funders.
- Coordinating grant management and reporting for key grants across all teams at Ubongo, including the Product, Business and Operations/ Finance teams.
- Managing project-specific initiatives launched under grants which may not fall under existing Ubongo operations and forming teams for those initiatives as needed.
- Plan and work together with team leads to allocate existing resources within Ubongo towards the projects, and budget for forward growth.
- Coordinate work across a number of diverse teams within Ubongo (in Dar es Salaam and abroad) and external partners, to implement grant projects.
- Develop a monitoring and reporting framework for each grant project in collaboration with the grantor and Ubongo’s research team.
- Collaborate with Business Team to plan for sustainability of projects beyond grant funding.
- Taking full ownership of grant compliance and reporting, to ensure that the Ubongo team remains in good standing for all project grants, with reports submitted correctly and on time.
- Collaborating closely with partners and funders, then representing their needs and interests to the rest of the Ubongo team.
- Helping to project manage smaller partner and client projects as needed.
- Managing project work plans, budgets and reporting to funders, and keeping our various teams on track with deliverables!
- Reaching milestones on time and ensuring work is of top quality.
- Ensuring that all Ubongoers are kept up to date on grants status, and contributing throughout!
- Chipping in wherever else is needed. We’re a small organization, and we all wear many hats!
Does that sound like a fit for you?
APPLY USING THIS ONLINE FORM
For More information Visit https://www.ubongo.org/careers/
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Ubongo Internship
UBONGO is a social enterprise that creates interactive edutainment for kids in
Africa, using the technologies they already have. We entertain kids to LEARN & LOVE LEARNING! We are the creators of popular edu-cartoons watched by over 5.1 families weekly in East Africa, Ubongo Kids and Akili and Me.
ELIGIBILITY: We look for candidates who are A-players, we see A-Players as highly motivated team players who are problem solvers and overcome obstacles, get the job done, deliver outstanding results with moral courage and contribute to the dynamic work environment. No age requirement. We accept both undergraduate and graduate students.
The Intern Ubongoer will work with us at our headquarters in Dar es salaam, Tanzania throughout the year. The internship can be for 1- 6 months.
To learn more about our company culture and our expectations, here are our Ubongoers’ Principles.
STIPEND: Interns without external funding will receive weekly travel reimbursement.
ACCOMMODATION: We can help you arrange your own accommodation.
VISA SUPPORT: Foreign interns will receive a letter of invitation to process visa application.
To Apply: Visit our website at www.ubongo.co/jobs and fill out the application. If selected you will be contacted for an interview.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Rolling. We accept and consider applications throughout the year.
If you are selected, our team will work with you to develop a project that is a good fit for both and the timeline of the internship. However, you will never limited to a single job, and at a startup like ours you’ll wear many hats.
We are specifically looking for interns to help with the areas below:
Data Analysis, Market Research, Study Design, Prototyping and Rapid
Experimentation, Marketing and Audience Building, Story and Script Writing,
Grant and Report Writing, Graphic Design, Monitoring and Evaluation, Early
Childhood Development, Product Design, Education and Pedagogy, Finance,
Child Psychology, Operations, Animation, Translation
Areas of Interest:
Data Analysis: Help us make sense of our information and use it to drive decision-making to improve everything we do! You’ll be generating real-time insights from our online analytics, analyzing results from user testing with kids, helping us visualize key metrics, and/or running statistical tests on monitoring and evaluation data. You can also participate in designing studies and experiments to test educational impact, engagement and more.
Market Research & Strategy: We’re expanding quickly across Africa, and you’ll help us research market and audience trends across Africa and the diaspora. You’ll participate in on the ground customer research with parents, kids, teachers and partners. And you’ll help our executive team with our long term growth strategy.
Social media and digital content: Help us create and distribute exciting new digital content across platforms for our different audiences and brands… and engage our users to keep them coming back for more. Write blogs, plan social media campaigns, post, create graphics, edit short videos and get creative to engage our various global audiences.
Monitoring and Evaluation: Work with us in implementing our long term monitoring and evaluation strategy for Ubongo edutainment, and/or impact evaluations on specific products and services. You’ll be setting study design, tracking indicators, collecting data and analyzing to assess and track our social impact.
Story and Script Writing: You’ll work with the team to write teleplays for Ubongo Kids and other TV and radio projects in both English and Kiswahili. We take important concepts and develop clever, entertaining stories around them that help learners understand and remember. You’ll liaise with the voice director and animators to make sure that the script is understood and brought to life. You’ll also help with the writing of reports, blog posts, proposals and synopses.
Prototyping and Rapid Experimentation: Prototype your job role! We create user-centric products and are therefore always testing with kids and other stakeholders to improve our products and create new ones. You’ll be getting creative to quickly test new concepts and product ideas with users, then iterate and improve on them.
Education and Pedagogy: Ensure our content and products are of top educational quality. Work closely with our production and education team to create top quality content for early childhood education (pre-literacy, pre-numeracy, language skills), primary school STEM learning, and character strengths such as growth mindset and grit.
Other areas: Grant Writer, Graphic Design, UX/UI design, Operations, Finance, Legal and Product Design
For any questions send an email to: cvetta@ubongo.co.tz
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Human Resources Officer
Africa, using the technologies they already have. We entertain kids to LEARN & LOVE LEARNING! We are the creators of popular edu-cartoons watched by over 5.1 families weekly in East Africa, Ubongo Kids and Akili and Me.
ELIGIBILITY: We look for candidates who are A-players, we see A-Players as highly motivated team players who are problem solvers and overcome obstacles, get the job done, deliver outstanding results with moral courage and contribute to the dynamic work environment. No age requirement. We accept both undergraduate and graduate students.
The Intern Ubongoer will work with us at our headquarters in Dar es salaam, Tanzania throughout the year. The internship can be for 1- 6 months.
To learn more about our company culture and our expectations, here are our Ubongoers’ Principles.
STIPEND: Interns without external funding will receive weekly travel reimbursement.
ACCOMMODATION: We can help you arrange your own accommodation.
VISA SUPPORT: Foreign interns will receive a letter of invitation to process visa application.
To Apply: Visit our website at www.ubongo.co/jobs and fill out the application. If selected you will be contacted for an interview.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Rolling. We accept and consider applications throughout the year.
If you are selected, our team will work with you to develop a project that is a good fit for both and the timeline of the internship. However, you will never limited to a single job, and at a startup like ours you’ll wear many hats.
We are specifically looking for interns to help with the areas below:
Data Analysis, Market Research, Study Design, Prototyping and Rapid
Experimentation, Marketing and Audience Building, Story and Script Writing,
Grant and Report Writing, Graphic Design, Monitoring and Evaluation, Early
Childhood Development, Product Design, Education and Pedagogy, Finance,
Child Psychology, Operations, Animation, Translation
Areas of Interest:
Data Analysis: Help us make sense of our information and use it to drive decision-making to improve everything we do! You’ll be generating real-time insights from our online analytics, analyzing results from user testing with kids, helping us visualize key metrics, and/or running statistical tests on monitoring and evaluation data. You can also participate in designing studies and experiments to test educational impact, engagement and more.
Market Research & Strategy: We’re expanding quickly across Africa, and you’ll help us research market and audience trends across Africa and the diaspora. You’ll participate in on the ground customer research with parents, kids, teachers and partners. And you’ll help our executive team with our long term growth strategy.
Social media and digital content: Help us create and distribute exciting new digital content across platforms for our different audiences and brands… and engage our users to keep them coming back for more. Write blogs, plan social media campaigns, post, create graphics, edit short videos and get creative to engage our various global audiences.
Monitoring and Evaluation: Work with us in implementing our long term monitoring and evaluation strategy for Ubongo edutainment, and/or impact evaluations on specific products and services. You’ll be setting study design, tracking indicators, collecting data and analyzing to assess and track our social impact.
Story and Script Writing: You’ll work with the team to write teleplays for Ubongo Kids and other TV and radio projects in both English and Kiswahili. We take important concepts and develop clever, entertaining stories around them that help learners understand and remember. You’ll liaise with the voice director and animators to make sure that the script is understood and brought to life. You’ll also help with the writing of reports, blog posts, proposals and synopses.
Prototyping and Rapid Experimentation: Prototype your job role! We create user-centric products and are therefore always testing with kids and other stakeholders to improve our products and create new ones. You’ll be getting creative to quickly test new concepts and product ideas with users, then iterate and improve on them.
Education and Pedagogy: Ensure our content and products are of top educational quality. Work closely with our production and education team to create top quality content for early childhood education (pre-literacy, pre-numeracy, language skills), primary school STEM learning, and character strengths such as growth mindset and grit.
Other areas: Grant Writer, Graphic Design, UX/UI design, Operations, Finance, Legal and Product Design
For any questions send an email to: cvetta@ubongo.co.tz
CLICK HERE TO APPLYFor More information Visit https://www.ubongo.org/careers/
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Human Resources Officer
Ubongo
is building brains and building change for families across Africa
through fun edutainment on accessible technologies. We’re a social
enterprise founded and based in Dar es Salaam, and we broadcast our
shows Akili and Me and Ubongo Kids across the continent.
The Human Resources Officer is responsible for maintaining and enhancing the organization’s human resources by planning, implementing, and evaluating employee relations and human resources policies, programs, and practices.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
For More information Visit https://www.ubongo.org/careers/
The Human Resources Officer is responsible for maintaining and enhancing the organization’s human resources by planning, implementing, and evaluating employee relations and human resources policies, programs, and practices.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Ensure that the office is running smoothly from a governance and internal policy and compliance point of view
- Maintaining efficient and effective resource planning at every stage of the process and in line with our policy as well as ensure our compliance with necessary governmental policy.
- Ubongoers are always learning so that needs to be maintained through an effective and valuable on the job training.
- Maintaining/Enforcing the performance management process
- Ensures legal compliance by monitoring and implementing applicable human resource requirements; conducting investigations; maintaining records; representing the organization at hearings.
- Maintains historical human resource records by designing a filing and retrieval system; keeping past and current records.
- Provide advice on conflict management and act as the chairman of any conflict resolution meetings/disciplinary hearings (unless personally involved).
- Respond to alleged violations of rules, regulations, policies, procedures, and UBONGOERs Standards of Conduct by evaluating or recommending the initiation of investigative procedures. Develops the oversees a system for uniform handling of such violations.
- All oversees Ubongoers are to feel included in the Company with respect to all training and development, staff welfare and general support needs from the Tanzanian Office.
- Providing legal assistance to all staff (in country and abroad) in particular in the areas of employment law, private insurance and social security insurance as well as with in-house policies.
- Responsible for updating any and all Company Policies as the laws changes, for situations where the change in the law would cause our current policy to be in non-compliance with the law (both internationally and locally).
- Bachelor or Masters in Human Resources or related degree is preferable but not essential and at least 2-3 years working experience.
- Knowledge and experience in employment law, compensation, organizational planning, recruitment, organization development, employee relations, and employee engagement and of course not forgetting someone who is sensitive to and understands organisational culture.
- Communication skills – Ability to interact and influence a range of seniority levels and is confident discussing sensitive issues with Senior managers.
- Someone who will drive for results and have the required soft skills for all levels of stakeholders and who will exemplify Ubongoer’s principles and values
- Team player & cross cultural awareness – Works effectively in a team. Collaborates and shares information and solutions with colleagues, with other teams and stakeholders, is able to work in a dual office model.
- Displays dedication and prioritises problems by considering the impact on the organization; identifies quick-wins and is able to quickly recover from loses.
- Discretion – Respect confidentiality when required on sensitive matters. This is essential given the nature of the job.
- Communication – Active listener and clear communicator and has an ability to build rapport at all levels of seniority. Listen, explains, challenges and supports people.
- Acts as a people developer.
For More information Visit https://www.ubongo.org/careers/
SCRIPTWRITER
We’re looking for a creative and skilled scriptwriter to brainstorm and write fun, educational stories with us for Ubongo Learning projects including but not limited to series and client projects.
SOME OF YOUR TASKS WILL BE:
APPLY USING THIS ONLINE FORM:
For More information Visit https://www.ubongo.org/careers/
We’re looking for a creative and skilled scriptwriter to brainstorm and write fun, educational stories with us for Ubongo Learning projects including but not limited to series and client projects.
SOME OF YOUR TASKS WILL BE:
- Brainstorm and outline story ideas for Ubongo Kids, Akili and Me, client projects and any future Ubongo Learning shows, working both individually and with the pre-production team.
- Scriptwriting fun, engaging and educational stories that kids and families will love, both in English and Kiswahili, that guide kids to learn and love learning, ensuring quality verbal representation of story and learning objectives.
- Translation of any written content when needed.
- Write song lyrics, treatments, reports, blogs and other materials as needed
- Improve Ubongo’s writing and storytelling through continuous reviews, learning and experimentation — always writing from a child-centric perspective and utilizing user testing to inform and inspire stories and learning.
- Help improve team efficiency by cooperating with existing workflows, including but not limited to user testing and production review, and making suggestions for improvements.
- Maintaining and growing brand of Ubongo Learning, Ubongo Kids and Akili and Me through your stories and songs.
- Be fluent in written and spoken English and Kiswahili
- Minimum BA degree in any field involving essay or creative writing or
- Proof of creative writing skills including but not limited to scripts, books, portfolio of essays, grant applications etc
APPLY USING THIS ONLINE FORM:
For More information Visit https://www.ubongo.org/careers/
