Requisition ID: req46473
Job Title: Senior Grants Manager
Sector: Grants
Employment Category: Regular
Employment Type: Full-Time
Open to Expatriates: No
Location: Tanzania
Work Arrangement:
Job Description
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert E tein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities, we restore safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads the way from harm to home.
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For over half a century, Tanzania has been a country of asylum, hosting one of the largest refugee populations in Africa. Currently, the country hosts approximately 247,000 Burundian and Congolese refugees, many of whom arrived in 2015 as the crisis in Burundi increased. To date, refugees continue to co-exist with the host communities in Kigoma region expressing multiple reasons and needs. Within this context, IRC provides protection and basic assistance in the areas Safety (comprises of Protection and Rule of Law, Women Protection and Empowerment, and Child Protection), Health (mental health and psychosocial support services and reproductive health) and Education.
Job Purpose/Objective:
The Senior Grants Manager (SGM) is responsible to support in the management of IRC’s grants portfolio in Tanzania. This position is key in managing the grants portfolio throughout the project cycle and in ensuring compliance with donor and IRC requirements and business development efforts. The SGMs reports directly to the Grants Coordinator(s) and will have immediate supervision for field-based Grants Officers. The position is based in Dar es Salam and Kasulu Offices with periodic travel to other IRC’s field offices and project sites, as needed. The SGMs will work closely with program staff, finance, and operations on compliance, donor regulations, reporting, and business development. S/he will also liaise closely with IRC’s global Award’s Management Unit to meet organizational performance goals for grants management.
Key Responsibilities
Grants Management and Compliance
- Oversee and manage donor and internal reporting processes, ensuring high-quality, well-written and timely reports are submitted. Prepare and circulate templates, coordinate inputs, and review and edit in line with donor expectations and contractual deadlines. Maintain close collaboration with all relevant departments in their preparation.
- Ensure that IRC’s grants in Tanzania are well-administered and implemented in compliance with the relevant donor regulations and IRC procedures.
- Ensure the smooth roll out and adherence to IRC Project Cycle Management (PCM) through coordinating programme design, planning, opening, implementation, closing and learning meetings.
- Support coordinating and facilitating in country Budget vs Actual (BVA) discussions to provide grant specific compliance guidance and address challenges in grant health
- Support the Grants Coordinator and program teams to provide timely responses to donor and HQ grant-related requests.
- Ensure quality information management related to grants by overseeing the regular maintenance of online grant files (OTIS and Box), reporting calendars, and updating of internal IRC documentation and Grant Unit tools
- Support program and partnership staff in grant revisions, cost extensions, no-cost extensions, budget realignments, and other amendments as required
- Act as a focal point for donor rules and regulations and provide support to program team on questions around compliance.
- Identify potential compliance concerns and flag them to the Grants Coordinator as required.
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Program Design & Proposal Development
- Working with the Grants Coordinator, technical leads, and technical advisors, support the development of comprehensive program design and develop funding proposals/concept notes, appropriate to context and aligned with the country-level Strategic Action Plan.
- Support development of concept notes and proposals, providing both writing and editing support, as required
- Assist Grants Coordinator in donor/HQ liaison and communication as requested.
Sub-grant management
- Support in the reviews of sub-grants for compliance with donor rules and regulations
- Provide feedback and request clarifications on sub-grant documents that have been submitted for approval
- Support in the drafting of partner agreements
- Support in keeping of proper and updated master files on sub-grants both hard copy and in box.
- Support in the facilitation and oversee all internal, external, and sub-grantee reporting with programs and finance, ensuring high-quality, well-written and timely reports meeting donor and IRC requirement.
Donor Relations and Communication
- As requested, liaise with donors regarding grants and grant management particularly field level donor engagement.
- Maintain excellent relationships internally within IRC and with all IRC’s existing partners, and local authorities.
- Maintain necessary donor files on grants including hard copy and box.
- Ensure regular reporting for the NGO Registrar is complete, in partnership with the External Liaison.
People Management and Capacity Building
- Directly supervise field based grants staff, building their capacity and supporting their professional development.
- Build grant management capacity of field staff by assisting Grants Coordinator in trainings, and providing support in report writing, proposal development, budget management, IRC-specific tools, and other topics as/if needed.
Key Result Areas
- Donor and IRC compliance
- Effective Grants Operational Meetings
- Effective partner management
- Quality Proposals (Narratives and Budgets)
- Quality reports
- Proper record keeping
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Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree (Master’s Degree preferred) in international relations or a related field, or relevant work experience Fluency in English and Swahili, spoken and written.
- At least three years’ work experience in humanitarian/development setting with proven field-based experience with grants management and business development
- Experience with program design and proposal writing (including logical frameworks).
- Sound budget development capacity and financial management skills.
- Prior knowledge of donor regulations (BPRM, FCDO, GFFO, UNHCR, UNFPA etc.)
- Good communicator with strong organizational, time management and analytical skills.
- Ability to carry out responsibilities and lead tasks independently while being a strong team player for the grants team.
- Excellent problem-solving skills, and proven track record to handle pressure and improve grant management processes.
- Excellent inter-personal, cultural, and diplomatic skills.
- Strong capacity to mentor and build capacity of staff.
Key working relationships:
Position reports to: Grants Coordinator
Position directly supervises: Grants Officer
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Working Environment
Security level yellow – The situation in most of the country is calm. Some parts of Kigoma experience insecurity-highway banditry.
Diversity, Inclusion and Gender Equality
IRC acknowledges and honors the fundamental value and dignity of all individuals. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider all applicants based on merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status or disability. IRC is also committed to narrowing the gender gap in leadership positions. We offer benefits that provide an enabling environment for women to participate in our workforce including parental leave, gender-sensitive security protocols and other supportive benefits.
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Professional Standards
The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way – Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Accountability and Equality. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.
Requisition ID: req46492
Job Title: Program Support Officer
Sector: Governance
Employment Category: Regular
Employment Type: Full-Time
Open to Expatriates: Not Applicable
Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Work Arrangement:
Job Description
BACKGROUND
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities, we restore safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads the way from harm to home.
For over half a century, Tanzania has been a country of asylum, hosting one of the largest refugee populations in Africa. Currently, the country hosts approximately 247,000 Burundian and Congolese refugees, many of whom arrived in 2015 as the crisis in Burundi increased. To date, refugees continue to co-exist with the host communities in the Kigoma region expressing multiple reasons and needs. Within this context, IRC provides protection and basic assistance in the areas of Safety (comprised of Protection and Rule of Law, Women’s Protection and Empowerment, and Child Protection), Health (mental health and psychosocial support services and reproductive health) and Education
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SCOPE OF WORK
The Program Support Officer will coordinate the development all program management tools including Project Workplans, Spending Plans, Item Forecasts, Monthly Monitoring Reports, Indicator Tracking Templates, Monitoring and Evaluation Plans for all active grants and facilitate regular check ins to track progress made by the program and grants on the ground versus the expenditures on the BVAs. S/he will facilitate regular Program Cycle Meetings as appropriate include Project Implementation Meetings and Project Learning Meetings. S/he is responsible for establishing and ensuring better record management systems for the country program in relation to program implementation and maintains an up-to-date record of all program processes at the various stages. S/he will maintain an up-to-date record of leave accruals and utilization for all program staff. S/he will support the Country Director (CD) and the Deputy Director Programs DDP) by managing and scheduling all their external engagements. The incumbent will closely work with program staff across all the IRC field offices in Tanzania and will provide a link between the program staff and all the IRC support departments and reports to the Deputy Director of Programs (DDP).
SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Coordination
- Provide an effective link between the program staff with support departments including Finance, Security, HR and Supply Chain.
- Keep a record of all program meetings ensuring that all action points are documented and followed up.
- Support relevant program staff with requisite requests including travel authorization, leave requests, advance requests, and liquidations, ToRs
- Ensure that program expenditure is in line with project budgets, spending plans and procurement plans.
- Reconcile program expenditure by grant and specific expenditure lines with actual project implementation ensuring that any changes and deviations are noted, documented, and authorized.
- Record, track and summarize leave accruals, requests, and utilization for all program staff.
- Provide administration support to the Deputy Director Programs and the Country Director.
Grant Management
- Track reporting deadlines on all grants and ensure that relevant people make contributions on the deliverables on time in line with the reporting tracker.
- Provide a link for the country team with the regional awards management team.
- Ensure all requisite program documentation are kept up to date on OTIS and in country filling system.
- Facilitate monthly review meetings with sector teams ensuring all project implementation tools are developed and reviewed monthly.
- Organize country program level Project Cycle Meetings (PCM) on a quarterly basis and ensure project teams conduct monthly Project Implementation Meetings (PIMs).
- Facilitate country program level Budget versus Actual (BVA) meetings on a quarterly basis and ensure project teams conduct monthly Budget versus Actual (BVA) meetings.
Communication
- Ensure communication products including fliers and banners are designed and approved in line with donor visibility guidelines.
- Lead in creating media content for the country program activities in consultation with the CD and DDP.
- Draft and review communication to stakeholders as required for the country program ensuring that the communication is courteous and clear.
- Review program reports and ensure they are of the expected quality before they are submitted to the regional office and the donors.
- Regularly update the brand folder for the country program on the IRC website.
Contribution to Effectiveness of the Program
- Work collaboratively with different programs for strengthening integration and cross-learning in programs
- Proactively volunteer for various team activities
- Show an eagerness to take on any other tasks assigned by the line manager.
HR Management
- Support program team develop and maintain proper leave plans and leave trackers.
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Qualifications
Skills and Experience
- Relevant B. Sc. in communications, development studies, social sciences, or any relevant degree with experience of reviewing assessing, reviewing, and monitoring expenditures.
- Very good command of spreadsheets.
- Command of written English to produce documents and reports in good standard.
- Ability to maintain good working relationship with colleagues and partners.
- Experience in collecting and collating qualitative and quantitative data.
- Ability to work with data collection and analysis software.
- Accuracy and keen attention to details, to produce high quality documents and maintain good records.
- Commitment to IRC values and principles
- Knowledge of the local languages will be an added advantage.
Professional Standards. IRC staff must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way – Global Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability. In accordance with these values, IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti-Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.
Commitment to Diversity and Inclusivity. IRC is committed to building a diverse organization and a climate of inclusivity. We strongly encourage applications from candidates who can demonstrate that they can contribute to this goal.
Equal Opportunity Employer. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our organization. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
Warning. Please be warned of various scams, being circulated via e-mails, from Internet websites, and via regular mail or fax, falsely being issued by or associated with the IRC. Beware that The IRC does not charge a fee at any stage of its recruitment process (application, interview meeting, processing, training, or any other fee). IRC does not request any information related to bank accounts. If asked for any payment, please contact TZ-Recruitement@Rescue.Org.
Requisition ID: req46494
Job Title: Economic Recovery and Development Manager
Sector: Program Administration
Employment Category: Regular
Employment Type: Full-Time
Open to Expatriates: No
Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Work Arrangement:
Job Description
BACKGROUND
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities, we restore safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads the way from harm to home.
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For over half a century, Tanzania has been a country of asylum, hosting one of the largest refugee populations in Africa. Currently, the country hosts approximately 247,000 Burundian and Congolese refugees, many of whom arrived in 2015 as the crisis in Burundi increased. To date, refugees continue to co-exist with the host communities in the Kigoma region expressing multiple reasons and needs. Within this context, IRC provides protection and basic assistance in the areas of Safety (comprised of Protection and Rule of Law, Women’s Protection and Empowerment, and Child Protection), Health (mental health and psychosocial support services and reproductive health) and Education.
JOB PURPOSE:
Based in IRC Dar es Salam, the ERD Manager will lead critical ERD program integration, design, and implementation in the health (nutrition), protection, and governance sectors. S/he will provide leadership in the visioning and structuring of the ERD department in compliance with current resources and technical needs. Lead on critical livelihoods and value chain assessments and private sector scoping and engagement processes collaboration with grants and partnership team and other sector leads. S/he directly reports to the DDP with a doted technical support line from the Livelihoods Technical Advisor.
SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:
Effective Program Strategy, Design, and Implementation
- Contribute towards continuous visioning and review of the ERD Sector Strategy ensuring its aligned with the CP SAP and client needs.
- Provide ERD program technical guidance and inputs to needs analysis and design in accordance with technical standards and donor requirement
- Facilitate staff capacity development and harmonization of technical standards and best practices for all integrated economic and social empowerment (EA$E) interventions e.g., village savings and loans associations (VSLA) with WPE and other sectors.
- Provide technical inputs to the development of the CP emergency response plans based on informed community disaster risk reduction risk assessments and action plans.
- Liaise with MEAL and sector leads to promote CVA integration best practices across all emergency response activities (e.g., the El-Nino Response) including timely vulnerability and needs assessments, launch and selection of CVA clients, and quality post-cash distribution monitoring support
- Guide the selection and enrolment of potential livelihoods program clients with strong referral and integration mechanisms in place
- Track critical national markets and price bulletins and provide standardized summary analysis of prioritized local market performances in view of informing CVA interventions.
- Collaborate with cross sectoral managers and develop compressive integrated project implementation planning and reports for the ongoing GFFO and USAID Youth First projects
Effective Project Budget Management
- Contribute to project budget development in accordance with IRC Standards and tools
- Manage all ERD sector budgets to ensure effectively spending, reporting, realignments and correct coding of all CVA related costs correctly and ensuring value for money.
Effective Human Resources Administration and Management
- Participate in the development of job scope, recruitment, and orientation of new ERD staff and community-based agents as necessary,
- Ensure advance leave scheduling for all ERD staff and inform DDP and respective Field Coordinators,
- Ensure timely timesheet submission by all ERD sector staff
- Foster the spirit of cohesion, teamwork, professionalism, and mutual respect within the program team.
Effective Coordination and Representation
- Conduct regular updates and interactions with the different District, regional, and line ministry departments of Agriculture, livestock, Tourism (Honey Production), community development, natural resources, and youth
- Develop and maintain a strong coordination and partnership relationship with existing potential critical agencies such as FAO, WFP, UNHCR District and Regional Joint development programs (e.g., KJP, TBP etc.) and other NGOs.
- Attend subnational to national level FSL Cluster, IPC, and other relevant working group meetings, ensuring written summary reports to be presented are reviewed by DDP 3 days in advance of the meeting.
- Effectively organize and coordinate all consultant-led ERD assessments (e.g., Value chain and markets assessments), SMT, TA, and donor visits for the sector
- Collaborate effectively with other IRC sectors (WPE, Health and Nutrition, and Governance), receiving and providing technical assistance as necessary,
Partner Management
- Collaborate with the SMT and partnerships team to map out strategic public and private sector partners, identifying collaboration themes and developing a localization strategy.
- Ensure collaborative partnership with local actors e.g. on collaborative needs assessment and design processes.
Qualifications
Education:
BSc. degree in agriculture, agricultural extension/economics, and community development; post-graduate training in value chain development, Agribusiness, collective marketing, and private sector development is essential; specialized training in project management and monitoring and evaluation is merit.
Experience:
- At least three years’ experience in implementing livelihoods and agriculture projects; with good aptitude of logical framework approach; experience with livelihoods and income growth strategies including, CMDRR, Agroforestry, value chain development, local economic development, market-driven agricultural and private sector development initiatives.
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Skills and Abilities:
- Demonstrated experience in designing and managing livelihoods programs for urban and rural communities in Sub–Saharan Africa
- Familiarity with international standards for key livelihood program areas (Sphere standards, SEEPs and livelihoods standards).
- Strong computer skills and analytical report wiring
- Flexible, able to plan and yet accommodate unexpected tasks,
- Excellent networking and liaison skills,
- Coaching skills including training, delegation, and presentation.
- Fluency in English and knowledge of Sahili and added advantage.
Key Working Relationships:
- Position Reports to: Deputy Director Programs
- Position directly supervises: None.
- Other Internal and/or external contacts: Integrated Protection Coordinator, Health Coordinator, MEAL Coordinator, Grants Coordinator
Travel: Incumbent will be expected to travel regularly to IRC field offices
Working Environment: Security level yellow – The situation in most of the country is calm. Some parts of Kigoma region experience insecurity-highway banditry.
Professional Standards. IRC staff must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way – Global Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability. In accordance with these values, IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti-Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.
Commitment to Diversity and Inclusivity. IRC is committed to building a diverse organization and a climate of inclusivity. We strongly encourage applications from candidates who can demonstrate that they can contribute to this goal.
Equal Opportunity Employer. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our organization. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
Warning. Please be warned of various scams, being circulated via e-mails, from Internet websites, and via regular mail or fax, falsely being issued by or associated with the IRC. Beware that The IRC does not charge a fee at any stage of its recruitment process (application, interview meeting, processing, training, or any other fee). IRC does not request any information related to bank accounts. If asked for any payment, please contact TZ-Recruitement@Rescue.Org
Requisition ID: req46497
Job Title: Senior Program Manager – Governance
Sector: Governance
Employment Category: Regular
Employment Type: Full-Time
Open to Expatriates: Not Applicable
Location: Tanzania
Work Arrangement:
Job Description
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BACKGROUND
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities, we restore safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads the way from harm to home.
For over half a century, Tanzania has been a country of asylum, hosting one of the largest refugee populations in Africa. Currently, the country hosts approximately 247,000 Burundian and Congolese refugees, many of whom arrived in 2015 as the crisis in Burundi increased. To date, refugees continue to co-exist with the host communities in the Kigoma region expressing multiple reasons and needs. Within this context, IRC provides protection and basic assistance in the areas of Safety (comprised of Protection and Rule of Law, Women’s Protection and Empowerment, and Child Protection), Health (mental health and psychosocial support services and reproductive health) and Education
Job Overview/Summary
IRC Tanzania is seeking to recruit a Senior Program Manager for the USAID funded project “Youth-First!” designed toStrengthening youth resilience and decrease violence in Mtwara. The project aims to promote positive youth engagement and strengthen local governance relationships for the benefit of future generations, using youth-centered, evidence-based, and scalable interventions.
Project objectives
Objective 1: Strengthen inclusive leadership capacities and increase civic participation opportunities of young women and men to promote peace and development and
Objective 2: Strengthen relationships and address youth grievances through improved youth participation in local governance.
Activities under objective 1 include a comprehensive, flexible, and youth-led capacity-building program for a cadre of Young Change Makers (YCM), and peer-led awareness-raising events on inclusive leadership, conflict resolution, non-violent communication, community organizing, civic activism, gender equity, and gender-based violence prevention. Activities will provide youth with the knowledge and skills to prevent, mitigate, and resolve conflicts peacefully and engage with local governance for structural reforms. In addition, through youth-led forums, participants will be able to engage constructively with one another, identify shared peace and development concerns, and generate strategies to address them collectively.
Under objective 2 the project will work with Youth Lead Organizations (YLOs) to strengthen their organizational capacities. The project will also help them engage in single-identity work with local government, traditional and faith leaders to shift their incentives, improve their capacities, and strengthen accountability for youth participation in local governance. Ultimately, this will result in improved legitimacy, trust, and relationships between the different groups, as well as inclusive local governance processes.
Core Responsibilities:
Project Implementation
- Plan, coordinate and operationalize the implementation of project activities.
- Work closely with youth and partner organizations to plan on program/project implementation.
- Develop advocating strategies to voice youth needs/requests on violence prevention.
- Plan and participate in the facilitation of forums to increase the capacity of youth organizations and implementing partners in planning and implementation of peacebuilding, violence prevention and social cohesion projects.
- In the areas of intervention, identify shared peace and development concerns, and generate strategies to address them collectively.
- Identify existing measures and policies and generate strategies, to reinforce transparency, inclusiveness, and accountability for youth participation in local governance.
- Provide support toward integration of governance indicators into project M&E frameworks and use of context and conflict-sensitivity indicators working closely with M&E officer.
- Report regularly on project implementation, progress, constraints, and lessons learnt. These include monthly, quarterly and final donor reports.
- Design project frameworks/objectives with local partners and ensure that activities meet all set criteria and standards.
- Keep up to date with all contextual changes and the impact on project implementation.
Training and Capacity Building
- Identify training needs for project beneficiaries and project partners to strengthen their organizational capacities.
- Design, develop and organize tailor-made workshops and training programs to provide youth with the knowledge and skills to prevent, mitigate, and resolve conflicts peacefully and engage with local governance for structural reforms.
- Integrate community approaches, gender sensitivity and capacity building into all activities as appropriate.
Coordination and Representation
- Liaise with authorities, local partners, implementing partners and other key stakeholders at community level in areas of operation.
- Represent the department at the community and government level in relation to the project.
- Attend coordination meetings as delegated by supervisor.
- Establish and maintain strong, positive, and productive working relationships with key stakeholders in the target project area.
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Program management
- Support staff capacity needs assessment, design staff capacity planning, and support training delivery by utilizing existing governance training resources and other up to date global initiative and resources.
- Oversee the implementation of the Youth First Project in Mtwara to ensure activities are implemented according to a well- plan schedule by project cycle, monthly/quarterly workplan and budgets management includes pending plan, and procurement plan.
- Participate in grant opening, and closing meetings, tracking expenditures and ensuring they are allowable and allocable according to IRC and donor compliance and regulations; review monthly BvA and develop corrective action plans.
- Provide timely, informative, and quality inputs to proposals; including log frame, and budget planning as required.
Qualifications
Qualifications and experience
- University degree in Social Science, Local Governance, Development studies or other relevant discipline.
- At least 7 years working within the peacebuilding, social cohesion, development context or related field.
Skills and Competencies
- Experience in running community capacity building activities including trainings; community mobilization; and peacebuilding activities.
- Strong program management skills, including assessment, planning, budgeting, and monitoring skills.
- Demonstrate teamwork with other staff members, project partners and stakeholders.
- Strong report writing skills.
- Strong track record in working in partnership with governments and youth lead organizations, civil society at various levels and diverse organizational stakeholders, developing and implementing appropriate and targeted learning and capacity sharing activities.
- Solid knowledge in local governance, systems strengthening, civil society strengthening, gender equality, peacebuilding/social cohesion, and civic engagement.
- Ability to work with multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary teams.
- Excellence in oral and written communication skills in English. Knowledge in spoken Swahili will be an added advantage.
- Good organizational, interpersonal, time and people management skills.
- Relevant computer software skills (including, at a minimum, the standard applications in MS Office)
- Ability to plan work and work with minimal supervision and without compromising on deadlines or quality
Key working relationships:
Position reports to: Deputy Director, Programs
Indirect reporting: Governance Technical Advisor
Position directly supervises: Youth Officer
Working Environment
Security level yellow – The situation in most of the country is calm. Some parts of Kigoma experience insecurity-highway banditry
Professional Standards. IRC staff must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way – Global Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability. In accordance with these values, IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti-Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.
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Commitment to Diversity and Inclusivity. IRC is committed to building a diverse organization and a climate of inclusivity. We strongly encourage applications from candidates who can demonstrate that they can contribute to this goal.
Equal Opportunity Employer. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our organization. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
Warning. Please be warned of various scams, being circulated via e-mails, from Internet websites, and via regular mail or fax, falsely being issued by or associated with the IRC. Beware that The IRC does not charge a fee at any stage of its recruitment process (application, interview meeting, processing, training, or any other fee). IRC does not request any information related to bank accounts. If asked for any payment, please contact TZ-Recruitement@Rescue.Org
