JOBS IN TANZANIA MARCH 2013

Chief of Party (COP) 

World Learning seeks a Chief of Party (COP) for a USAID-funded participant training program in Tanzania. Duration: 5 years. Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Recruitment contingent upon successful award of the project. Please transmit CV and cover letter (in English) with the post title on the subject line explaining why you are best qualified for this position, and three references with contact information, torecruitment3@worldlearning.org. Only finalist candidates will be contacted. No telephone enquiries please. Thank you. Background: The primary purpose of this program is to provide in-country, third-country and US based participant training interventions for individuals targeted by USAID/Tanzania. The program will mainly involve long-term academic and short-term technical training programs. The Contractor will support maximizing the impact of these programs by linking exchange and training programs, where appropriate, to on-going or planned developmental assistance activities by USAID Development Objective teams and, if necessary, other U.S. Government agencies.

Chief of Party’s responsibilities: • Provide overall strategic vision and day-to-day oversight and leadership for a professional training program that includes long- and short-term trainings and academic study in Tanzania, US and Third Countries across diverse sectors; • Provide immediate project start-up of activities; • Design and prepare annual and multi-year project work plans;
• Manage overall program implementation and provide oversight to ensure program training plans, goals and objectives are met; • Manage program staff and subcontractors; • Build strong relationships with partners in Tanzania and internationally and facilitate successful coordination of all activities; • Collaborate closely with USAID/Tanzania; • Ensure trainings impact overall organizational capacity and performance of the participants’ respective institutions through regular monitoring of impact results; • Report regularly to headquarters, providing timely updates of all situational and project developments; • Oversee program administration, implementation, and fiscal management; and • Provide leadership to overall project operations and reporting, ensuring that a team of core experts are in compliance with donor regulations and local laws.

Qualifications: • Masters or PhD degree in related field; • Minimum of 10 years of managerial experience implementing related international donor funded projects; • Experience as a trainer and as a manager of participant training programs; • Knowledge of US exchange programs; • Experience with university partnerships, desired; • Experience with organizational capacity and performance improvement programs; • Strong interpersonal and leadership skills to manage a large, diverse, and internationally implemented project; • Experience implementing USAID programs in Tanzania desired; • In-country travel is expected.

How to apply:

Please transmit CV and cover letter (in English) with the post title on the subject line explaining why you are best qualified for this position, and three references with contact information, to recruitment5@worldlearning.org. Only finalist candidates will be contacted. No telephone enquiries please. Thank you.

Finance Manager

World Learning seeks a Finance Manager for a USAID-funded Participant Training program in Tanzania Duration: 5 years. Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Recruitment is contingent upon successful award of the project. Please transmit CV and cover letter (in English) with the post title on the subject line explaining why you are best qualified for this position, and three references with contact information, torecruitment5@worldlearning.org. Tanzanian nationals are highly encouraged to apply. Only finalist candidates will be contacted. No telephone enquiries please. Thank you. Background: The primary purpose of this program is to provide in-country, third-country and US based participant training interventions for individuals targeted by USAID/Tanzania. The program will mainly involve long-term academic and short-term technical training programs. The Contractor will support maximizing the impact of these programs by linking exchange and training programs, where appropriate, to on-going or planned developmental assistance activities by USAID Development Objective teams and, if necessary, other U.S. Government agencies.

Finance Manager’s responsibilities: S/he will report to and work with the Chief of Party to support her/him in assigned duties and specifically those tasks that relate to financial planning, management and reporting. Major responsibilities will be directed towards managing USAID/Tanzania’s participant training funds for project participants. • Establish and maintain financial management and accounting control systems for training expenditures by development objective. • Provide and/or arrange financial analysis services related to institutional diagnoses, training planning and evaluation. • Prepare pipeline analysis of the project for USAID/Tanzania • Coordinate with USAID/Tanzania's Office of Financial Management, as appropriate, regarding the management of U.S. dollars and local currencies. • Direct the Contractor's cost containment efforts and other cost-effectiveness programs. • Establish and maintain grant management procedures. • Manage internal control process, procurement, audit and other administrative functions

Qualifications: • M.S. degree in accounting or financial management with 7 years of progressive experience, or • B.S. degree with at least 7 years of career/experience equivalent to a Master’s degree. • Experience with public or private sector management, financial analysis, cost accounting. • Relevant experience in developing countries. • Demonstrated capacity to supervise a complex financial management or general ledger system. • Demonstrated capacity to manage the financial and administration management functions within the broadened results-oriented programming. • Experience working in Tanzania desired, Tanzanian nationals are preferred.

How to apply:

Please transmit CV and cover letter (in English) with the post title on the subject line explaining why you are best qualified for this position, and three references with contact information, to recruitment5@worldlearning.org. Tanzanian nationals are highly encouraged to apply. Only finalist candidates will be contacted. No telephone enquiries please. Thank you.

Community Outreach Volunteers Needed in Tanzania

Asylum Access Tanzania (AATZ) solicits applications from well-prepared candidates with impeccable writing, persuasive advocacy skills and a passion for social justice who are ready to commit themselves to spending six months or more in Tanzania. Volunteer Legal Advocates (VLAs) will form an integral part of AATZ’s outreach strategy. VLAs play an integral part of AATZ’s team and will get the opportunity to engage the refugee community in and around Dar es Salaam and to coordinate and strengthen the involvement of AATZ in decisions affecting refugee rights.

Community Outreach Position Responsibilities

• Develop client outreach strategy in collaboration with AATZ team;
• Conduct regular outreach to AATZ’s community partners and reach out to new community partners, including churches, mosques, NGOs, schools, legal aid providers and others;
• Personally visit AATZ clients when necessary;
• Improve and regularly update a list of social service and health providers;
• Develop material for “Know Your Rights” workshops for refugees and teach or participate in the workshops.

Required Qualifications

• Ability to commit to 6 months of full-time work;
• Willingness to commute regularly in Dar es Salaam (able to travel by bus and walk long distances);
• A degree in law or a degree relating to or experience in programming relating to health, education, SGBV, cultural adaptation, credit and livelihoods, psycho-social care, etc.
• Has active listening skills, patience, and empathy;
• Ability to take initiative to expand access of refugees and asylum seekers to social and other services.
• Able to begin in early- to mid- August 2013

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to speak, read, write and understand Kiswahili at an intermediate level and/or ability to speak and understand French at an intermediate level
• Experience implementing or evaluating refugee-related programming– particularly health, education, SGBV, cultural adaptation, credit and livelihoods, psycho-social care, etc.;
• Experience developing and organising effective community trainings and workshops.

Program Highlights

• Development Training – Throughout your work with us, Asylum Access will support you with a series of tools to maximize your programmatic work and your understanding of refugee law and practice.
• Regular training and debriefing sessions will offer you the chance to enhance and process your experience and share insight about cross-cultural issues.

Casework – Once you join our team, you will be responsible for your own casework, which you will see through intake, preparation, submission and results. This will give you an invaluable experience and lasting ties with your clients.

Joining our Network – After working with us, you will be connected with an ever-growing network of refugee legal advocates around the world, which circulates job openings, research opportunities, refugee news, and more.

How to apply:

Because of space limitations, AATZ VLA positions are awarded on a very competitive basis. Each year Asylum Access receives hundreds of applications coming from all over the globe for a handful of VLA positions. It is best, therefore, for applicants to submit polished, complete applications as early as possible. We accept applications on a rolling basis.

To apply, please send a cover letter, resume, and a legal writing sample to Zoë McKinney atapply@asylumaccess.org with the subject line “AATZ VLA Application” Please be sure to specify in your cover letter what makes you uniquely qualified to be a VLA with AATZ, how volunteering with us fits into your career plans, and the dates that you expect to be available.

***Please note that all Asylum Access VLA positions are unpaid; we are happy to work with successful applicants to arrange for funding or school credit where available. If selected, VLA’s are responsible for obtaining their visa and work permit, if applicable.

ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR

For more than 30 years, Médecins du Monde, a campaigning medical organisation committed to international solidarity, has been caring for the most vulnerable populations at home and abroad. It has continued to highlight obstacles that exist in accessing health care and has secured sustainable improvements in health-for-all policies. Those working for this independent organisation do not solely dispense care and treatment but condemn violations of human dignity and rights and fight to improve matters for populations living in precarious situations.

MdM currently works in 44 countries across all continents where it focuses on 4 priority areas: caring for the health of migrants and displaced persons, promoting sexual and reproductive health, combating HIV and reducing the harm and risks associated with drug use, crises and conflicts.

MdM has been working to promote the concept of harm reduction to policy makers and national partners. The drop in center (DIC) serves as a safe space for users and offers screening for infectious diseases, new syringes, basic first aid, and prevention services. The center provides educational sessions once a week for women drug users who are at high risk of HIV transmission. MdM also targets at-risk groups with a mobile unit that provides prevention services, information about the DIC, and sterile needles. This program also provides audiovisual training, which enables those who are stigmatized to rebuild their identity and partake in the community effort of harm reduction. Above all else, the aim of the program is to allow those who have been stigmatized to regain their voice and build self-esteem. Several days have been dedicated to raising awareness in the community and encouraging support from volunteers.

TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

We are looking for an Administrative Coordinator to manage the financial, accounting, budgetary, human resources, administrative and logistics aspects of the mission in order to guarantee rigorous application of MdM procedures and to fulfil the objectives of the mission.

• Concerning the budget of the Tanzania program, you are responsible for budgetary planning and monitoring, in collaboration with coordinators and administrator;

• In terms of financing, you supervise the draw up of financial reports, ensures that contractual obligations are fulfilled and participates in preparation of audit and external evaluations;

• As for Human Resources, you ensure an efficient policy complying with national rules and MdM procedures;

• You guarantee the respect of administrative and legal framework, ensures implementation and respect of rules on the program;

• You manage the administration and logistic team and ensures their continuous training and capacity building;

• You supports the coordination team in the elaboration and follows up of any other MdM activity in Tanzania (specific partnerships or occasional operations)

• You take part in MDM internal and external meetings and represent the organisation on the administrative issues.

While doing all the above, the first part of the mission would be to improve administrative, financial, procurement, logistic and human resources procedures and tools and to implement them with assistance of the Administrator and the Logistician Assistant.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:

Starting: ideally end of April

Duration: 12 months

Contract : EMPLOYEE (French contract)

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE NEEDED:

• Master in Business Administration or equivalent
• Strong NGO experience as administrative coordination or equivalent
• Experience in team management
• Ease with complex finances and good knowledge of international donors (DFID knowledge appreciated)
• Legal knowledge is a plus
• Information System and software proficiency, good command of Excel and SAGA software mandatory
• Reactivity, anticipation, adaptability, capacity to take initiatives
• Organisational skills, rigor, ability to synthesise, to classify and to manage priorities
• Listening and diplomacy skills
• Capacity to work and to live in tense conditions
• Experience in working with people using drugs in a harm reduction approach appreciated
• Strong commitment to the organisation and its values

Languages: Fluent English (oral and written) mandatory Swahili an asset

How to apply:

To apply this position, please send a resume and a cover letter via this link

To have a look at all our vacancies : http://www.medecinsdumonde.org/Agir-Donner/Postuler-a-MdM

« MdM reserves the right to close any vacancy before the advertised deadline. Thank you for your understanding. »

Next Generation Leaders Programme Manager - Tanzania

This role lead on developing our programme strategy for working with our national alumni and working with young people out of school in particular youth camps. You will lead a young talented team focusing on policy and advocacy, youth entrepreneurship and youth group capacity building, careers and employment development, young women’s leadership, and our alumni work.
For more information, please click here.

Capacity Building Consultant - Tanzania

We are seeking an experienced individual with strong programmes management experience within donor funded projects who is able to develop and deliver structured capacity building support to staff, to develop internal systems to enable Restless Development’s team to better manage its donor funded projects.

For more information, please click here.

VSO is the world's leading independent international development organisation that brings people together to fight poverty. We are looking for a Diagnostic imaging adviser for a volunteer placement with a difference; 2 weeks every 2 months, for 2-3 years.

Background

The St. Francis Referral Hospital (SFRH) is located in Ifakara, Southern Tanzania and has a capacity of 400 beds and attracts approximately 700,000 referral patients per year from Kilombero and other neighbouring districts. The hospital is connected historically and operationally to a number of other health institutions. All the local partner institutions depend on each other in order to be able to act as a platform for health care, training and research. Through the support of volunteers there is real potential to strengthen Ifakara as a centre of excellence in healthcare, training and research.

In order to allow the hospital to fulfill its role as a regional referral and teaching hospital, quality of services need to be improved through better infrastructure, strengthening of the financial and human resource management and by ensuring availability of qualified staff, equipment and drugs. Swiss Development Cooperation and VSO are supporting the SFRH to improve its quality of healthcare services in a sustainable way by offering accessible and affordable quality services to the population and providing excellent training and research opportunities to the local partner institutions. Based in the hospital as the Technical Advisor for Quality of Care and Services you will work closely with the Medical Director, Head of Nursing and heads of all other departments in the hospital to improve quality of medical care and services.

Diagnostic imaging adviser, Tanzania

What does the role involve?

• Review and improve radiology protocols and the functioning of Radiology Department • Provide recommendations for setting up additional radiological health services • Provide on-the-job training on x-rays and general radiology to assistant medical and clinical officers and other radiology staff • Work in the hospital to improve the general conditions of the Radiology and X-ray Department • Provide specific training on radiology and its importance in any hospital • Carry out complex, specialist radiology work in the hospital • Develop and strengthen the quality assurance standards of the Radiology Department • Provide training to ensure SFRH staff continues to work with student radiographers in continuous professional development.

Skills, qualifications and experience required

You can apply for this role if you have a BSc in radiography (imaging) with a minimum of 2 years experience. You will have the ability and experience teaching, training and mentoring staff and developing specific goals and plans for trainees. It is desirable but not essential to have worked in Africa. You will need to be available for the period of project, 3 years or a minimum of 2 years with the flexibility and availability to travel and come to train for 12 weeks in a year, (2 weeks every 2 months). We are looking for someone who is a team worker with good social and interpersonal skills and networking abilities. You should be able to handle conflicts in a constructive consultative way and have a flexible personality, adapting easily to new situations, and being able to set realistic expectations on working in a hospital in the tropics.

Technical adviser - hospital management and administration, Tanzania

What does the role involve? • Advise and coach the hospital management and medical director on all administrative, finance and human resource issues and support the set up of efficient resource management systems • Establish instruments to control and report improvements • Work closely with all project stakeholders • Support the administrator to develop a scheme of service and salary structure and develop instruments to monitor and control the use of resources including infrastructure, equipment and materials at departmental level • Support administrator to coordinate support to SFRH by different partners; particularly finances, materials and equipment utilization • Participate in the preparation of budget, finalization of accounts and implementation of auditors comments • Prepare and facilitate the succession planning to ensure sustainability • Organize and coordinate short term volunteer placements in specialized areas.

Skills, qualifications and experience required You’ll have a degree or Masters in Business Administration or Public Health, or similar and have 5-10 years experience working in hospital management and quality improvement. You’ll have experience in hospital management and training, with the ability to teach, train and mentor staff in these areas, developing specific goals and plans for trainees. It is helpful to have previously worked in Africa. You’ll need to be available for the period of project life cycle 3 years or a minimum of 2 years. We are looking for someone who is a team worker with good social and interpersonal skills and networking abilities. You should be able to handle conflicts in a constructive consultative way and have a flexible personality, adapting easily to new situations, and being able to set realistic expectations on working in a hospital in the tropics. You’ll be a strong communicator and work in a transparent way.

Technical adviser - quality of medical care and services, Tanzania

What does the role involve?

• Providing support to the Medical Director on all clinical services in the hospital in an advisory capacity • Supporting the hospital management team on collaboration with partners in provision of care in the hospital • Providing support for department heads to set up a quality assurance system for clinical services
• Strengthening departmental leadership to offer quality services, mentorship of junior doctors and supervision of students
• Facilitate the development of treatment guidelines for each main clinical department • Facilitate regular workshops for continued education to all care providers • Support department heads in improving data collection systems in their areas of work • Establish systems to monitor progress indicators and to report improvements • Support in monitoring and analyzing the progress indicators in the hospital.

Skills, qualifications and experience required

You can apply for this role if you are a qualified doctor with 5-10 years of medical experience especially in hospital quality care and service improvement. You will have experience in hospital management, training and tropical medicine. It is desirable but not essential to have worked in Africa. You will need to be available for the period of project life cycle 3 years or a minimum of 2 years. We are looking for someone who is a team worker with good social and interpersonal skills and networking abilities. You should be able to handle conflicts in a constructive consultative way and have a flexible personality, adapting easily to new situations, and being able to set realistic expectations on working in a hospital in the tropics.

Hospital theatre management specialist, Tanzania

What does the role involve?

• Support the senior theatre nurse-in-charge to strengthen departmental leadership to offer quality services to patients, including developing standard operation procedures. • Working with the senior theatre nurse-in-charge to establish infection control measures including sterilization of equipment and materials • Proving support to the senior nurse-in-charge of the department to develop instruments to monitor and control the use of resources including equipment and materials.

Skills, qualifications and experience required

You’ll be a registered qualified nurse or technician in theatre management and have practiced for 5 years or more in a hospital. You’ll have the ability and experience to teach, train and mentor staff and develop specific goals and plans for trainees. It is desirable but not essential to have worked in Africa. You will need to be available for the period of project, 3 years or a minimum of 2 years with the flexibility and availability to travel and come to train for 12 weeks in a year, (2 weeks every 2 months). We are looking for someone who is a team worker with good social and interpersonal skills and networking abilities. You should be able to handle conflicts in a constructive consultative way and have a flexible personality, adapting easily to new situations, and being able to set realistic expectations on working in a hospital in the tropics.

Pathology expert, Tanzania

What does the role involve?

• Support the hospital to establish a pathology unit within the laboratory department • Develop standard operation procedures (SOPs) for quality assurance; advise on the required equipment and running of the unit • Facilitate collaboration between St. Francis Referral Hospital (SFRH) lab and consultant hospitals with pathology services for diagnostic support and capacity building.

Skills, qualifications and experience required

You’ll be a qualified pathologist with a degree in a related field, with a degree in medicine being advantageous. You’ll have practiced for 5 years or more. You’ll have the ability and experience to teach; train and mentor staff and develop specific goals and plans for trainees. It is desirable but not essential to have worked in Africa. You will need to be available for the period of project, 3 years or a minimum of 2 years with the flexibility and availability to travel and come to train for 12 weeks in a year, (2 weeks every 2 months). We are looking for someone who is a team worker with good social and interpersonal skills, plus networking abilities. You should be able to handle conflicts in a constructive consultative way and have a flexible personality, adapting easily to new situations, and being able to set realistic expectations on working in a hospital in the tropics.

Pharmacy expert, Tanzania

What does the role involve?

• Support the pharmacy department to improve the quality of services by developing standard operation procedures (SOPs) for quality assurance in different procedures • Capacity-build staff in the pharmacy department’s skills to improve procedures, ordering of medicines, storage of medicines and forecasting of needs • Work closely with clinical departments to improve the system for ordering medicines supplied by the pharmacy, storage of medicine/materials in the wards and rational use of medicines ordered.

Skills, qualifications and experience required

You’ll be a qualified and registered Pharmacist, with a degree in Pharmacy, plus 5 years or more of practice in a consultant or regional hospital. You’ll have the ability and experience of teaching, training and mentoring staff and developing specific goals and plans for trainees. It is desirable but not essential to have worked in Africa. You’ll need to be available for the period of project, 3 years or a minimum of 2 years with the flexibility and availability to travel and come to train for 8 weeks in a year, (2 weeks every 3 months). We are looking for someone who is a team worker with good social and interpersonal skills, plus networking abilities. You should be able to handle conflicts in a constructive consultative way and have a flexible personality, adapting easily to new situations, and being able to set realistic expectations on working in a hospital in the tropics.

Emergency medicine specialist, Tanzania

What does the role involve? • Support the hospital to establish the emergency medicine department • Support the emergency medicine department to improve quality of services and develop standard operating procedures • Capacity building of staff in the department in terms of improving required skills for emergencies • Support the Department Head, Medical Director and Technical Advisor for Quality of Care to develop a comprehensive training plan for emergency medicine • Support the head of the Emergency Medicine Department in developing instruments to monitor and control the use of resources including equipment and material

Skills, qualifications and experience required You can apply for this role if you be a qualified doctor with a specialty in emergency medicine with a minimum of 5 years medical experience. You will have the ability and experience teaching, training and mentoring staff and developing specific goals and plans for trainees. It is desirable but not essential to have worked in Africa. You will need to be available for the period of project, 3 years or a minimum of 2 years with the flexibility and availability to travel and come to train for 16 weeks in a year, (2 weeks every 2 months). We are looking for someone who is a team worker with good social and interpersonal skills and networking abilities. You should be able to handle conflicts in a constructive consultative way and have a flexible personality, adapting easily to new situations, and being able to set realistic expectations on working in a hospital in the tropics.

Hospital laboratory expert, Tanzania

What does the role involve? • Review and improve laboratory protocols and the functioning and service provision of the Laboratory Department • Provide on-the-job training to improve skills of laboratory technicians within • Work in the hospital to improve the general conditions of the Laboratory Department • Provide specific training on laboratory services and its importance in any hospital • Carry out complex, specialist laboratory work in the hospital • Develop and strengthen the quality assurance standards of the Laboratory Department • Provide training to ensure SFRH staff continues to work with student laboratory technicians in continuous professional development.

Skills, qualifications and experience required You can apply for this role if you have a BSc/MSc in Biomedical Science with a minimum of 2 years experience. You will have the ability and experience teaching, training and mentoring staff and developing specific goals and plans for trainees. It is desirable but not essential to have worked in Africa. You will need to be available for the period of project, 3 years or a minimum of 2 years with the flexibility and availability to travel and come to train for 12 weeks in a year, (2 weeks every 2 months). We are looking for someone who is a team worker with good social and interpersonal skills and networking abilities. You should be able to handle conflicts in a constructive consultative way and have a flexible personality, adapting easily to new situations, and being able to set realistic expectations on working in a hospital in the tropics

And the rest....

Ifakara in the south of Tanzania is an authentic savannah grassland area that is green during the rainy season and brown in the dry season. Daytime temperatures vary between 32-39 degrees Celsius throughout the year. Southern Tanzania is home to some of Africa's best national parks and game reserves. There is some good hiking around Mbeya, the largest town in the southwest, but it's the country's two largest parks, Ruaha National Park and Selous Game Reserve that provide the most awe-inspiring encounters with lions, elephants and wildebeests. Mikumi is a smaller national park, but its proximity to Dar es Salaam makes it handy for those without the time for the full safari but who still want to see some wildlife. While on placement, we’ll ask you to commit to 12 weeks per year for up to 3 years to make a sustainable contribution. In return, we’ll give you comprehensive financial, personal and professional support. We'll provide you with extensive training including language classes before your placement, and our financial package includes a local living allowance, return flights, accommodation, insurance and more. When you return to your home country, we'll support you to resettle.

How to apply:

To find out more about volunteering with VSO visit www.vso.org.uk or to apply go tohttp://www.vso.org.uk/volunteer/ and quote T0785/0005/0001 on your application. On average it takes a minimum of 4 months to go through the application process so apply now for departure as soon as possible.