Action Aid Tanzania Public Accountability Advisor

Are you Action Aid Tanzania new Public Accountability Advisor?

Action Aid Tanzania (AATZ) is looking for a competent and experienced professional to support its programme implementation on understanding public budgets, expenditure tracking (of local and national level budgets), monitoring of public social services and understanding of trade issues. The Advisor will play a significant capacity building role, not only towards staff of AATZ, but also towards its partners –Policy Forum, Youth Partnership Countrywide and Agenda Participation 2000 who are members of theTax Justice Partners Working Group.

Key result areas:

• Support the strengthening of the Tax Justice Partners Working Group and guide its members to understand tax justice in relationship to local context, global trends;  advocacy and campaign strategies for tax justice and linking such toward the improvement of public service delivery.

• Support AATZ staff and partners in conducting Research on tax Justice and improving public service delivery.

• Develop the skills capacity of AATZ staff as well as the tax working group team in implementing tax campaigns at the national level; and linking this to the international levels.

• Support and advise AATZ in designing a tax justice campaign that is aligned to the on-going ActionAid International multi-country Tax Justice Campaign strategy; and support 4 LRPs in contextualising tax issues in local governance
 

Required qualifications:

• At least 5 years minimum working experience in the governance and social development sectors, especially in advocacy and campaigns.
• Knowledge on Taxation and Tax issues will be an added advantage
• Minimum of 4 years governance work, taxation related work experience will be an advantage.
• Facilitation and training skills are essential for this position.
• Proven track record of successful network and alliance building work in a national and or an international organization.
• Strong understanding and knowledge of the intellectual and practical underpinnings of civil society engagement with local government in accountability and public service delivery.
• Demonstrated ability and hands-on skills in designing campaign and advocacy initiatives in governance work will be an advantage.
• Strong training and facilitation skills are essential.
 

Application deadline and procedures

All applications must include a motivation letter and a CV send to the following email: advisor2@ms.dkwith the following Subject: Application for the position of Public Accountability Advisor - AA Tanzania

Application deadline is June 7^th 2013

June 14^th:                      Shortlisted candidates are contacted

June 17 - 21^th:    First round of phone/SKYPE interviews with shortlisted candidates.

June 28^st:                      Personality Assessment feedback via phone/SKYPE

July 1 - 5^th:                    Face-to-Face interviews at the ActionAid Tanzania office, Dar es Salaam

Only selected applicants will be notified at each stage.

Expected starting date: 1^st September 2013

Contract start is subject to approval of work and residence permit. The assignment is for 24 months with a possibility of an extension.

More Information

The Public Accountability Advisor is placed through ActionAid Denmark’s People4Change program; a people-to-people programme providing development support to ActionAid Country Programs and their partner organisations. As People4Change is a cross-national programme, aiming at building tolerance, respect and expertise across cultures and borders, this position is not available for permanent residents of Tanzania. If you are a permanent resident of Tanzania and find this job interesting, please note that similar Advisor placements in other countries are regularly advertised at: www.actionaid.org and www.ms.dk

A comprehensive job description is available at: www.actionaid.org The job description includes thorough information about the job content, terms of conditions and back ground for the placement.

For further questions, please contact:

AA TZ Acting Head of Policy Scholastica Haule: Scholastica.Haule@actionaid.org

AA TZ People for Change Facilitator Stella Lyimo: Stella.Lyimo@actionaid.org