Programme Advisor-Women's Economic Leadership , Oxfam Tanzania

Programme Advisor – Women’s Economic Leadership

Location:  Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Level: National D2

Gross salary:  Tshs: 1,728, 002 Per month and other benefits

Contract Type:  Two years fixed Term Contract

Job Ref No:INT6413

Who we are

Oxfamis an International NGO working with others to find lasting solutions to poverty and suffering in Tanzania and more than 80 other countries worldwide.  In Tanzania Oxfam is working in Shinyanga,Simiyu, Geita, Mwanza, Dodoma, Morogoro, Tanga, Manyara and Arusha to implement three change goals that have been identified in the country strategy for 2010/2015, namely Economic Justice - Rural Livelihoods (including smallholder, pastoralist and women’s livelihoods), Gender Justice – equality for women and Social Justice centred in active citizenship and effective governance for quality essential services. Gender justice change goal aims at ending violence against women and to promote women’s leadership and economic empowerment.

We are currently looking for a dynamic and knowledgeable Programme Advisor-Women Economic Leadership to enhance the impact of our work in Tanzania.

The role

The incumbent for this role will be reporting to the Programme Coordinator – Economic Justice. The following will be the roles and responsibilities of the post holder:

• Work towards the development and implementation of the women’s Economic leadership projects. You will work with the programme coordinator and provide support in relation to women’s issues and gender integration within programme work.
• Providing a strong gender analysis in all programmes, ensuring integration of women’s issues in all stages of programme including planning, implementation, monitoring and learning.
• Lead on training and capacity building of programme teams and partners on gender and women’s empowerment issues, effectively taking on the role of partner support within women in leadership projects.
•  Provide support in the partner assessment process and work with them to prepare development plans, monitor development and engagement and evaluate partner effectiveness.
• Create a learning forums with partners and stakeholders within the programme and develop project reports against organisational and donor requirements and lead on documenting keyprogramme models, progress and impact stories on women and gender issues.
• Create synergies between HIV/AIDS mainstreaming and Women Economic Leadership approaches.
• Monitor occurrence of droughts, floods and other disasters that affect rural people’s lives, and collaborate with other actors (government and NGOs) to serve lives and maintain good health and nutrition of people who have lost their livelihoods and assets.

 

The person

• Possess experience and understanding of all aspects of project management, including project assessment, design, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, partner management and funding.
• Knowledge and experience in facilitating disaster risk reduction through women, communities and local government as well as experience in humanitarian programmes.
• Advocacy skills on gender equity issues at local, National and Regional level.
• Demonstrate experience on organizational networking, with experience on working in a learning environment, ability to identify clear lessons and important women’s issues, demonstrate the ability to drive programmes and change in challenging circumstances, with a ‘can-do’ attitude.
• To achieve this role, you need to have enthusiasm for the concept of women economic leadership, creative project ideas,drives to achieve results and strong partnership building skills.
•  Mature understanding of the grassroots and national development policy issues impacting Tanzania generally on women.
•  Ability to demonstrate excellent communication, representation skills, ability to work with virtual teams as well as demonstrate the ability to support and influence others.
• Knowledge of Swahili is highly desirable.
• Commitment to gender equity and sensitive to issues around HIV/AIDS.

Application Instructions:

This is the opportunity for a dedicated and highly motivated professional with strong commitment to Oxfam's values and beliefs. If you believe you qualify for this post and you are the right candidate that we are looking for, please submit your application and CV in English detailing your experience for the post applied and include daytime telephone contacts by applying online at www.oxfam.org.uk/jobsand then go to current jobs. You are advised to use advert Reference number INT6413 and job title above.We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organization. The closing date for these posts is 2nd August 2013.

Oxfam tunapiga vita rushwa. Ripoti rushwa kupitia ripotirushwa@oxfam.org.uk