POSITION: SUB-AGREEMENTS MANAGER
Organizational
Context:
CARE is a leading
humanitarian organization dedicated to fighting poverty and social injustice
with a special emphasis on women and girls.
CARE Tanzania is part of CARE International, whose vision is to seek a
world of hope, tolerance, and social justice, where poverty has been overcome
and people live in dignity and security. CARE International is a
global force and a partner of choice within a worldwide movement dedicated to
ending poverty. We are known everywhere for our unshakable
commitment to the dignity of people.
CARE Tanzania and partners contribute to the empowerment of the most
marginalized and vulnerable rural women and girls to exercise their rights.
Job Summary
The primary function of Pathway’s position of the
Monitoring and Evaluation Officer (M&E Officer) is to coordinate Program
activities and efforts that aim at auditing the work to determine the impacts
it is making in the lives of especially female beneficiaries, guided by the
Pathways and WERISE documents (i.e. proposal, project implementation plan and
monitoring and evaluation plan),Technical Unit strategy, CARE Tanzania’s LRSP
and CARE International designing, monitoring, evaluation, and impact
measurement frameworks and tools. The M&E Officer will also be responsible
for leading programs’ efforts to build
staff and partner’s capacities in
designing (including capacity to better address the underlying causes of
poverty and social injustice), monitoring, evaluation, impact measurement and
learning. The M&E Officer will report directly to Program Coordinator
administratively, and the Program Quality and Learning Coordinator
functionally.
S/he is expected to maintain effective working
relationships with other CARE staff working with other CARE program initiatives
and impact groups.
Key Responsibilities and Tasks
Job Responsibility #1: Implementing the Pathways and WERISE program
initiative’s monitoring, evaluation, impact measurement, and reporting system;
(30% of time).
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Participating
and coordinating testing and adapting, in collaboration with other program team
of staff and partners, the program’s theory of change;
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Developing or
reviewing, in collaboration with program
initiative’s team of staff and partners,
program initiative’s monitoring and evaluation plan;
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Taking lead
in program initiative’s monitoring and
evaluation events such as baselines, mid-term reviews, final evaluation and
specific studies involving the project;
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Acquiring and
understanding monitoring, evaluation and impact measurement policies, standards
and tools of donors, CARE Tanzania, and CARE International so as to use them in
his/her work;
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Preparing
monitoring reports as well as assisting his/her supervisor in preparing
project’s quarterly, semi-annual, and annual reports and keeping them for
reflective purposes;
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Being
conversant with CARE’s Program Quality Assessment Tool (PQAT) and participating
in the program quality assessment events involving CA program initiative;
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Preparing and/or facilitating the preparation of the program initiative review and evaluation reports;
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Facilitating the engagement of program
initiative reviewers and evaluators,
including writing their Terms of Reference (TOR) and providing them with the
logistical support they need as carry out their contracted duties.
Job Responsibility #2: Implementing program initiative information and
knowledge system; (25% of time).
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Developing or
reviewing, in collaboration with program initiative team of staff and partners,
the program initiative’s learning plan;
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Developing and
maintaining program initiative’s
database and updating it accordingly;
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Leading program initiative’s efforts
to analyze and reflect on the data and
information to determine the impacts it is making in the lives of its
beneficiaries and for improved program initiative performance;
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Leading program initiative’s efforts to document
challenges/obstacles and lessons and best practices it is learning, including
their application for improved program initiative and organizational
performance as well as ;
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Packaging and
disseminating quality program initiative information to different audiences and
for different purposes.
Job Responsibility #3:
Supporting effective engagement of program initiative’s team of staff and partner in the monitoring and evaluation activities;
(25% of time).
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Designing and
facilitating forward accountability mechanisms to monitor our program quality
and impact with those we work with.
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Conducting or
facilitating program initiative’s
training needs assessment as well as designing, in collaboration with other
stakeholders, capacity building plans;
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Conducting or
facilitating capacity building events for
program initiative team of staff and partners in accordance with the
capacity building plans;
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Assisting program initiative team of staff and partners
to track progress toward program
initiative indicators and in developing and/or adapting monitoring tools such
as questionnaires, recording forms, checklists and interview guides based on
the monitoring and evaluation plan;
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Assisting and
advising program initiative’s team of
staff and partners in producing quality activity implementation reports.
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Working
with team of staff and partners to
identify and clarify key emerging advocacy issues and facilitate the
development and implementation of advocacy initiatives
Job Responsibility #4:
Participating in program design, strategic planning and Strategic forums; (10%
of time).
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Providing technical
inputs into program strategic planning, always ensuring that the program
initiative advances the LRSP and the program initiative and contributes to the
broader Technical Unit strategy and the
country and international development goals;
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Contributing
to the development of generation new program initiative ideas and preparation
of concept notes as a way of ensuring that the positive change achieved through
the program initiative will continue after its end;
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Representing
the program initiative in monitoring, evaluation and learning activities
conducted within the Country Office.
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Job Responsibility #6: Promote
Gender Equality (including the following) All
the time
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Practice a behavior that is
consistent with CARE’s core values and promotion of gender and diversity goals;
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Collect data on gender
related issues in program area;
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Carry out data analysis,
interpretation of the gender related information, writing reports to inform on
gender issues, and proposing appropriate interventions to address them
Job Responsibility #6: Perform Other Duties as Assigned including
5%
of the time
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Perform other
duties as assigned by supervisor
Competencies
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Excellence: Sets high
standards of performance for self and/or others; successfully completes
assignments; sets standards of excellence rather than having standards imposed;
ensures interactions and transactions are ethical and convey integrity.
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Respect: Behaves in a
manner that reflects a true belief in and appreciation for the dignity and
potential of all human beings. Gaining other people’s confidence and setting an
environment of trust and openness.
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Diversity: Promotes, values
and respects each individual’s unique qualities, background, race, culture,
age, gender, disability, values, lifestyle, perspectives or interests; creates
and maintains a work environment that promotes diversity.
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Integrity: Maintains social,
ethical, and organizational norms; firmly adheres to codes of conduct
and ethical principles inherent to CARE.
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Planning and Organizing: Establishes courses of action for self and others to ensure that work
is completed efficiently and effectively in accordance with CARE’s core values.
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Communicating with Impact: Diplomatically, logically and clearly conveying information and ideas
through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages
the recipient / audience and helps them understand and retain their message.
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Adaptability: Effectively
manages changing environments in the organization; maintains effectiveness when
dealing with multiple and conflicting priorities across different cultural
settings or during emergency and crisis situations.
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Initiating Action: Takes prompt action to accomplish objectives; takes decisive action to
achieve goals in times of uncertainty or in fluid contexts; is proactive.
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Building Commitment: Uses appropriate interpersonal styles and techniques to gain
acceptance of ideas or plans; modifies one’s own behavior to accommodate tasks,
situations, and individuals involved.
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Contribute to Team Success: Actively participates as a member of a team or work unit to move the
team/unit toward the completion of shared goals.
Education/Training
Required
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Bachelor’s
Degree or Diploma in Finance, Business Administration or related field.
Desired:
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Masters in
Business Administration is an asset.
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Additional
training in microfinance, entrepreneurship development, facilitation skills or skills
training, etc.
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Familiarity
with principles and practice of savings-led microfinance and with a strong
awareness of the challenges faced by traditional methodologies
Experience
Required
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Minimum 3 years of work
experience in a projects containing microfinance
enterprise or micro finance components.
Desired
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Experience of
working with local partners including government authorities is an asset;
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Experience
working with private sector service providers is highly desired;
Technical Skills
Required:
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Personal integrity living
up to CARE Tanzania’s core values of commitment,
accountability, respect, effectiveness and diversity;
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Ability to work and
communicate with a range of stakeholders including policymakers and government
officials, NGOs, community representatives;
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Strong ability to engage
with communities and capability in being proactive to organize community
activities
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A high level of
individual initiative, planning and good judgment. High competency in database and using/applying analytical software;
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Conversant
with adult learning methodology with excellent ability to build capacity;
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Demonstrated ability to
make judgment calls and decisions with respect to monitoring and evaluation activities,
within delegated authority, that impact significantly;
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Strong decision making
skills.
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Concentration, accuracy
and attention to details are required.
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Excellent
written and oral communication skills, with a fluent writing style and good
knowledge and practical use of both English and Kiswahili
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Computer literacy
with excellent knowledge of Microsoft Suite;
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Ensuring that gender and
power dynamics related to procurement are taken into consideration;
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Ability to thrive in team
environments, with a strong understanding of diversity and other cultures
Our
diversity is our strength; we encourage people from all backgrounds and
experiences, particularly women, to apply
MODE OF APPLICATION: Apply through hrm@co.care.org to Country
Director by 03 January 2015 with a motivation letter,
detailed CV with 3 Referees
SUB-AGREEMENTS MANAGER at CARE International in Tanzania
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