Jobs at Legal Services Facility 2016

The Legal Services Facility (LSF) offers a growing, high performance working environment and aims to increase access to justice for all Tanzanians by providing support for the enhancement of legal aid and legal empowerment, with emphasis on the protection of women’s rights. Through its implementing partners, the LSF funds in all districts of the country the provision of basic legal services through paralegals. Additionally the fund supports capacity development of legal aid providers, promotes recognition of paralegals through legal aid legislation, pilots innovative approaches to legal aid and increases awareness about the importance of legal empowerment in the development process.

The LSF is an equal opportunity employer and invites both women and men, who fulfil the requirements and who are willing to go the extra mile, to apply for the position of:

Capacity Development Manager

The Capacity Development Manager (CDM), in close collaboration with the other members of the LSF management team, will lead the development, ensure and coordinate implementation of the capacity development approach for LSF implementing partners (legal aid providers, incl. paralegal units).

Additionally she/he will lead the development, ensure and coordinate implementation of an orientation
and sensitization approach for local government authorities in all districts of the country in order to
increase their understanding and positively influence attitudes towards promotion and protection of
human rights, with emphasis on women’s rights, legal aid and legal empowerment.
Based on identification of capacity development requirements the CDM will develop a holistic approach
towards capacity development for implementing partners that may be complemented by individual
skills development through training, mentoring and coaching. The CDM will incorporate recent and
proven capacity development approaches and methods to maximize effectiveness.
The CDM will report to the Director Programs.

Requirements:
General Qualifications:
 Masters degree in relevant field from a recognised university;
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 7-10 years of relevant experience working in increasingly senior positions in capacity building,
organisational development, management of change and/or organisational learning.
Specific Qualifications
 Demonstrated experience in organizational change, coordinating and managing of capacity
building and capacity development of CSOs. Proficiency with activities, theories, methods and
technology in capacity development/building.
 Knowledge of and experience with monitoring and evaluation of organizational capacity
development, capacity building.
 Experience in the legal sector, with paralegal operations, other legal aid providers and legal
empowerment will be a distinct advantage.
 Experience with results based management is an advantage.
 Ability to design, program and oversee training, orientation and positive sensitization of
government officials.
 Strong strategic, planning and communication skills.
 Ability to develop and sustain good working relationships internally and externally
 Ability to organize complex large scale training and/or events
 Fluency in both Kiswahili and English (written and spoken).

A detailed job description is available on the LSF website: www.lsftz.org

How to apply
If you are qualified and interested in the above position, then please send, or, preferably, hand deliver
in an envelope on which the position for which you apply is written and which at least contains:
your printed and signed application letter, CV, copies of certificates and the names of three referees to
the address below:
Chief Executive Officer
Legal Services Facility
Bima Street, Nyati Rd, Mikocheni B
P.O.Box 31480
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Tel: 0222 781061
The deadline for receipt of applications is Monday 25 January 2016, at 4:00 p.m.