Senior Manager – Church for Community Transformation

World Vision Tanzania is seeking to recruit a suitable candidate to fill the following position:

Job Ref No: WVT/P&C/FY13/64

Job Title: Senior Manager – Church for Community Transformation

Reports to: Innovations and Strategic Partnerships Director

Location: Head Office

Purpose of the position:

To provide strategic leadership in the empowerment of church (and community) leadership for holistic community transformation through mobilization process and exploitation of locally available resources for sustainable transformational development within their communities

Observe mission and core values of World Vision and demonstrate a quality of spiritual life that is an example to others.

Major Responsibilities:

1. 1.    Strategic Engagement

• Develop strategic partnership with key like-minded organizations to empowering the church (and community) leadership to exploit local resource for holistic transformational development
• Develop, review and update strategic plan, annual operating plan and budget
• Develop concept papers and proposals for Church for Community transformation

1. 2.    Empowering and mentoring leaders

• Strategize and implement plans for exposure visits of key strategic church (and community leaders) leaders to evidence-based locally resourced organizations such as Christian Impact Mission (CIM), Tearfund  and others
• Execute strategies for empowering church (and community) leadership through biblical worldview modules in partnership with Samaritan Strategy Africa for the transformation of peoples’ mindset
• Build church’s capacity on children holistic child development and protection through different modules such as Celebrating Families
• Provide capacity building, trainings and mentorship to community leaders  in partnership with successful community transformers

1. 3.    Mobilization, training, monitoring and reporting

•  In partnership with CIM, mobilize community members to adopt different agricultural technologies, including rainwater harvesting, to increase productivity and profitability for the wellbeing of children

Facilitate the mobilization, training and support community members to form Commercial

• Producer Groups and Commercial Villages for market linkages
• Identify and support most productive individuals to establish model farms as learning sites

General Duties

• Facilitate documentation of learning and success for the projects
• Build a team of staff through effective communication and capacity building.

Qualifications:  Education/Knowledge/Technical Skills and Experience

The following may be acquired through a combination of formal or self-education, prior experience or on-the-job training:

• Minimum Qualification required: Masters in Social Sciences/Theology
• Experience:  10 years in community or church related work

• Technical Skills & Abilities:
  • Computer skills.
  • Demonstrated ability in supervision
  • Working knowledge of proposal writing
  • Good planning and organizational skills
  • Ability to maintain effective working relationships with all levels of staff and donors
  • Good understanding of and respect for diverse churches and Christian organization 

Other Competencies/Attributes:

• Must be a committed Christian, able to stand above denominational diversities.
• Perform other duties as required 

Working Environment / Conditions:

• Work environment:  Office-based with regular travel to the field
• Travel:  20% Domestic travel is required.
• On call:  10% 

Working Environment / Conditions:

• Work environment:  Office-based with regular travel to the field
• Travel:  20% Domestic travel is required.
• On call:  10%.

Deadline October 2, 2013

How to apply: 
Interested candidates who meet the above criteria should submit their applications letter (addressed to People and Culture Director) together with an updated CV and copies of relevant credentials, contacts and three referees one of them being a church leader towvt_jobs@wvi.org OR wvt_recruit@wvi.org