Overview

Action Aid Tanzania is an anti-poverty agency working to end poverty and injustice. Women candidates are highly encouraged to apply for the position

ActionAid Tanzania (AATZ) envisions seeing Tanzania without poverty and injustice in which every person enjoys his/her right to a life of dignity. Currently, the organization is looking for a qualified, experienced and self-motivated person to fill in the following vacant post:

Job Title: Women’s Rights & Local Rights Programs (LRP) Oversight Manager

Workstation: HQ – Dar es Salaam, with travels to the field and internationally as required.

Reports to: Head of Programs & Policy Department: Program

Job Role:

Lead women rights works of the country program as per the direction of the organization’s Country Strategic Paper (CSP) and coordinate and oversee of operations at district based Local Rights Programs (LRPs).

Key Responsibilities

• Lead women rights programs of the country program
• Coordinate policy and campaign engagement related to women rights involving strategic partners, LRPs, and policymakers to promote pro-poor policy and practices
• Initiate and strengthen partnership, networking and alliance building on women rights issues at a national and international level
• Represent AATZ at local, sub-national, national and international women rights forums
• Facilitate capacity development to staff and partners on women rights
• Assess regularly potential donors for women rights works, initiate project ideas, prepare concept notes and project proposals individually and in teams

Qualification and Experience

• A graduate degree in Gender, Law, Development Studies and other related Social Science fields from a recognized educational institution
• 4 years relevant experience especially working in the NGO sector with specific focus on women rights and gender
• Driving license and skills

To apply

Submit your updated curriculum vitae, a motivation letter and state your gross monthly salary expectation and send to the Head of Human Resource Organizational Development & Support Service, through E-mail: jobs.tanzania@actionaid.org;

Closing date: 04th September 2018 at 14.00hrs. Please clearly indicate “Application for ActionAid Tanzania Women Rights & LRP Oversight Manager” in your email subject. NB: Whilst all applications received will be assessed strictly on their individual merits, we regret that we can only respond to shortlisted candidates.