ICAP at Columbia University is a Non-Governmental Organization affiliated with Columbia
University’s Mailman School of Public Health (MSPH) registered in Tanzania as MSPH Tanzania LLC since February 2005 (SO No. 12987). ICAP has been receiving funds to support HIV prevention and treatment programs in Tanzania from the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) through the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) since 2005.
In collaboration with the Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and
Children (MoHCDGEC), ICAP has supported the government on health system strengthening, provided technical support especially on HIV prevention, care, and treatment, voluntary medical male circumcision services, and facilitated HIV prevention interventions in community settings.

From October 2016, ICAP has been receiving PEPFAR funding from CDC for a 5-year project delivering interventions as the community implementing partner. The project, known as FIKIA, provides community-based HIV prevention interventions including HIV testing to key and vulnerable populations (KVP). The goal of FIKIA is to accelerate, expand, and improve the quality of comprehensive community-based HIV prevention services to KVP in order to achieve 90-90-90 targets. FIKIA implementation spans a total of 50 districts across nine regions, including Kagera, Kigoma, Mwanza, Geita, Simiyu, Mara, Pwani, Tanga, and Dar es Salaam.

ICAP employs competent, dynamic individuals with strong technical knowledge and public health management skills in implementing the program objectives. ICAP is now seeking to fill the below positions:

Position Title: HR Officer – Dar es Salaam (1 position) (Tanzania Nationals Only)
Reports to: HR Specialist
Job Location: Dar es Salaam

Overall Job Function:
The incumbent will be reporting to the Human Resources Specialist and working alongside an existing Human Resources Officer, responsible for the provision of comprehensive guidance on all HR matters.
Specific Responsibilities and Duties:

• Management of recruitment and selection activities for technical, professional and
  managerial level positions to include the formulation of job descriptions, advertising, and management of interview process
• Managing absenteeism through absence management policy for both short and long-term absence in line with HR objectives.
• Ongoing review and enhancement of Company and HR Policies and Procedures in line with legislative developments.
• Ensuring all relevant ID, certificates and employee documents are received on or before 1st day of employment and verify that with relevant authorities.
• Handling of disciplinary investigations, hearings, appeals, and grievances.
• Managing the collection of references, Police and Local government security clearance as relevant to each role.
• Creation and delivery of HR related management training and induction programs.
• To help HR specialist deliver and report on the annual employee engagement survey to ensure feedback from employees is collected and interpreted correctly to help improve employee engagement.
• To manage the long service rewards and ensures employees are notified of qualifying rewards in a timely and accurate manner.
• Any other reasonable duties which may be required by management from time to time.

Required Qualifications, Knowledge and Skills:

• Required Education: Bachelors’ degree in Human Resources Management
• Required Experience: At least 3 years’ recent relevant generalist and advisory HR
  experience gained within a fast-paced environment
• Required: Excellent knowledge of current Tanzania employment legislation
• Required: Experience of formulating, implementing and revising human resources policies & procedures
• Experience managing simultaneous recruitment campaigns
• Previous experience of processing payroll
• Confidential in all matters
• Professional approach, coupled with strong interpersonal skills and commercial acumen.
• Experience handling disciplinary investigations, hearings, appeals, and grievance
• Excellent planning, organizational and time management skills
• Excellent verbal, written communication and presentation skills

Application Instructions:

Qualified applicants should send their cover letter and CV by 08th June, 2018 via email to icapjobs-tanzania@columbia.edu, mentioning in the subject line the Position Title and Job Location. Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

Please do NOT attach any certificates when submitting online. ICAP is an equal opportunity employer; women are encouraged to apply. We also encourage Tanzanians living and working abroad in the diaspora to apply.