HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation is a Swiss IN60 actively contributing to the improvement of the living conditions and status of economically poor and socially disadvantaged people in more than 33 developing countries. Water and Infrastructure, Rural Economy, Environment and Climate, Education and Skills Development, and Governance and Peace are the main areas of focus of HELVETAS. HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation has been working in Tanzania for more than 20 years. Currently, it runs projects in central corridor regions and northern part of Tanzania.

YES project overall objective is to empower and improve the living conditions of economically and socially disadvantaged (marginalized) young women and men in Tanzania through improved skills and gainful employment. Many young women and men in Tanzania lack soft and hard skills that match labor market needs. YES. will apply the innovative results-based financing approach to contribute to effective skills development and labor market insertion of disadvantaged youth. Interventions before, during and after TVET will help to ease the direct transition from schools via TVET to the employment market. The project will be piloted in Dodoma and Singida regions thereafter will be expanded in other regions including Dar es Salaam, Mwanza, Arusha regions.

Project Officer- Technical (PO)

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Take lead on the technical aspects of YES project and coordinate skill training and employment linking programmes for the selected youth.
• Build the capacity of project and partner (private and public) staffs and guide them for effective implementation by adopting YES approaches effectively.

• Establish and maintain a good relationship with relevant government and non-government agencies in various levels and proactively initiate cross-learning and synergy.
• Planning and monitor activities of the project using agreed tools and submit quality reports in a timely manner.

Application Procedures:

Interested candidates are requested to submit a letter of interest, updated CV and the name of three referees (previous supervisors) from their previous employers to the e-mail address only. Apply through Email: tanzania@helvetas.org 

NB: Document should be in one pdf file not exceeding 2MB saved with the position title. No, any certificates or images should be attached unless the application will be disqualified.

Telephone and any other forms of inquiries will not be entertained. Only short-listed candidates wiH be contacted for written tests, presentation, and interviews. For relevant documents, please visit our website

Deadline for submission of applications is 25* June 2018.