Child Protection and Resilience Inspirator at ActionAid

ActionAid Tanzania (AATZ) is an affiliate member of the ActionAid International Federation, a global force working with women, men, and children living in poverty and exclusion to find solutions to alleviate poverty and injustice. AATZ has been operating in Tanzania since 1998 as a cross-border initiative by ActionAid Kenya and later transformed into a full-fledged Country Program in 2000.

We started our operations in Zanzibar in year 2001. Since then, we have rolled out four country strategy papers that have contributed to the overall development of the country. AATZ is registered in the Tanzania Mainland and complied with the Zanzibar Society Act no 6 of 1995. AATz is represented at the ActionAid International Assembly.

Currently, the organization is looking for a qualified, experienced, and self-motivated young person to fill in the following vacant position:

• Job Title: Child Protection and Resilience Inspirator
• Workstation: Mwanza Region
• Reports to: Program and Partnership Manager.
• Duration of placement: 12 months

Job Role:

The purpose of this placement is to strengthen the capacity of TAS, AATZ partner in Bright Future Project in area of Project coordination and Management.

Key Responsibilities

The inspirator shall build the capacity of TAS and secretariat members in the following areas:

• Project planning and management.
• Evidence-based advocacy.
• Project monitoring, monitoring tools, evaluation and learning.
• Project documentation and outcome harvest
• Project outcomes and processes
• Financial management, including support in developing financial policies and procedures
• Resource mobilization, including developing resource mobilization strategy.

The inspirator shall also

• Supporting TAS members, Mitindo school community and households of children living with albinism to advocate for improved services for children with albinism
• Support TAS members, AATZ team to enhance strategy on supporting children and community with albinism

Essential experience and skills:

• Community mobilization & organization skills.
• Resources mobilization skills
• Human Rights Based Approach & Feminist approach experience.
• Social movement building, organizing, strategic planning.
• Training experience
• Campaign Design & execution
• Project Management experience, especially from voluntary work, will be an added advantage.
• Lobbying and advocacy skills and experience of working with CSOs
• Teamwork building, innovative, ready to work under minimum supervision, result oriented person.
• Ready to aspire the team members to embrace changes.
• Multi-disciplinary knowledge can work in remote areas and ready to adjust according to the environment.

Education Requirements: 

• Graduates from university or advanced diploma from reputed institutions in Development studies, Social Science or Project Management.
• A master’s degree in any Social Science will be an added advantage.

ActionAid Tanzania is an equal opportunity employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. Women are highly encouraged to apply.