Overview
Feed the Future Tanzania Advancing Youth | Iringa, Tanzania
About DAI and the Feed the Future Tanzania Advancing Youth! Project
DAI,
a global consulting firm headquartered in Washington, DC, USA seeks a
communication expert for the USAID funded. Feed the Future Tanzania
Advancing Youth project which aims to use positive youth development
approaches to empower rural Tanzanian youth.
The Feed the Future Tanzania Advancing Youth Activity is a five-year
initiative (August 2017-August 2022) funded by the United States Agency
for International Development (USAID) DAI is the prime implementer and
is supported by contractors SNV, responsible for the Livelihoods
component. Pathfinder International, tasked with Healthy Life Skills
component, and KhangaRue Media, focused on media content development.
Feed
the Future Tanzania Advancing Youth was created to harness and link
youth to agribusiness opportunities in the Southern Agriculture Growth
Corridor investments. The project covers Iringa and Mbeya regions in the
mainland and both Unguja and Pemba in Zanzibar.
The project’s goal is to increase economic opportunities for rural
young people between the ages of 15 and 35. The activity is dedicated to
building youth entrepreneurship, leadership, and workforce-readiness
skills and empower youth to become leaders in their communities by
connecting them to opportunities promoting employment, wellbeing, and
leadership. The activity will achieve this by:
- Increasing entrepreneurship and workforce readiness skills among i youth. (IR1)
- Strengthening leadership and positive youth development. (IR 2)
- Enhancing life skills for healthy living and future planning. (IR 3)
Position Details
Job Title Driver (1) post
Reporting to: Senior Human Resource and Administration Officer
Location: Dar es Salaam
Duties and Responsibilities
S/he will:
- Routine maintenance and care of office vehicles including but not limited to minor routine repairs;
- Drive office vehicles safely and chauffeur office staff, official visitors and guests to official destinations:
- Takes careful note of all available information concerning street conditions, effective routes and locations;
- Assists in the transport of goods;
- Maintain vehicle cleanliness. Regularly cleans inside and outside the office vehicle. Wash car when it is required and advised;
- Checks oil, water, brakes and clutch fluids daily; tire pressures, battery water, and overall vehicle condition on regular basis and every 5000 km whichever comes first, tests lights, brakes, bodywork for dents, etc;
- Is responsible for accuracy of project vehicle documents and its care, keeps vehicle logbook updated daily and registers each monthly check and maintenance/repair works required;
- Calculates the petrol, oil, and lubricant (POL) use monthly;
- Reports the need for maintenance and undertakes minor repairs;
- Report any emergency or incidents immediately. Immediately reports any involvement of the project/office vehicle in any, even minor accidents, or any damage or theft of equipment from the vehicle;
- If there is no outside driving activity, s/he stands by in the office, supports other colleagues on need basis, and does other office work as assigned by supervisor;
- Other duties as required.
- Possession of a valid driver’s license
- At least 1 years of experience working in a similar position for an NGO or an international organization is preferred
- No history of major accidents within the past 1 year
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
- Hard-working, disciplined and punctual
- Maintain a professional relationship with project Employees and staff
- Strong sense of client service and strong communication skills
- Have a solid understanding of the Project region or Area of work
- Strong understanding of the local area, places, and culture
- Possess understanding vehicle operating systems
- Ability to receive a clear police background check
- Fluency in English required
APPLY TO: AYA_HR@dai.com on or before 3rd May 2019*********************
Job Title Grant officer
Reporting to: Grant Manager
Location: Mbeya
Duties and Responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities
- Develop and/or revise Request for Application, Annual Program Statements, Request for Proposal. Concept notes, Grants &Contracts manuals, support documents, templates, and systems to ensure compliance with project needs and donor requirements
- Provide management oversight and technical assistance to the project and proposal budget development and oversight of grants, contracts. Work closely with project technical staff to facilitate the process.
- Provide oversight and technical assistance in the proper management of grants, subcontracts, and sub-agreements throughout the project.
- Work with the Grants Manager, Project senior management and technical staff to select grantees for award. This will include establishing selection criteria for sub-grantees and conducting preaward assessments to determine the responsibility of prospective grantees and providing feedback to all the applicants
- Make determinations of risk profiles of prospective grantees and recommend appropriate approaches to mitigate the risks identified, including the development of special award conditions.
- Ensure sub-grantee meets selection criteria & Budget analysis and negotiations
- Complete submission of award documents for approval by Chief of Party/USAID or DAI/W contracts administrator.
- Provide technical assistance to staff and grantees on administrative policies and procedures for grants management. Technical assistance on the following topics will be provided in conjunction with the Grants Manager
- Policies and procedures for procurement under sub-grants & Interpretation of donor regulations
- Coordinate the monthly/quarterly reporting process where each grantee submits requests for reimbursements, and reports financial status, monitoring and evaluation data and a narrative report on progress.
- Assess and manage risk for sub-awards to partner and sub-recipient organizations.
- Conduct site visits to selected grantee organizations to directly observe project implementation, provide project management support, train on USAID rules and regulations
- Ensure regular audits are conducted on local partner and follow up on resolution of findings with partner’s staff.
- Organize and maintain all project documents and files related to grant process and individual grantee activities.
- Maintain and update specific project and related correspondence files, tracking and status sheets, and databases.
- Conduct investigations to resolve contractual issues/problems/ disputes arising from grants and make recommendations to Grants Manager for resolution.
- Any other duties as assigned by Supervisor
- Degree in Finance. Accounting. Business Administration or related field.
- Strong organizational skills, accuracy, and attention to detail.
- Experience with USAID donor-funded project.
- Experience with GAAP and fund accounting principles, practices and regulations.
- Working knowledge of grants accounting.
- Proficiency with Microsoft office.
- Experience working with databases.
- Multi-lingual skills and/or multi-cultural experience appreciated
Position Details
Job Title Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Officers
Reporting to: MEL Manager
Location: Mbeya (1) post and Zanzibar (1) post
Duties and Responsibilities
Qualifications and Education Requirements:
DAI is an equal opportunity employer and the position is open to all.
Qualified candidates should submit a CV, and cover letter explaining how
the experience detailed in the CV will contribute to the requirements
of the position. The applicant should also provide valid and reachable
references. The CV. cover letter and list of references should be sent
to AYA_HR@dai.com on or before 03rd May 2019.
Unfortunately, due to the large volume of applications we receive, we
will not be able to respond to each individual candidate. Women are
strongly encouraged to apply. Only shortlisted candidates will be
contacted.Job Title Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Officers
Reporting to: MEL Manager
Location: Mbeya (1) post and Zanzibar (1) post
- Support the MEL Manager in the development of effective M&E tools that can be implemented by field staff and partners.
- Review and maintain the project’s monitoring and evaluation plan, based on the projects document log frames and indicators. This will include following:
- Identify sources of data, collection methods, who collects data, how often, cost of collection and who analyzes it.
- Develop criteria and evaluation scheme for the project impact, benefit and sustainability.
- Oversee and execute M&E activities included in the Annual Work Plan, with focus on results and impacts. This will include the following:
- Design the framework for the physical and process monitoring of project activities
- Promote a result-based approach for monitoring and evaluation, emphasizing results and impacts.
- Prepare consolidated progress reports for project management including identification of problems, causes of potential bottlenecks in project implementation, and providing specific recommendations.
- Check that monitoring data are discussed in the appropriate forum and in a timely fashion in terms of implications for future action.
- Facilitate, act as resource person, and join if required any external supervision and evaluation missions.
- Identify areas for program improvement based on data collected and report back to COP/DCOP and M&E Manager.
- Ensure data quality through regular data quality assessment visits to LIPs/sub-grantees and beneficiaries
- Promote learning and the use of data to improve YEEA and Producing qualitative and quantitative reports.
- Monitor and track all project indicators throughout the life of the project
- Providing capacity building to sub-grantees regarding implemented project activities
- Any other duties as assigned by Supervisor.
Qualifications and Education Requirements:
- Education: Bachelor or Master’s degree in a development field, social science, economics, or relevant discipline.
- Prior Work Experience: Minimum of five years of progressively responsible professional experience in a performance monitoring and/or evaluation role with an international development organization.
- Language Proficiency: Fluent in English and Kiswahili
- Job Knowledge: Demonstrated ability in data analysis, project design, monitoring, and evaluation of development activities. Experience developing results frameworks, logical frameworks, or similar tools for project design is required. Experience developing and/or using performance management plans or similar tools is required. Demonstrated knowledge of and experience in monitoring and evaluating programs—including indicator development, study design, and data analysis—in multiple sectors.
- Experience using mobile data collection tools such as; ODK, Survey CTO, Kobo Collect etc
- Experience in computer applications for data analysis such as SPSS, Stata, Ms-Excel etc
- Excellent analytical skills and the ability to summarize disparate information in a clear and concise manner
- Excellent research and data collection methodology skills
- Ability to create organizational work plans based on higher-level goals
- Skills in supporting staff with a variety of levels of knowledge and capabilities
- Ability to work independently to efficiently meet deadlines
- Oral and written communication skills to deal effectively with local implementing partners
- Excellent computer skills, including word processing, spreadsheet programs, and database management
APPLY TO: AYA_HR@dai.com on or before 3rd May 2019
