Position:	Gender Manager
Department	Programs
Reports to:	Nutrition Specialist
Location	Dodoma, Tanzania.
Last update:	April 2023

Action Against Hunger leads the global movement to end hunger. We innovate solutions, advocate for change, and reach 24 million people every year with proven hunger prevention and treatment programs. As a nonprofit that works across 50 countries, our 8,300 dedicated staff members partner with communities to address the root causes of hunger, including climate change, conflict, inequity, and emergencies. We strive to create a world free from hunger, for everyone, for good.

PURPOSE
The position is responsible for providing technical and strategic support to Action Against Hunger USA- (Tanzania office), specifically fronting the gender agenda, which include proactively supporting gender mainstreaming and integration in nutrition, health, WASH, FSL in order to achieve Gender Minimum Standards (GMS).

The Gender Manager will participate in project development including planning, development of innovative gender strategies, communication, monitoring and evaluation strategies in close liaison with all departments. The position will be responsible for overseeing adherence and delivery of Action Against Hunger Gender Policy and safeguarding policy.

ENGAGEMENT

Develop collaborative working relationships with program and support teams at national level to ensure gender integration throughout the project.

The position holder will represent Action Against Hunger in key strategic and coordination meetings/forums both at national level.

The Gender Manager will focus on strategic partnerships and relationship building on gender related matters with key stakeholders in the government institutions, donor community; with an initial focus on Global Affairs Canada, as well as other like-minded institutions.

DELIVERY

She/he provide technical operational and strategic guidance in knowledge product development and technical input on gender related aspects including: conceptual clarity on gender mainstreaming in our programs in a timely manner.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
Technical Support

Act as the principal resource on gender equality issues, practices, and policies relevant to the project and in the project context at the country level.
Conduct Gender Analysis exercises, this will include but is not limited to defining methodology, facilitating inception workshops, conducting training of teams for data collection, collecting, coding, analyzing, interpreting, and reviewing data and secondary sources, drafting gender analysis reports, conducting final workshops.
Integrate the key findings of the gender-based analysis in the outcomes of the project.
Focus on gender equality outcomes and the gender equality strategy in project implementation documents and monitoring.
Provide capacity-strengthening opportunities and conduct gender-related trainings to staff as required.
Promote the collection and use of sex-age disaggregated and gender-sensitive data and ensure that the participation of women and men in projects is monitored.
Coordinate implementation of the gender equality strategy and related project activities.
Support the country team in the interpretation of gender analysis findings and integration of those finding into programs.
Promote significant participation of women and girls, especially in decision-making, throughout the life cycle of the project.
Ensure that gender equality expertise is central throughout the project (i.e. from the planning to the evaluation phase).
Assess the institutional gender equality capacity of partners and key stakeholders.
Develop and provide inputs to project reports.
Develop awareness of gender equality issues, resources, and opportunities

Internal and External Coordination

Encourage the participation of project staff and project partners in gender equality training.
Encourage the involvement of GE and women’s organizations that advance women’s rights.
Act as the focal contact for Dodoma office fostering engagement and coordination with regional and district level partners and stakeholders

General

Attend planning sessions, team meetings, and annual performance reviews as required.
Pro-active exchange and collaboration with Action Against Hunger [office] team members and the International Network.
Ensure an ongoing process of personal and professional development and learning.

Team Management

Foster a collaborative working environment.
Provide gender technical supervision and support to Gender Officer.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

Supervise staff who report directly to this position.
Provide technical line management to gender officer(s).

FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY

None

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

To travel to the field, the employee must attest to a level of physical fitness capable of enduring physically difficult and highly stressful situations, which may include the necessity to walk long distances.
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

WORKING CONDITIONS, TRAVEL AND ENVIRONMENT

The duties of the job require regular job attendance at least five days per week. Must be available to work outside normal office hours or on the weekends as required.
Must be able to travel as required for standard domestic and international business purposes.

VI. COMMITMENT TO Code of conduct

Respect, promote, and follow the rules of professional conduct and ethics as outlined in the Action Against Hunger [Office] Code of Conduct.
If holding a supervisory position, set an example of professional conduct and ethical behavior, ensure compliance of individuals under your supervision with the Code of Conduct, and enforce it as necessary.

COMMITMENT TO SAFEGUARDING
Comply with the Action Against Hunger International Safeguarding Policy and participate in mandatory Safeguarding training(s), as assigned by the organization.
Contribute to the implementation of the International Safeguarding Policy within the scope of your responsibilities and performance areas.
Conduct yourself according to the standards of the International Safeguarding Policy when carrying out your responsibilities or when interacting with populations we serve (e.g., children, and at-risk adults).
Remain alert and responsive to any Safeguarding risks, acquire relevant knowledge and skills to be able to promote strong Safeguarding practices, raise concerns, and/or report incidents.

VIII. COMMITMENT TO Gender equality

Comply with the Action Against Hunger Gender Equality Policy and participate in mandatory gender-related trainings, as assigned by the organization.
Contribute to the implementation of the Gender Equality policy within the scope of your responsibilities and performance areas.
Demonstrate commitment to gender equality principles to assist the organization in creating an enabling environment for gender equality, achieving its gender-transformative objectives, and promoting a feminist leadership approach.
Be familiar with GAC’s gender equality approaches and requirements as well as the project’s gender equality strategy

REQUIRED QUALITIFICATIONS

Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences, Anthropology, Gender and Development Studies or other Social Sciences related discipline. Master’s degree in Gender and Development would be added advantage.
Minimum 7 years work experience on similar position with similar setting and responsibility.
Experience in gender policy analysis and strategic planning and capacity development.
Experience in designing and managing programs, with a particular focus on gender equality, gender and protection
Knowledge of main donor requirements in terms of gender integration including GAC, USAID, SIDA, ECHO, among others.
Experience in beneficiary protection from abuse and exploitation in development and humanitarian context and knowledge of international frameworks and safeguarding mechanisms.
Knowledge of international standards and best practices related to safeguarding, PSEA, GBV, and Accountability to affected Populations (AAP) comments.
Solid understanding and commitment to humanitarian principles including the Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS)

REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE ESSENTIAL

Superior communication and writing skills
Add something about confidentiality and trust
Demonstrated analytical skills both qualitative and quantitative approaches
Possess good knowledge in advocacy
Experience in mainstreaming gender in multi-sectoral programming (Health and nutrition, WASH, food security and Livelihoods);
Fluency in written and spoken English language.

All employment offers with Action Against Hunger are conditional upon the receipt of satisfactory references and the signing our code of conduct, Safeguarding Policy with a particular focus on Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and Child Safeguarding. This position will also be subject to robust reference and background screening checks.

Action Against Hunger USA is part of the Action Against Hunger International network. As an independent NGO, Action Against Hunger USA currently manages operations in 8 countries: Tanzania, Kenya, South Sudan, Somalia, Uganda, Ethiopia, Zambia and Haiti.

Job summary

The MEAL Officer will provide technical backstopping on Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) for the Action Against Hunger in Tanzania. The position holder will participate in project design specifically in the development of M&E frameworks for the projects and collaborate with communications focal person in supporting the documentation of human-interest stories, lessons learnt and best practices, ensure implementation meets the key standards and as per the budget, work-plan and on scope. The MEAL Officer will spearhead surveys and surveillance activities in collaboration with the Program teams and other key stakeholders; conduct routine project monitoring and spearhead project final evaluation. The MEAL officer will also be responsible for support of data management cycle in all Tanzania bases.

The MEAL Officer: The role of has the following purpose, engagement and delivery: –

Purpose:

To support the generation of evidence at the base level in Program Monitoring process, Evaluation activities, Accountability mechanisms and Learning products across different field bases in the mission.

· Engagement

Representing Action Against Hunger in various county level external meetings on information management, monitoring and evaluation
Work in collaboration with relevant government authorities in conducting joint surveys, surveillance, evaluation and monitoring
Provide technical support to program team on MEAL
Liaise with Nutrition Program Manager/ Specialist for technical support and exchange of information, collaboration and coordination of MEAL activities

Delivery:

– The MEAL officer is responsible to coordinate aggregation and analysis of routine quantitative reports, design and maintain performance dashboards and other visualization tools in use, design data collection tools, generate post distribution monitoring reports, baselines and end-lines reports.

– The MEAL Officer will manage the routine MEAL data management cycle and share updates to the Nutrition Program Manager/ Specialist for dissemination.

Essential Job Duties

1. Survey and surveillance Activities (30%)

Implementation of the integrated nutritional surveys and other survey activities in collaboration of the local authorities and relevant govern procedures/protocols adherence to Government of Tanzania procedures / protocols / guidelines designed methodology, reporting process, etc.
Support in Strengthening the capacity of staff, and other partners in surveys methodologies, processes to include sampling, data collection, analysis and report writing skills

2. Project Monitoring (32.5%)

Develop, create a framework and procedures for MEAL and strengthen monitoring and evaluation of the framework and procedures for project activities and progress towards achieving the project output;
Define and implement the key project performance indicators (KPI) as well as monitor them throughout the duration of the projects.
Provide feedback to the Program Manager on project strategies and activities to include suggesting strategies to the Project Management for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the project by identifying bottlenecks in completing project activities and developing plans to minimize or eliminate
Assist in Monitoring and Evaluating and reviewing work plans and targets accordingly throughout project
Contribute towards the operationalization of internal project feedback mechanism and project related accountability.

Data Management (32.5%)

Management of data reporting cycle by generating internal data reporting calendar, data collection process, data analysis and data sharing/dissemination.
Assist the project managers in collating quantitative and qualitative reports generated monthly, quarterly, half-yearly and annual on the progress of the project
Maintain project specific databases and ensures all MEAL related data, reports, and records are clearly organized archived in a central location for future reference.
Ensure the quality of data (timeliness, integral, reliable, valid and complete) shared/disseminated and that it is

Aggregation, collation and analysis of incoming data coming from the field
Analyze data submitted on a monthly basis and develop key descriptive statistics from each group’s activity and their
Conduct spot-checks to confirm reported activities, reported datasets as a means of program implementation quality assurance. This can be done collaboratively with partners or local government officials where applicable.
Work with Program/ MEAL Manager to ensure data management during the data cycle that will be within relevant timelines so that the information can be useful for programmatic and strategic decision making for Program staff, support staff, partners and local government
Work with Program/ MEAL Manager to design relevant surveys and routine surveillance activities. This includes and not limited to Baselines, Endline, context monitoring and post distributing monitoring

4. Other duties as required (5%)

Track projects performance against the Mission strategy targets.

Supervisory Responsibilities

III. Fiscal Responsibility

. Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to sit for long periods and to concentrate on work, including typing, and turn out heavy volumes of work accurately, within short time frames under stressful situations in the context of a moderately noisy office with many interruptions. Must be able to proofread own work accurately so that only minor corrections are needed on an infrequent

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential

V. Working Conditions, Travel and Environment

The duties of the job require regular job attendance at least five days per week. Must be available to work outside normal office hours or on the weekends as required.
Must be able to travel as required for standard domestic and international business travel.
The employee will regularly travel to various project sites as scheduled

VI. Gender Equality Commitments & Zero Tolerance to Abuse

Foster an environment that reinforces values of women and men, and equal access to
Provide a work environment where women and men must be evaluated and promoted based on their skills and
Promote a safe, secure, and respectful environment for all stakeholders, particularly for children, beneficiaries, and members of staff.
Help to prevent any type of abuse including workplace harassment and sexual abuse and
Respect beneficiaries’ women, men, children (boys and girls) regardless of gender, sex orientation, disability, religion, race, color, ancestry, national origin, age, or marital
Value and respect all

VII. Required Qualifications and Professional Experience

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as Monitoring and Evaluation, Statistics, Epidemiology, Public Health, Project Development or another field of social
Minimum 3 years work experience on similar position with similar setting and
Demonstrated experience in developing project monitoring and evaluation

VIII. Required Skills & Competencies

Demonstrated analytical skills both qualitative and quantitative approaches (data analysis, documentation, interpretation and reporting).
Excellent interpersonal and communication
Experience developing and deploying feedback mechanism for multi-sector program .
Proven skills in statistical analysis using Excel and Epi-Info / ENA, as well as at least one other software platform such as SPSS, STATA, or

Preferred but not mandatory;

Knowledge/Use/Experience of Power BI and DHIS 2
Experience in GIS and with a mapping software such as QGIS or Google Earth will be an added advantage Extensive.
Experience in Nutrition and food security surveillance including collection and management of anthropometric and mortality

Position:

Position:	Driver
Department	Logistics
Reports to	Logistics Officer
Location	Singida, Tanzania
Last update:	April 2023

Summary of Position

As part of the Action Against Hunger USA – Tanzania Country office, the Driver position has the following purpose, engagement and delivery requirements

Purpose

Support the implementation of Action Against Hunger projects through driving project vehicles in the respective regions and districts. The incumbent will also be accountable to maintain and provide general good care and services for the vehicles.

Engagement
Coordinate with Program and Support staff to ensure efficiency of business processes.

Liaise with Logistics officer and Finance/Administration Officer for effective service provision on transport and vehicle management.

Delivery

Deliver quality, timely, sustainable and consistent support in transportation to ensure efficient day-to-day operations of the Tanzania Country Office. In addition, ensure appropriate maintenance of Action Against Hunger vehicles for use in the field as may be required

Essential duties

Drive program vehicles as directed by Administration Officer and provide safe and efficient transportation to the staff and its visitors. He will ensure the safety of passengers, cargo and vehicle and observe traffic rules and road discipline.
Drive long distance with or without program staff when required and adhere to the rules and regulation.
Ensure that the vehicle is always clean and in good order and all the documentation e.g. insurance and road license are up to date.
Perform routine vehicle inspection and maintenance including checking oil, fuel, brakes, lights windshield wipers, waters and tire pressures, and report any damage or abnormal condition of the vehicle.
Keep track of maintenance record of vehicles to ensure that service schedule is adhered to and to remind the employer in advance when vehicle (s) service is due.
Maintain record of work performed; Fills up all necessary forms, makes timely reports of accidents, incidents and unusual occurrences.
Ensure necessary steps are taken as required by rules and regulations in case of involvement in an accident, he will report promptly any defects or malfunctioning of the vehicle that require immediate attention to the Supervisor’s, he will assist the Supervisor in planning and control of (regular) services.
He will check daily status and availability of spares jack and tools and perform minor repairs to the vehicle, change tires, always refuel the vehicle as required and ensure cleanliness of the vehicle.
He will ensure that the ACF vehicle(s) are only used for official/authorized business and report to supervisor if unauthorized incident (s) took place.
Deliver parcels, letters and other relevant items to offices and businesses as appropriate.
Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned by Supervisor.

Supervisory Responsibilities

None.

Gender Equality Commitments
Foster an environment that supports values of women and men, and equal access to information.
Provide a work environment where women and men must be evaluated and promoted based on their skills and performance.
Respect beneficiaries’ women, men, children (boys and girls) regardless of gender, sex orientation, disability, religion. race, color, ancestry, national origin, age, or marital status.
Value and respect all cultures.

Fiscal Responsibility

Ensure Action Against Hunger vehicles are well maintained and clean and all documentation are up to date
The position will ensure all movements are approved by Logistics Officer before commencement; and within Action Against Hunger driving rules and regulations
Ensure the vehicles are properly cleaned, fueled and in order

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to drive for long periods in rough roads with poor terrain. Must be able to observe driving rules and regulations to avoid accidents and ensure safety of both passengers and vehicle itself.
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Working Conditions, Travel and Environment

The duties of the job require regular job attendance at least five days per week. Must be available to work outside normal office hours or on the weekends as required.

Must be able to travel as required for standard domestic business purposes. While performing the duties of this job in the field, the employee may be exposed to precarious settings under high security risks and/or very basic living conditions and outside weather conditions, as well as to infectious diseases.

Required Qualifications and Professional Experience

Advance Driving Certificate NIT/VETA
A Secondary School Certificate with a PASS grade
Valid driver’s license class C and proof of good driving records.
Ability to communicate in Kiswahili and simple English

Required Skills & Competencies
Minimum 5 years’ experience in similar position; previous experience working with INGO will be an added advantage
Ability to work effectively with minimum supervision
Trustworthy, high sense of responsibility, alert; emotional stability, neat and courteous;
Ability to communicate in Kiswahili and simple English
Compatibility for both independent and team work.
Active listener with good interpersonal skills
Demonstrated flexibility and or adaptability.
Excellent organizational and planning skills
Ability to work in a high-pressured environment and to multi-task
Worked in Singida region and its districts will be an added advantage

How to Apply:

All candidates should send their CV and cover letters online via

hrrecruitment@tz-actionagainsthunger.org Action Against Hunger-USA provides all staff with an attractive salary & benefits package. We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees & qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, ancestry, sexual orientation, national origin, age, handicap, disability, marital status, or status as a veteran. Action Against Hunger-USA complies with all applicable laws governing

nondiscrimination in employment. The dead line is 25^th April 2023.

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