Program Officer Grants

PROGRAM OFFICER - GRANTS   (2 POSITIONS)
DESIRED SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND QUALIFICATIONS
•    Master’s degree in social sciences with at least three years experience in grants or project management, monitoring and evaluation, policy and development.
•    Strong analytical and problem solving skills
•    Excellent, well developed interpersonal and organizational skills.
•    Must be a team player, very self motivated and able to make balanced judgment and prioritize work load with minimum supervision
•    An in depth knowledge of the civil society sector and development processes in Tanzania
•    Highest level of integrity, honesty and sense of responsibility.
•    A proven ability to work under pressure to achieve visible results.
•    Strong work ethics and sensitive to people from different countries/cultures.
•    An in depth knowledge of MKUKUTA/MKUZA
•    Excellent report writing skills and analytical skills
•    Fluency in written and spoken English and Kiswahili
•    Computer literate with proficiency in MS Office Applications

Key Responsibilities
•    To review and screen grants applications in line with Foundation grants procedures and regulations:
•    To ensure adequate contracts management and compliance by grantees, regularly monitoring progress by reporting measures, selective site visits as prescribed in the Foundation’s grants procedures and regulations
•    To ensure accurate and regular information is sent to grant applicants on the status of their applications
•    To ensure accurate information about Foundation grantees is maintained in the database
•    To prepare periodic reports for management purposes and other stakeholders
•    To prepare high quality written materials for  donor reports, training materials, grantee agreements,  and other program documentations.

Program Officer - M&E

PROGRAM OFFICER - MONITORING AND EVALUATION (2 POSITIONS)

DESIRED SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND QUALIFICATIONS
•    Master’s degree in social sciences with at least three years experience in grants or project management, monitoring and evaluation, policy and development.
•    Strong analytical and problem solving skills
•    Excellent, well developed interpersonal and organizational skills.
•    Must be a team player, very self motivated and able to make balanced judgment and prioritize work load with minimum supervision
•    An in depth knowledge of the civil society sector and development processes in Tanzania
•    Highest level of integrity, honesty and sense of responsibility.
•    A proven ability to work under pressure to achieve visible results.
•    Strong work ethics and sensitive to people from different countries/cultures.
•    An in depth knowledge of MKUKUTA/MKUZA
•    Excellent report writing skills and analytical skills
•    Fluency in written and spoken English and Kiswahili
•    Computer literate with proficiency in MS Office Applications

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
•    To ensure that monitoring (activity and financial) findings feed into the lesson-learning, information sharing and new areas of work for the Foundation’s programmes
•    To ensure that all outsourced activities are delivered in a high quality and feed into decision on how to improve the Foundation’s services
•    To ensure effective joint working and regular co-ordination between the departments
•    To liaise with all departments and officers as necessary
•    To participate in designing Monitoring and Evaluation system for the Foundation where necessary

PROGRAM OFFICER - P&D

PROGRAM OFFICER - POLICY&DEVELOPMENT (2 POSITIONS)
DESIRED SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND QUALIFICATIONS
•    Master’s degree in social sciences with at least three years experience in grants or project management, monitoring and evaluation, policy and development.
•    Strong analytical and problem solving skills
•    Excellent, well developed interpersonal and organizational skills.
•    Must be a team player, very self motivated and able to make balanced judgment and prioritize work load with minimum supervision
•    An in depth knowledge of the civil society sector and development processes in Tanzania
•    Highest level of integrity, honesty and sense of responsibility.
•    A proven ability to work under pressure to achieve visible results.
•    Strong work ethics and sensitive to people from different countries/cultures.
•    An in depth knowledge of MKUKUTA/MKUZA
•    Excellent report writing skills and analytical skills
•    Fluency in written and spoken English and Kiswahili
•    Computer literate with proficiency in MS Office Applications


KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
•    To liaise with Grants Department and M&E Unit in identifying grantees capacity gaps, needed capacity development support, and define key outcomes and milestones,
•    To ensure that appropriate monitoring and evaluation processes are established to support learning and produce focused evaluation of outcomes
•    To collaborate with Grants department to achieve desired impact of grants by conducting training on how to manage grants, providing technical guidance to grantees, and by  monitoring knowledge utilization
•    To participate in preparing formal and informal presentations such as training events, attending conferences, participating on Regional/Zonal CSO workgroups, and other meetings/events as necessary
•    To write and produce informative briefings and other materials on key issues for the department and the organization as needed
•    To monitor, evaluate, and analyze trends and policy issues relevant to the development of civil society sector in Tanzania.
•    To plan and initiate interventions to achieve the goals of strengthening the capacity of civil society organizations in Tanzania
•    To form partnerships and sustain collaborations with individuals and organizations to enhance implementation of civil society sector capacity building initiatives.

Internal Auditor

INTERNAL AUDITOR (1 POSITION)

DESIRED SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND QUALIFICATIONS

•    Must be a CPA holder.
•    He/she must be strong in Systems audit and experienced
•    Strong analytical and problem solving skills
•    Excellent, well developed interpersonal and organizational skills.
•    Highest level of integrity, honesty and sense of responsibility.
•    A proven ability to work under pressure to achieve visible results.
•    Excellent report writing skills and analytical skills
•    Computer literate with proficiency in MS Office Applications
•    Excellent communication skills, verbally and writing, both in English and Swahili.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
•    Review the effectiveness of the organization internal controls, processes and procedures 
•    To conduct internal audit on various functions undertaken in the organization.
•    Produce a report on the internal audit of the various functions undertaken within the organization indicating the strengths and weaknesses, as well as corrective measures needed to insure that no loopholes exist. 
•    Provide advice to the Executive Director on controls that will be needed to overcome loopholes identified.

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
In addition to the above skills and qualifications, applications for the above positions are required to have the following attributes:
•    A very high level of integrity, honesty and sense of responsibility
•    Ability to work under pressure and produce results
•    Ability to work in a dynamic team
•    Ability to self manage, achieve results, and meet deadlines


REMUNERATION
The Foundation offers an attractive salary commensurate with qualifications and experience, career development opportunities and excellent working conditions.

MODE OF APPLICATION
If you feel you meet the criteria outlined above, please apply in writing to the address below, and enclose the following documents:
•    A typed application letter stating why you feel you are the best candidate for the post
•    A fully typed  curriculum vitae (CV)
•    Copies of relevant certificates
•    Full contact details, including telephone numbers and e-mail address
•    The names and contact details of three (3) professional references.
Closing date for all applications is 30th June 2010. Applications received after this date will not be considered.  Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. 

The Executive Director
The Foundation for Civil Society
Haidery Plaza, 5th Floor
Upanga/ Kisutu Street,
P. O. Box 7192, DAR ES SALAAM
Email: jobs@thefoundation-tz.org
Website: www.thefoundation-tz.org