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Jobs in Tanzania 2023: New Job Vacancies at International
Rescue Committee (IRC), 2023
Tanzania, United Republic of | req37240
Requisition ID: req37240
Job Title: Early Career Professional
Sector: Education
Employment Category: Fixed Term
Employment Type: Full-Time
Open to Expatriates: No
Location: Tanzania
Job Description
ORGANIZATIONAL SUMMARY
The
International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst
humanitarian crises and helps people whose lives and livelihoods are
shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control
of their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the
IRC works with people forced to flee from war, conflict, and disaster
and the host communities which support them, as well as those who remain
within their homes and communities.At
work today in over 40 countries and 25 U.S. cities, we improve outcomes
in the areas of health, safety, economic well-being, education, and
power.
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Job Overview/Summary:
The
UK aid-funded Shule Bora program aims to improve the quality of
pre-primary and primary schools in Tanzania. The program’s Impact
Statement is: Shule Bora will deliver improved quality, inclusiveness,
and safety of learning for boys and girls. There are four outcomes:
- Learning: All children* are learning in school.
- Teaching: UKAID supports the strengthening of Tanzania’s teaching workforce.
-
Inclusion: All children are in schools that are safe, offer an
environment conducive to learning, and enable children to complete
primary education and progress to secondary education. - Systems
building: UKAID supports the government in strengthening the value for
money** of education provision at school, local and national levels.
The
term ‘all children’ infers particular attention to the most
disadvantaged: girls, the disabled and those living in deprived areas
Value for money is defined as a composite of economy, efficiency, effectiveness, and equity
The program will:
- Work
with the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MOEST) and the
President’s Office Regional Administration and Local Government
(PO-RALG) to test, adapt and implement at-scale quality,
gender-transformative, disability-inclusive, and safe-to-learn education
approach in 9 regions, generating learning and evidence on how to
achieve these outcomes affordably and at scale. - Support GoT with
the timely and effective implementation of the Payment for Results
(PforR) mechanism through technical assistance and capacity building,
with a strong focus on data verification, financial management and risk
management. Support lesson learning processes from PforR so that these
can be embedded into government processes and shared with development
partners and other key stakeholders. Ensure that lessons and best
practice from (1) are used to inform the PforR mechanism. - Manage
and coordinate programme activities, with a strong focus on (i)
ensuring a high-quality programme and financial and risk management
oversight, (ii) working with an independent Learning and Evidence
(L&E) provider on establishing regular, rigorous, and
community-driven monitoring and evaluation activities, and (iii)
developing and implementing a strategy for effective communication of
Shule Bora objectives, results, and lessons learned to a range of target
audience
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Over the six-month period, ECP will have up to three months’ experience in two of the following areas:Â
- Intervention
design (in either: teaching or learning, inclusion, community
participation, school management, system strengthening), - Regional intervention implementation
- Monitoring, evaluation, and learning
- Communications
- Administration, finance, and operation
During the internship, ECP will work alongside senior members of staff to gain on-the-job experience.
S/he will also attend online and face-to-face training sessions to enhance his/her learning. The ECP
will be expected to keep a reflective journal of her/his experience.
At
the end of the six months and depending on performance and program
requirements, there may be an opportunity to continue for a further six
months in one of the disciplines.
Major Responsibilities.
Project Management and Monitoring
- Oversee the implementation of all IRC FP/CPAC service delivery activities in Kigoma refugee camps
- Work closely with IRC’s GBV focal person on the implementation of GBV-related activities in refugee camps and host communities.
- Work with project staff to develop and actively track project work plans
- Closely
monitor overall program quality and performance in terms of data
measurement, spend rate on budgets, staffing at country level, on-time
delivery of reports and other products. - Act as the singular
focal point for regular updates to relevant IRC internal stakeholders,
including regional leadership, IPD leadership, and PQU leadership - Contribute
to the development of robust data collection systems to ensure that the
Scalingup Family Planning programme is data-driven and that
programmatic decisions are grounded in evidence. - Review Budget
vs. Actual expenditures on a monthly basis, providing relevant feedback
to the finance department and adjusting activities as required. - Enforce
stewardship and accountability by ensuring that resources are
efficiently and effectively utilized within the project for the intended
purpose
Partner Coordination and Representation
- Serve as the focal point with MST and UNFPA to develop joint work plans and share IRC-specific progress and lessons learned
- Represent the IRC at consortium-level meetings and in presenting project results to external actors
- Develop
and maintain effective working relationships with key stakeholders
including government actors, UN agencies, international and local NGOs,
and other relevant actors.Where necessary develop strategic partnerships with local organizations
- Represent IRC to local communities, government departments, international agencies, and local partners as required.
- Reporting
to Coordinate the production of all narrative reports from IRC country
teams and provide feedback to improve product quality, accuracy, and
style - Ensure high-quality, timely and coherent reporting, both financial and narrative to the consortium lead
Key Working Relationships:
The Early Career Professional will:
General:
- Support
the program technical leads and regional coordinators to ensure that
program interventions are implemented and monitored as required
Specifically, the Early Career Professional will:
-
Assist the programmed regional coordinators to support regional and
district offices in planning, implementing, and monitoring Shule Bora
interventions across all output areas - Support in developing briefings and reports on recent program implementation.
- Provide support in the collection of data and information
- Provide
support in compiling experiences and stories on key thematic areas such
as teaching and learning, safety at school, disability inclusion and
girls’ education. - Provide support in organizing training, events, conferences, and any other project related activities/initiatives.
- Provide support in the monitoring and evaluation process and reporting.
- Communicate successes, lessons learned, programme best practice and evidence of impact
- Support to mainstreaming disability inclusion and inclusive language use in all programme communications
- Participating in all programme meetings as required
- Other tasks as required by the project team.
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Qualifications
- Fresh graduate or graduate with a maximum of two years of working experience.
- Must have obtained a minimum of upper- second class degree or equivalent in Education, Social sciences, Statistics/Economics,
- Proactive problem-solver with good timekeeping and communications skills
- Can demonstrate a strong interest in improving education for all.
- Excellent spoken and technical writing ability in English, and Swahili.
- Excellent computer skills in programs including MS Word, Excel, and Outlook
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The IRC Core Values And Commitments
The
IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined
in IRC Way – Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity,
Service, Accountability and Equality. In accordance with these values,
the IRC operates and enforces policies on Adult and Child Safeguarding,
Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity Anti-Retaliation, and
Combating Trafficking in Persons.
Diversity, Inclusion and Gender Equality.
IRC
acknowledges and honors the fundamental value and dignity of all
individuals. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider all
applicants based on merit without regard to race, sex, color, national
origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital
status, veteran status, or disability. IRC is also committed to
narrowing the gender gap in leadership positions. We offer benefits that
provide an enabling environment for women to participate in our
workforce including parental leave, gender-sensitive security protocols,
and other supportive benefits.
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