Country Manager at Blue Alliance (BA) PECCA Tanzania

Country Manager at Blue Alliance (BA) PECCA Tanzania July 2025

Position description
Title:  Blue Alliance PECCA Country Manager
Location: Pemba
Job Type: Full-time
Appointment: Full time position
Context:
Signed in 08.2023 the co-management agreement allows Blue
Alliance (BA) PECCA, in close collaboration with Ministry of Blue
Economy and Fisheries (MoBEF), to oversees the day-to-day co-management
of the North (CMA 5 and 6) of Pemba Channel Conservation Area (PECCA).
Main activities include Community Development & Engagement,
Biodiversity Conservation & Science, Sustainable Revenues,
Management & Infrastructure and Law Compliance. Work plan of
activities are approved by the Government on an annual basis. In
addition to consolidating the results achieved in the North of PECCA, BA
aims to extend its activities to the South of PECCA, and eventually to
other MPAs in Zanzibar.

The Country Manager develops and implements strategies aiming
to promote Blue Alliance’s mission in Zanzibar and Tanzania. She/He
creates complete plans for the attainment of goals and objectives set.

We are looking for a dynamic professional to lead the
development and coordinate the implementation of the activities of Blue
Alliance in Zanzibar. She/He Ensure adherence of the organization’s
daily activities and long-term plans to established policies and legal
guidelines
 
She/He builds an effective team by providing guidance and
coaching to subordinate managers in charge of the field activities.
She/He oversees all staff, budgets and operations of the business. This
field of activity includes the animation and functioning of the team,
administrative and financial management, IT management, logistical
means, facilitation of regulatory bodies, relations with partners, etc.
 
General duties and responsibilities:
The manager will:
Strategic planning

• Work with the different Managers of Department (science,
  ecotourism, community, operations) to ensure a complete fit between the
  program strategic plans. The manager will:
• Draft the annual work plans aligned with BA group’s strategy and
  develop clear milestones and timelines to set the scope of each project,
  clarify the objectives, define the deliverables and important
  deadlines;
• Ensure its validation by BA international and present them for discussion to the MoBEF and other stakeholders;
• Be responsible for overseeing the compliance plans, communication plans and scientific plans.

Monitoring and Reporting

• For monitoring:
• Conduct regular reviews with the respective management teams to assess the progress with respect to annual work plans;
• Conduct regular reviews of how the different teams use the
  frameworks and tools with respect to BA standards. Adjusts if need be;
• Monitor staff performance.
• For reporting:
• Ensure quality assurance towards all stakeholders;
• Prepare monthly reports for the MoBEF;
• Prepare semestrial reports for the SAC meetings.
• Prepare regular official reporting for presentation to BA international;
• Prepare annual reporting of the Key Performance Indicators;
• Prepare annual reporting to other donors and financiers.

Institutional Relationship

• Liaise with community, public, private and institutional actors and strengthen long-term relationships;
• Engage with international / national donors;
• Act as the public speaker and public relations representative of BA in ways that strengthen its profile.

Financial and administrative Management

• Budget annual operational plans and maintain the budget;
• Monitor financial performance of the project, annual budgets as well
  as the organization of purchase and maintenance of equipment and
  assets;
• Responsible for overall compliance with all policies, procedures and manuals.
• Works with the respective teams to clarify the underlying reasons of budget deviations and propose remediation measures;
• Ensure that Blue Alliance requirements, specific methodologies,
  templates, forms, conformance to governance, procurement, and controlled
  sets of rules are implemented;
• Screen and identify potential investors and donors;
• Engage potential investors for the various projects and assist in due diligence processes.

Human Resource management

• Act as a team leader to supervise and coordinate work and activities of all other managers;
• Ensure the proper execution of the day-to-day work plan.
• Define with the international team the right staff management
  framework (performance management, financial / non-financial incentives
  and payroll, capacity building, general working conditions and
  discipline management);
• Participate in the profiling, recruitment, capacity building and
  supervision of personnel and key members of community organisations;
• Oversees the monitoring of staff compliance with BA regulations and code of conduct;

Sustainable revenues

• Provide support to the technical studies;
• Ensure proper community engagement;
• Ensure proper communication about the programmes internally and externally;
• Strengthen institutional relations with the agencies and ministries in charge, as well as with other players,

• Demonstrated ability to manage complex projects, including responsibility for large budgets.
• Leadership skills and training in conflict resolution.
• Dynamic, flexible and creative personality to generate innovative solutions to daily challenges.
• Demonstrate passion for human development and the environment, with a
  vision for the future and a strong environmental and social vocation. Job Type: Full-time
• Able to work independently and with reduced supervision.
• Ability to carry out several processes at once and work under pressure.