4 New Various Jobs at SOS Children’s Villages Tanzania July 2025

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SOS Children’s Villages Tanzania Jobs 2025

SOS Tanzania Jobs: 4 Opportunities July 2025 
4 New Jobs at SOS Children’s Villages Tanzania July 2025 – Various Posts
Organization Overview 
SOS
Children’s Villages in Tanzania is a local non-governmental and
non-denominational organization affiliated with SOS Children’s Villages
International, a worldwide childcare organization that works to protect
and care for children who have lost parental care and those at risk of
losing it. SOS Children’s Villages currently operates Children’s
Villages and other projects in 135 countries and territories, with
programs in Zanzibar, Arusha, Dar es Salaam, Mwanza, and Iringa since
1991. To achieve our mission and strategy, we focus on ensuring the best
care for children, innovation, and effective collaboration with
partners. Our core values guiding who we are and what we do include
courage to take action, commitment to keep our promises, trust to
believe in each other, and accountability to be reliable partners.

SOS Children’s Villages in Tanzania seeks to recruit suitably qualified candidates to fill the following vacant positions.

4 New Jobs at SOS Children’s Villages Tanzania July 2025 – Various Posts

SOS Children’s Villages in Tanzania Vacancies Announcement 
Program Manager 
Job Title: Program Manager 
Duty Station: Mwanza
Job Type: Full-time
Reports to: Head of Programs 
Job Summary
The
Program Manager is responsible for overseeing the comprehensive
development and implementation of the SOS Children’s Village Programme
in alignment with the organization’s vision, mission, strategy,
policies, and standards. The Program Manager serves as the
representative of the organization to governmental and non-governmental
stakeholders in the location, collaborating with functional staff at the
National Office. The role also plays a crucial role in coordinating
activities and interventions within the Children’s Village Programmes,
ensuring the quality and effectiveness of services. Additionally, the
Program Manager is tasked with ensuring the cost-efficiency of program
implementation in the location and optimizing the use of resources.

Major Responsibilities
Programme Development and Management 

• Leads
  the development and implementation of the programmes in line with the
  SOS Children’s Villages care promise and related international and
  national SOS policies, strategies, quality standards, and guidelines.
• Coordinates
  the strategic planning process as part of the National Association
  strategic direction to ensure that interventions are relevant to the
  local context, respond to the needs of the target group, and contribute
  to the development of sustainable social support systems.
• Coordinates and ensures cooperation between all areas of work within the facilities.
• Ensures efficiency through the best use and sharing of resources across the facilities.
• Regularly
  prepares and submits reports on the implementation and progress of
  activities towards targets to relevant National Office functions.
• Ensures that the Children’s Village Policy is supportive of the brand of the SOS Children’s Villages Organisation.

HR Management and Organizational Development 

• Establishes
  appropriate staffing patterns and ensures full staffing for all
  programmes with support from the National HR Department.
• Leads the management of co-workers in the location.
• Sets up and leads an effective management team.
• Takes the lead on Performance Management system implementations.
• Recommends the performance of the staff to the National HR function for the National Director’s decision.

Financial and Administrative Management 

• Builds
  accountability in the programme by ensuring the implementation of
  effective financial and administrative procedures, in accordance with
  defined policies, guidelines, and standards.
• Leads the budgeting process in the location(s).
• Monitors
  budget expenditures and conducts financial and content controlling of
  the programme, in order to ensure that funds are properly used, in
  cooperation with the Senior Accountant.
• Continually looks for ways to provide quality services in a cost-effective manner.
• Ensures that budgeting of maintenance costs (construction, repairs, renovation) for SOS property is carried out regularly.
• Ensures
  technical work like execution, supervision, and procurement are carried
  out by competent staff, and makes sure that the procedures and policies
  are followed properly.
• The Program Manager is overall accountable for allocated resources/assets of the organization.

Quality Management, Monitoring, and Evaluation 

• Responsible
  for quality management in the programme and ensures the implementation
  of national and international quality standards with support from the
  Head of Programs.
• Monitors and implements the recommendations from national/international quality audits and evaluations.

Partnership Building, Advocacy, and Cooperation with External Stakeholders 

• Negotiates
  and can conclude agreements and contracts with partners/suppliers/state
  authorities by consulting and getting approval from the National
  Director.
• Leads and coordinates cooperation, partnership
  building, and networking efforts of the programmes with local and
  national authorities and other external stakeholders with support from
  the Institutional and Partnership Development Coordinator.
• Represents,
  in support of relevant staff, the organization at relevant local
  networks, forums, platforms, campaigns, and working groups and advocates
  on behalf of the organization for the promotion of child rights,
  especially related to children from the target group.

Fund Development and Public Relations 

• Identifies potential income sources in cooperation with the Fundraising & Communications function in the National Office.
• Strives for the highest possible level of programme self-financing with a focus on sustainability.
• Prepares and submits proposals for projects in collaboration with National Office IPD Coordinator staff.

Academic Qualifications and Experiences

• Bachelor’s degree in one or a combination of the following fields:
  Organizational Development, Child Development, Children and Youth Care
  Programming, Sociology, or Development Studies. A master’s degree in any
  of these fields will be considered an added advantage.
• Working
  experience of at least 7 years, which should include at least 4–5 years
  working at managerial levels within reputable NGOs working in Tanzania.
• Strong background in programming and project management.
• Robust experience in Monitoring and Evaluation.
• Strong background in proposal development and donor negotiation skills with a good track record of awarded proposals.
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills and group dynamics management skills.
• Strong background in livelihoods and economic empowerment for the most vulnerable groups.
• Ability to forge and manage partnerships with Government and Civil Society Organizations.
• Ability to champion fundraising initiatives with experience in effective engagement of corporates.
• The
  candidate should possess the emotional stability to lead and guide the
  large community of children and staff, maintaining the required high
  standards.
• Ability to work under pressure.

Project Officer – Children in Street Situation Project (3 Posts)
Job Title: Project Officer – Children in Street Situation Project (3 Posts) 
Duty Station: Dar es Salaam, Dodoma, and Mwanza
Job Type: Full-time
Reports to: Project Manager
Job Summary
The Project Officer is responsible for supporting the effective and
timely implementation of project activities in line with the approved
work plan and budget. Under the guidance of the Project Manager, the
officer will provide technical support, coordinate with stakeholders at
national and sub-national levels, and engage in reporting, stakeholder
engagement, organizing capacity-building events, and supporting
visibility efforts to enhance the impact and sustainability of the
project.

Major Responsibilities 

• Ensure
  that project activities are implemented on track and contribute to the
  intended outputs of the projects under the guidance of the Project
  Manager.
• Gather information on a regular basis, prepare activity
  reports and best practices for sharing, learning, and developing
  communication materials.
• Maintain close working relationships
  with District Local Governments, Civil Society and Private Sector
  Organizations, and local communities.
• Manage projects’ budgets
  per the work plans and in accordance with the organization’s accounting
  procedures and reporting guidelines.
• Identify, train, supervise, and mentor dropping centers/social workers in the project.
• Organize workshops, seminars, and training activities, and provide technical guidance and logistical support as needed.
• Support cross-district, national, and other related project assignments when required.
• Provide monthly updates for periodic project reporting.
• Contribute
  to national and sub-national discussions and debates relating to the
  project and on emerging issues that have an impact on the project
  implementation.
• Ensure quality engagement of key project stakeholders at national and sub-national levels.
• Facilitate
  and support the development of communication materials and contribute
  to the effective presentation of project support visibility.
• Convene, plan, and coordinate meetings for key project partners on a regular basis.
• Raise
  awareness of the SOS Child Protection Policy, prevent and protect
  children from all forms of abuse, abandonment, exploitation, violence,
  and discrimination.
• Prevent and mitigate all possible risks in the area of child protection and safeguarding in your area.

Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications, Abilities, and Behavioral Competences

• Bachelor’s degree in a field relevant to Social Work, Sociology, Community Development, or any related field.
• Three years’ experience in the field related to street children or community-related interventions.
• Three years of work experience coordinating projects within social development interventions.
• Proven ability to organize and facilitate multi-stakeholder participatory processes.
• Proven ability in project management and administration.
• Ability to communicate with different partners and stakeholders.
• Demonstrated skills in computer literacy, technical report writing, and communication.
• Demonstrated ability to work with government agencies, research institutions, and NGOs.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a team.
• Fluency in English and knowledge of languages spoken in the project area is an added advantage.
• Willingness to work and visit the mapped area for street children’s settlement.
• Ability to be innovative and proactive.
• Ability to work with minimum supervision and function in a multidisciplinary environment.
• Sensitivity to local conditions, ethics, and norms, and sensitivity to gender and children’s issues. 

How to Apply 
This is Full-time
Job, Interested candidates for any of the above positions should submit
an application letter via email, along with a detailed and updated CV
that includes telephone contacts, email address, and details of at least
3 referees. The candidate MUST clearly indicate the title of the
position applied for. Only candidates contacted for the interview will
be required to submit copies of academic and professional certificates.
The closing date is 27th July 2025. To apply, please send your application to:
The National Director, SOS Children’s Villages
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
recruit.sostanzania@sos-tanzania.org

Please Note:
SOS Children’s Villages Tanzania is an equal opportunity employer and
committed to keeping children safe from abuse and harm, preventing all
forms of harm to children, their families, and the community members.
Therefore, candidates applying for this post will be subject to child
safeguarding recruitment procedures and checks. Go to our Homepage To Get Relevant Information. Only short-listed
candidates will be contacted.