Community Development Officer at Water Mission Tanzania

Community Development Officer

Community Development Officer at Water Mission Tanzania July 2025

Job Type: Full-time Job
Water Mission
is a Christian engineering nonprofit that builds safe water solutions
for people in developing countries, refugee camps, and disaster areas.
Since 2001, Water Mission has served more than 8 million people in
60 countries, sharing safe water and the message of God’s love. Working
at Water Mission is as much a calling as it is a career, and we are
searching for people with the courage, passion, and drive to help us
change the world. Read more about our Statement of Faith and Our
Christian Mission.

Job Summary
Under the direction of
the Community Development Coordinator, the Community Development Officer
is responsible for community development and resolving issues in
communities that threaten the success of the safe water project. This
full-time position works out in our Kigoma regional office located in
Kasulu and requires residency in or near the office. It requires
consistent travel to areas where Water Mission Tanzania programs operate
in within the jurisdiction of the regional office.

Our culture: 
The Community Development Officer is responsible
for developing a biblical worldview culture that leads to God-honoring
excellence in all their work and reinforcing the following: providing
accurate data, empowering staff to have the skills and mindset needed to
acknowledge mistakes or problems as opportunities to find appropriate
solutions, and empowering staff to consistently work for excellence in
solutions that are consistent with Water Mission’s mission, vision,
values, and standards. The community development officer must be willing
to establish residence in Kasulu and be able to work in field settings
for up to one week regularly and occasionally for longer periods.

1.0 Duties and Responsibilities 
1.1 Mission Driven 
Maintain a strong Christian witness and model servant leadership to
colleagues, partners, the communities we serve, and the public.
Engage and participate in prayer before and after team meetings.
Lead and participate in biblically based staff devotions. 

1.2 Other Duties 

• Training (TOT) on WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene) using a provided curriculum.
• Teaching WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene) in schools and empowering teachers and administrators to carry it out.
• Facilitate training of school health clubs and monitor their performance.
• Resolving issues in communities that threaten the success of the project.
• Project
  reporting, including taking photographs, recording testimonials, water
  quality testing, and monitoring projects and assessments.
• Providing
  support to the communities in activities such as helping set up the
  Safe Water Committee, developing microfinance, and registering water
  users.
• Developing WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene) curriculum.
• Uploading standard forms to the reporting database.Job type Full-time Job
• Supporting the planning, execution, and reporting of carbon credit monitoring, verification, and validation exercises
• Coordinate donor visits/trips, including taking them to the project sites.
• Community Mobilization and carrying out site assessments for all new requests.
• Providing disaster response support and work in other countries as needed.
• Attending
  routine check-in meetings with the line manager (Community Development
  Coordinator) for operational alignments and prioritization.
• Support the preparations of concept notes for various project/donor requirements when needed.
• Assist
  in interpreting various policies, regulations, guidelines, and other
  legal issues that impact Community Development activities.
• Reach out and engage with local churches in the areas of WMT intervention to establish church leaders as wash ambassadors

1.3 Any other duties as assigned.
How to Apply:
Job type Full-time Job, To submit your application, please follow the link provided below.