Call for Expert at Urban market development programme, Tanzania
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Call for Experts – Urban market development programme, Tanzania
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Location: | Sub-Saharan Africa |
Location: | Tanzania |
Job Code: | 2285 |
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Description
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Objective of the Programme
The Urban Market Development programme,
Dar es Salaam is aimed at increasing economic opportunities for poor
Tanzanians in Dar es Salaam and specifically youth and women. The
programme will work across a range of value chains, including, but not
limited to pre-primary education, construction, solid waste management,
water and sanitation, ICT and tourism. The programme will be implemented
over six years (2016-2022) with the first year to include the business
case development and a 6 month inception phase. In that regard, DAI is
currently recruiting for a number of different positions, including but
not limited to some of the following:
Deputy Team Leader
An
experienced market systems development expert who has proven experience
in programme implementation. Responsible for leading the market
analysts and intervention specialists and supporting the development of
the overall programme strategy. Also responsible for providing day to
day support to the Team Leader both strategically and operationally,
covering duties as required.
Market Systems Analysts / Intervention specialists
Responsible
for conducting preliminary market analyses and supporting with sector
selection activities during the business case development and inception
phase as well as supporting the overall design of the intervention
portfolio. Once the market strategies have been developed the
intervention managers will be responsible for the effective
implementation and monitoring of the intervention portfolio. Experience
in working with women and youth in urban market development
interventions is desirable.
Finance and Operations
Responsible
for the day to day management of all finance and operations relating to
the programme activities. This includes supporting the office set up
and design and implementation of full finance, accounting, human
resources and procurement manuals. They will also be responsible for all
procurement for the programme and managing the processing of all
expenditures under the Programme. Excellent financial management will be
required to support the preparation of monthly management accounts and
compiling detailed financial reports for donors. Experience managing
large budgets is important and the ability to take responsibility for
the allocation of project funds among various programme activities under
supervision of the Country Director.
Monitoring and Communications Manager
The
monitoring and communications manager will develop and drive a sound
project performance monitoring and results measurement plan including
strong performance management indicators. They will ensure baseline data
collection is conducted at the start of the programme and that ongoing
monitoring of all interventions takes place to guide programme
direction. They will be responsible for creating a monitoring and
communications strategy which ensures that lessons learned are
incorporated into activities to achieve greater impact. As part of their
role they will also be required to produce monitoring and evaluation
reports, biannual summaries of lessons learned from all aspects of the
programme to package and disseminate publically, and biannual
recommendations for programme improvements and adaptations. A working
knowledge of the DCED standards is required and experience on working on
market systems development programmes is essential.
Capacity building experts
Working
with the private sector and local CSOs / NGOs to strengthen and support
their service provision through training and capacity building. This is
likely to be in the areas of Business Development services, skills
development, mentoring, education and employment.
Requirements
- Relevant academic degree
- Minimum of 7-10 years of relevant professional experience
- Experience with international donor-funded projects, including DFID, preferred
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Advanced English skills required, knowledge of Swahili highly desirable
Programme Duration:
6 years
Programme Start Date:
March 2016
Application Deadline:
31st October 2015
*Please note that all profiles are indicative only and subject to change once the final ToR is made available.*
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