HKI Tanzania – Job Description
Program Officer
NATURE OF WORK:
The Program Officer will report directly to the Program Manager, and be an integral part of the development and implementation of the Program Team workplan and activities. He/she is responsible for providing advocacy and technical support for the department in the areas of scaling up home gardening and increasing household dietary diversity.
Position title: Program Officer
Reports directly to: Program Manager
Collaborate with: Tanzania Food & Nutrition Center (TFNC), Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MoHSW), US Agency for International Development (USAID), World Vegetable Center, Farm Radio
MAJOR TASKS AND ACTIVITIES:
- Work with the project unit team to ensure effective program implementation.
- Assist the program team inwriting donor reports and developing work plans.
- Help plan, budget and run home garden trainings at the master trainer and at the beneficiary level.
- Make regular follow up to beneficiary households to support home garden activities.
- Assist with data collection, analysis and dissemination of HKI-conducted surveys and assessments.
- Plan and set up demonstration garden plots according to the project work plan.
- Implement continuous field training and action learning for both seed and vegetable production including training on water management and participatory monitoring.
- Conduct cooking shows and village sensitization activities to encourage growth and use of home garden varieties encouraged in the program.
- Integrate vegetable and nutrition messaging at local health centers
- Disseminate recipes through training events.
- Coordinate with communication partners to integrate nutrition messaging into radio shows, village level forums, community field days and drama groups.
- Represent the HKI Team in workshops and meetings.
SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED:
- Degree in the field of nutrition or public health with at least 4-5years experience.
- Knowledge and experience with training beneficiaries on planting and maintaininghome gardens to increase consumption of vegetables, including use of modern gardening techniques; water harvesting, and biofortificationan advantage.
- Experience with seed preparation, agronomy, harvesting, nutrition education, marketing, and food preservation.
- Experience drafting professional documents, communications, reports and proposals is essential
- Ability to work effectively with communities, government and NGO partners.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in both Kiswahili and English.
- Ability to organize, run and manage funds for large workshops.
- Willingness to travel for long periods of time outside of Dar es Salaam.
- General PC proficiency and strong skills in MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint as well as the willingness and ability to learn MS Access and other software programs as necessary.
- Able to work methodically, accurately and neatly.
- A team player, friendly, supportive, adaptable and flexible.
Finance and Operations Manager
(Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
(Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
Responsibilities:
This position will also work closely with Regional and Headquarters teams in all areas of operations and finance, ensuring full compliance to HKI policies and procedures, donor regulations and policies and actively participates in the annual program planning and budgeting processes. S/he will work to build the capacity of operations across HKI Tanzania teams, ensuring strong internal controls, system development and strengthening, and the equitable and consistent application of and compliance with policies and procedures. Where appropriate, s/he will engage with donors, banks, contractors, government officials and other partners relating to financial and operational issues.
The Finance and Operations Manager directly supervises and ensures quality performance of the Finance Officer and the Operations Officer, providing technical oversight and ensuring high quality performance of the operational team.
Qualifications:
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This position will also work closely with Regional and Headquarters teams in all areas of operations and finance, ensuring full compliance to HKI policies and procedures, donor regulations and policies and actively participates in the annual program planning and budgeting processes. S/he will work to build the capacity of operations across HKI Tanzania teams, ensuring strong internal controls, system development and strengthening, and the equitable and consistent application of and compliance with policies and procedures. Where appropriate, s/he will engage with donors, banks, contractors, government officials and other partners relating to financial and operational issues.
The Finance and Operations Manager directly supervises and ensures quality performance of the Finance Officer and the Operations Officer, providing technical oversight and ensuring high quality performance of the operational team.
Qualifications:
- Advanced degree in accounting and/or finance; professional qualification (i.e. ACA, CPA) will be an added advantage
- Minimum 5years in a management role overseeing support operation services for an international NGO including 3 years of experience in finance and accounting
- Experience managing finance accounting software packages i.e. Quickbooks;
- Demonstrated experience in managing HR administrative services and labor law compliance issues;
- Practical experience developing/revising and/or adapting operations policies and procedures;
- Knowledge and experience managing compliance to diverse donors (USAID, DFID, DFATD, EU, etc,);
- Demonstrated Leadership and Management skills that effectively motivate staff and support team building;
- Well established and practiced organizational and planning skills;
- Computer literate and proficient in Microsoft Office and financial software;
- Experience with staff security and safety issues is desirable.
Qualified and interested candidates should submit a cover letter and resume to hkitzrecruiting@hki.org noting the specific job title in the subject line. To be considered, your application must be received by March 3rd 2017
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