Summary
Date Posted: Friday, August 30, 2019 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Bakwata National HIV/AIDS Program (BAK-AIDS) is a Faith Based Organization (FBO) implementing HIV programs to support Tanzania Government efforts to reduce the rate of HIV pandemic in Tanzania. Since inception, BAK-AIDS has played a big role in supporting Tanzania’s social development initiatives by implementing health programs which include HIV and AIDS education and other economic programs.

With collaboration from USAID through Pact Tanzania, BAK-AIDS will implement comprehensive programs that contribute to improved health and social wellbeing of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) and adolescents and their caretakers with the focus on improving access to HIV services.

BAK-AIDS is now announcing vacancies for various positions in 2 Districts of Simiyu region: Maswa DC and Busega DC .

  Roles & Responsibilities:
• Directly supervise Empowerment Workers (EWs) and National Peer Educators.
• Recruit and train EWs in the Village Savings and Loan Groups (VSLG) model and oversee EWs establishing and supporting new groups and supporting inherited VSLGs.
• Ensure that EWs provide facilitation support for VSLGs to ensure that destitute household members (lower savings levels and interest) are able to join VSLGs.
• Ensure that VSLGs establish Community Resource Mobilization Committees to map community resources for social protection.
• Conduct overarching mapping of economic strengthening service providers in implementation areas.
• Work with district-level TASAF to ensure USAID Kizazi Kipya is aware of new expansion areas.
• Ensure TASAF can refer TASAF beneficiaries to USAID Kizazi Kipya for screening and enrollment.
• Roll out a Household Financial Literacy and Money Management curriculum to EWs and ensure a quality roll out to VSLG members.
• Lead the creation of trade networks and learning and sharing cohorts within industry types.
• Train EWs to roll out a self-assessment tool with mature groups; establish relationships with pro-poor financial institutions.
• Serve as the lead for youth related activities including conducting an organizational youth assessment, implementation action items from the assessment, ensuring establishment and high quality support to in and out of school Teen Clubs, and ensuring delivery of youth focused curriculums.
• Provide continuous supportive supervision to EWs to ensure quality economic strengthening programming and to NPEs to ensure quality youth programming. • Submit timely economic strengthening and youth updates to the Program Coordinator for inclusion in the quarterly, semi-annual, and annual reports.
• Document lessons learned and best practices for experience sharing and replication. • Perform any other relevant duties as assigned by the Project Coordinator.

Number required: 1 Economic Strengthening and Livelihoods Officer in each district mentioned above

Job Skills: Not Specified

The applicants should also be able to demonstrate the following key competencies. Respect, integrity, diversity, adaptability, stress tolerance, innovation, building partnership, communicating with impact and building commitment.

• A letter of application and CV with copies of certificates, three referees, telephone number and E-Mail address (specify your preferred district)
• Deadline for submission of application is 10 days from the first appearance of this advertisement; before 10th September, 2019.
• Only short listed applicants will be contacted for interview

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Job application procedure
  Please send your application to
BAK-AIDS HQ,
PROGRAM DIRECTOR
P.O Box 20409, Dar es Salaam
E-mail: bakwatahivaids@yahoo.com

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