• Build strong working relationships with all LEAP Fellows, partner organisations and institutions;
• Design and facilitate meetings, trainings, events and other activities with students;
• Implementation of an engagement strategy to ensure a high level of programme participation.

Training and facilitation

• Design and deliver training and activities for LEAP Fellows from start to finish – including planning, logistics, facilitation and evaluation;
• Conduct a range of focus groups and informal feedback sessions with LEAP Fellows to feed into constant improvement of the programme;
• Coach and mentor LEAP student leadership to ensure the LEAP student chapters are a productive and supportive peer community

Communication

• Set up and maintain regular contact with students via email, Whatsapp and phone;
• Set up and maintain communication and engagement platforms;
• Writing, editing and designing engaging communications for LEAP Fellows and wider stakeholders;
• Writing, editing and designing a regular newsletter about the LEAP Programme.

Monitoring, reporting and evaluation

• Keep accurate records of events and activities, including attendance and learnings;
• Collect and analyse data on an ongoing basis from a range of sources;
• Support with quarterly reporting to Volta Capital;
• Develop case studies for use in communications and monitoring.

Person Requirements
We understand that candidates may not have experience of every part of this programme. Most importantly, we are looking for someone who ‘gets’ what we are doing and can provide strong evidence of experience in community building and project management.

Essential Skills and Experience

• At least six years’ project management experience;
• Fluency in written and spoken English and Swahili;
• Experience of working directly with young people;
• Open and honest approach to collaboration and reporting; your colleagues will be based overseas, and it is essential that you will be able to work effectively with them;
• Relationship-building skills: experience of working effectively with a range of stakeholders;
• High levels of organisation, ideally with experience of setting up and maintaining a project and accompanying reporting systems;
• Strong communication skills: ability to communicate effectively across a range of forums: from set-up of social media groups, to running focus groups with students, to drafting evaluation reports;
• Critical and analytical: the confidence to recognise and raise where the programme might not meet the desired outcome and to adjust and re-plan accordingly
• The independence and confidence to make decisions and work day to day with minimal supervision;
• A willingness to travel around Dar es Salaam regularly and elsewhere in Tanzania occasionally.

Desirable Skills and Experience

• Experience of working on projects involving universities;
• Excellent writing and research skills with a high attention to detail;
• Confidence in designing and delivering sessions to large groups of students;
• Experience of people management;

Job application procedure

Please send a copy of your CV (of no more than two sides) and a cover letter explaining why you think you are the right person for this role to Stella McKenna at careers@futurefirstglobal.org .

The application deadline is Monday 27th August 2018 – applications submitted after this time will not be considered.

Key dates

• Initial interviews will be taking place on Skype on either Tuesday 4th or Wednesday 5th September.
• Second round interviews will take place in person on Thursday 13th or Friday 14th September in Dar es Salaam.
• Preferred start date is Monday 15th October 2018