Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, July 19 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
The programme officer will be based in Masasi in the Mtwara region, providing technical support to all gender projects both in small-scale farmers on ecological organic agriculture and small-scale gold mining in Geita and Shinyanga region.

The following are the project’s key outcomes:
To Enhance the level of women’s participation in Economic and Leadership activities with four specific objectives: –
Improved livelihood of beneficiary women
Women have secure economic activity.
Women’s rights are better defended.
Gender policies and initiatives are better known and

Project strategies
• Support women to access new economic opportunities and/or improve existing ones, notably through facilitated access to capital, and improved institutional capacities and technical know-how.
• Support women to access leadership positions in their communities, notably by contributing resources and leadership skills for potential women leaders, and sensitizing communities and community leaders on women’s leadership.
• Dissemination of gender policies and initiatives, notably by facilitating access to resources and improving technical know-how and enhancing networking and communication.

Regions of operation:
Field operations are mainly taking place in the regions of Mtwara and Lindi, but also to Geita and Shinyanga regions.
Further information on SWISSAID is available at www.swissaid.ch ;

Some of the key duties and responsibilities:
• Take a leading role in coordinating and implementing activities related to gender project.
• Provide support to the Project teams in the Implementation of the key gender components across the project areas.
• Support projects teams to integrate gender in projects, e.g. gender analysis and plans for gender integration.
• Support and coordinate capacity building of beneficiaries in gender and social inclusion methodologies and community sensitization approaches
• Liaise with project partners and other stakeholders in the project locations to facilitate and enhance contribution towards the implementation of the gender and inclusion agenda.
• Support teams to ensure interventions are gender transformative and factor in inclusion of socially excluded groups.

Qualifications and experience:
• Hold a bachelor’s degree in Gender studies, sociology, social work, Development studies and other related social science fields.
• Demonstrated experience with project management and leadership, with capacity to effectively manage multi-years projects and lead a team of up to 10 people.
• Interest and experience with grassroots communities in the agriculture and mining sector.
• Practical experience in research activities
• Practical experience and interest in working with partners including the government, civil society organizations, academia, and the private sector.
• knowledge & exposure to a range of gender mainstreaming & gender development issues
• A commitment to equal opportunities and promotion of gender equity.
• High-level analytical and report writing skills in English.
• Fluent in English and Swahili.
• Must be computer literate.
• Ability to work independently, multitask, and under pressure.
• Focused on results.
• A team player.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
Candidates should submit a letter of intent describing how they qualify for this position, a CV, and two referees including contact phone numbers and email addresses at their earliest convenience.
Deadline: 30 July 2023.
Applicants MUST indicate expected gross salary in Tanzania shillings.
Send the application to: info@swissaidtanzania.org 

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