Summary
Date Posted: Friday, August 28, 2020 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Introduction
Sikika is a non-governmental organization that advocates for quality health services for all. The organization works to ensure equitable and affordable quality health care services through social accountability monitoring of health systems at all government levels. For more information about Sikika please visit us at www.sikika.or.tz

The organisation seeks to recruit the Head of Department - Human Resource for Health with immediate effect. The HOD-Human Resource for Health will be required to take the lead to advocate for policies that influence availability, distribution, retention and performance of health workers.

JOB DESCRIPTION
Job Title: Programme Officer - Public Finance Governance Programme
Reports: Head of Programme
Duty Station: Dodoma
Deadline: 3/09/2020

Job summary:
The Programme Officer for the PFGP Public Finance Governance Programme will assist the Head of Department to implement research, report writing and advocacy activities of the department as needed. .

Specific Responsibilities
Supervision and Management
• Follow and report on lawful instructions given by the head of the department who is your supervisor.
• Provide coaching to other programme officers on subjects of your expertise.
• Participate in all organizational meetings including weekly debriefings and general staff meetings to discuss the programme and organizational issues.
• Support the head of department in the preparation of work plans and budgets as well as technical and financial reports.
• Take responsibility for special task forces to which you have been assigned by the management.
• Assist the head of department in fundraising activities.

Advocacy Programme
• Perform fieldwork activities to collect information at the local and central government level.
• Conduct analysis and provide recommendations concerning issues of public financial governance.
• Produce outputs for various target audiences to promote the programme’s objectives.
• Represent the programme during technical meetings at a local and national level.

Administration
• Prepare financial requisitions and retirement forms for assigned activities and manage funds responsibly within authorized limits.
• Agree with your supervisor on your performance objectives and account for your performance during periodical staff performance appraisals.

Liaison
• Maintain communication with other organizational staffs to coordinate programme and administrative activities effectively.
• Engage and maintain communication with assigned external stakeholders.
• Assist the health governance programme in matters related to budget analysis and public finance governance.
• Participate in peer-reviews to assure the quality of various organizational reports.

Job Skills: Not Specified

Required Qualifications
• A Masters from a recognized institution in Economics or similar related field.
• At least 3 years of working experience with government entities in areas such as tax policy and administration, revenue mobilization, tax compliance and other public finance topics is preferred
• Profound knowledge of the Tanzanian tax system and tax policies
• The ability to analyze, evaluate and summarize critically in English, with an aptitude for external representation and networking.
• Prior working experience with CSO’s and research institutes in Tanzania is preferred and budget analysis is added value.
• Excellent Computer skills including Outlook, MS Excel, PowerPoint and SPSS or related analytical software packages.
• Excellent spoken and written communication skills in both English and Swahili.
• Ability to work independently as well as in teams.

Values
Maintaining a culture of equality, harmony, effectiveness, integrity and accountability.

Competencies
• Promoting accountability and result-based management
• Networking
• Research designing and methodology
• Communication
• Innovation

Work Hours: 8

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Job application procedure
If you believe that you are suitable for this job, we encourage you to send:
• A one-page cover letter explaining why you believe that your competencies and experiences are suitable for this job
• An updated CV that include your contact details, names and contacts of 3 references.

Remuneration An attractive remuneration package will be offered to successful candidates. Send your application by 3.09. 2020 to: The Human Resources and Administration Officer at Sikika, by e-mail only: info@sikika.or.tz 

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