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Date Posted: Thursday, May 11 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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Job Description
Career with BRAC International
BRAC is an award-winning international non-governmental development organisation, with the vision of a world free from all forms of exploitation and discrimination, where everyone has the opportunity to realise their potential. BRAC is a leader in developing and implementing cost-effective, evidence-based programmes to assist poor and disadvantaged communities in low-income countries, including in conflict- prone and post-disaster settings. It is an organisation of and for the people of the Global South, pioneering new development and social enterprise approaches to equip communities to achieve prosperity. As well as being the world’s biggest NGO by number of staff and people directly reached, BRAC has regularly been ranked the number one NGO in the world by the Geneva-based NGO Advisor, an independent organisation committed to highlighting innovation, impact and governance in the non-profit sector. BRAC retained the top spot in 2020 among the top 500 NGOs for the fifth consecutive year.

BRAC was founded in Bangladesh in 1972 by Sir Fazle Hasan Abed. It started its first programme outside of Bangladesh in Afghanistan in 2002 and has since reached millions of people in 11 countries in Asia and Africa. BRAC has a holistic approach to development that uses a wide array of programmes and social enterprises, including in microfinance, education, health, agriculture, gender and human rights. BRAC believes that every person has inherent potential, and when an enabling environment is created and that potential is unleashed, even the poorest can become agents of positive change in their own lives, for their families and their communities.

BRAC Maendeleo Tanzania is part of a leading development organization that started its operations in

2006 in Tanzania, focusing on thematic areas of Agriculture, Youth and Women Empowerment, Food Security and Livelihood

About the Programme
The Mastercard Foundation in partnership with BRAC International (BI) will be announcing an initiative that will create a positive and measurable impact for 1.2 million adolescent girls and young women and 9.5 million people across seven countries in East and West Africa, including Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Uganda.

There is mounting urgency to support adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) living in poverty, which has been further amplified by the global pandemic. Through this partnership, scalable economic development approaches will be delivered in communities to foster the agency and voice of AGYW. They will have the opportunity to fulfill their aspirations, achieve sustainable livelihoods, and engage in advocacy issues.

BRAC International will implement an integrated and holistic model to address the various life cycles of a young woman living in poverty, ensuring she is able to transition safely from adolescence to adulthood. She will be equipped with the appropriate skills, tools, and access to finance to effectively exercise her agency and build a fulfilling and productive livelihood.

BRAC International is seeking applications from competent, dynamic and self- motivated individuals to fill the following positions in BRAC Maendeleo Tanzania

Technical Sector Specialist – Agriculture (AD# MCFBMT-2307)
This position is responsible Provide overall technical leadership and technical assistance to all branches under a region to achieve all agriculture related activities with quality. Supervise and follow-up all PA (Livelihood)s livestock related activities to improve service delivery quality with staff capacity building.

RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Develop all agriculture related training plans and module as per project design to ensure crop diversifications.
2. Help to ensure achievement of all agriculture related programmatic targets with quality as per AOP.
3. Keep close relationship with operations part and provide feedback to improve project quality.
4. Facilitate staff`s capacity building trainings on agriculture and participants level trainings.
5. Help project participants in their job placement and improve family level income.
6. Follow up PA (Livestock)s activities with project participants to improve project quality.
7. Coordinate with government and other service providers in livestock related issues and to develop livestock status.
8. Record all success stories for project documentation.
9. Help project management to set proper AOP for the project.
10. Attending all possible level (Branch to country) of staff meetings.
11. Check MIS and financial reports and other reports for data validation and accuracy.

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Master’s degree (preferred) or bachelor’s degree in agriculture, forestry, or other relevant fields

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES
1. Strong Microsoft Office skills
2. Good communication, facilitation, and representation skills.
3. Proven ability to develop and manage institutional relationships.

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
2+ Years working experience in providing technical support especially on agriculture and livestock related activities, training facilitation with module development.

EMPLOYMENT TYPE: CONTRACTUAL
SALARY: Negotiable
JOB LOCATION: Dar es Salaam, Tanga, Morogoro, Dodoma, Singida, Tabora, Mbeya, Mwanza, Iringa and Songwe

If you feel you are the right match for the above-mentioned position, please follow the application instructions accordingly:

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 24

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
Candidate needs to email their CV with a letter of interest mentioning educational grades, years of experience, current and expected salary at: bimcf.tanzania@brac.net

Please mention the name of the position, region of your preference and AD# in the subject bar.
Only complete applications will be accepted, and shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Women are highly encouraged to apply.

Application deadline: 26th May 2023

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