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JOB DETAILS:
Primary Purpose:
• This position is responsible for implementing all United States Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) Field Processing activity at RSC Africa, ensuring that RSC Africa processing priorities and targets are met, that standard operating procedures are strictly followed and integrity maintained throughout the process.

Essential Duties:
• Achieves and maintains a high performance standard based on a thorough knowledge of, and adherence to, established Church World Service Resettlement Support Centre (CWS/RSC Africa), Department of State (DOS), United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), and Refugee Processing Centre (RPC) policies and procedures regarding current refugee processing eligibility criteria, database, and file management guidelines, the role of US Resettlement Agencies and refugee producing country conditions.
• Travel to field locations as assigned, or works remotely to conduct resettlement interviews with refugee applicants, collecting biographical information and establishing refugee claims, in a dignified and professional manner.
• Conducts the AOR Screening and Pre-screening interviews, either in person or remotely, per the daily minimums set by Field Processing Department Management, in a non-confrontational, objective, and dignified manner. This includes:
• Determining case composition and ensures all refugee cases are cross-referenced according to established standard operating procedures.
• Establishing the validity of an applicant’s identity through verification of all demographic and biographic information including, but not limited to, names, nationalities, birth dates, and locations of all immediate family members in order to complete the refugee case history as required.
• Collecting all identity information including photographs, height, and weight.
• Documenting applicant’s persecution claim.
• Analysing, evaluating, and assessing the eligibility of refugee applicants for final adjudication by USCIS officers.
• Prepare cases for USCIS, including reviewing physical file and START database.
• Assists in Adjudications Circuit Rides, which includes completing post-Adjudication review updating fingerprints, and preparing and distributing decision letters.
• Runs Quality Check reports to ensure complete and accurate files, as well as identifies and correct processing errors prior to USCIS adjudication.
• Works with other Programs departments as necessary to properly update cases.
• Assists as needed in preparing for and execution of circuit rides. This may include but is not limited to; requisitioning supplies, assisting GSO in preparation, packing of files, contacting interpreters, clean up at the end of the circuit ride, and other tasks as assigned by the Supervisors.
• Completes and updates all case files and all database records.
• Writes deferrals and info memos for referring agency action, as required.
• Conducts file reviews in accordance with RSC and USCIS guidelines, paying close attention to detail.
• Assists in various administrative tasks including but not limited to: research, locating files, data entry, and case analysis.
• Analyses complex cases in consultation with Supervisors in accordance with established policies and procedures, while remaining open to supervisory direction.
• Trains new staff as required and contributes to the development of Field Processing Department training procedures and their implementation.
• Contributes to the development and updating of processing guides for the Field Processing Department in coordination with Supervisors, Managers and Coordinators.
• Undertakes other duties as assigned by CWS/RSC Africa Management.

Qualifications:
Experience:
• Four (4) year’s paid work experience.
• Casework or previous resettlement/humanitarian experience is an added advantage.

Skills:
• Strong verbal and written English language skills;
• Second language is an advantage; Somali, Tigrinya, French, Amharic, Kinyarwanda or Arabic are preferred;
• Demonstrated computer skills, especially Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint;
• Strong organizational and time management skills;
• Meticulous attention to detail.

Education & Certifications:
• Bachelor’s Degree or four (4) years of paid work experience in lieu of a Bachelor’s degree is required.

Abilities:
• Manage a large and diverse workload under pressure with competing priorities.
• Maintain the integrity and confidentiality of official records,
• Analyze and solve complex problems and make sound decisions.
• Work with minimal supervision.
• Maintain a high performance standard with attention to detail.
• Work independently and contribute to the overall operations of RSC Africa.
• Actively participate in the implementation of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP).
• Collaborate with peers, management and other organizational departments in daily work execution.
• Take ownership and responsibility of own work.
• Communicate openly and transparently with peers and management.
• Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion and willingness to support CWS’ Platform on Racial Justice as a CWS employee required.

Important Requirements:
• Strong English communication skills, both written and oral.
• Ability to work in a multi-cultural environment required.
• Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion and willingness to support CWS’ Platform on Racial Justice as a CWS employee required.

Special Requirements:
• Full Time - Minimum of 37.5 hours per week.
• Full COVID Vaccination is strongly recommended for all successful candidates
• The candidate should be of good health, willing and able to travel extensively in often difficult conditions, and have a high degree of flexibility. Must have proof of Yellow Fever vaccination before traveling for RSC Africa.
• This position is based in Kasulu, Tanzania
• This position requires use of laptops at all time, competence in Microsoft office packages is required.
• This position may require travel to field locations on short notice and under sometimes difficult conditions to meet demands of a dynamic operational program.
• Background check which includes references and an educational and criminal check is required before the start of employment
• A valid passport and the ability to maintain a valid passport throughout the entire appointment is required, which includes having enough passport pages for travel.
• Physical: This position requires bending, squatting, crawling, climbing, kneeling, sitting, standing, walking, pushing/pulling, handling objects (manual dexterity), reaching above shoulder level, using fine finger movements and lifting/carrying heavy loads.
• Environmental: Incumbents in this position will be exposed to excessive noise, marked changes in temperature and/or humidity, dust and infectious diseases, harsh weather climates, long work hours, bumpy roads, extended travel, excessive sun exposure, and non-ventilated spaces.
• All employees should be prepared to work from the CWS office within their location of hire. Remote work arrangements may vary depending on location and the governing rulings regarding the COVID-19 pandemic


JOB DETAILS:
Area Program Ministry Facilitator-1

With over 70 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.
Come join our 34,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Key Responsibilities:
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES
ACCOUNTABILITY & RESULT: 15%
• Ensure that communities and staff are facilitated to plan, implement, monitor and evaluate the program activities for quality and sustainable development.
• Monitor performance of the Area Program (AP) in relation to changes, innovations or new model that is introduced.
• In coordination with P&C business partner and cluster manager provide support to the AP staff and communities to ensure effective training and exposure visit on empowerment approach is conducted.
• Coordinate the proper implementation of development and grants programs/projects in the AP level as stipulated in annual operation plans and other planning documents.
• To facilitate AP staffs to integrate change management in the program implementation processes.

End Results
• Availability of Quality Program & Project Plans Document and Quality Program Reports
• Maintain Good Performance at Area Program (AP) ,Ensure Effective Implementation of WVT approved Model
• Ensure all required staff & community training and Exposure Visit on Empowerment approach are done effectively
• Availability of Quality Reports that shows progress/ Impact/ result of implemented activities

FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY: 20%
• Enforce stewardship and accountability by ensuring that resources are efficiently and effectively utilized within the program/project for the intended purpose
• Ensure proper utilization of program funds as per Area Plans (AP)
• Closely monitor the AP’s budget as per agreed Area Plans
• Ensure that there is value for money for every activity done

End Results
• Ensure wise stewardship and accountability is demonstrated at all levels within the Area Program(AP)
• Availability of Quality Program/ Project Financial Reports with well narrated variances where applicable of which will enable increase unit and trust performance.
• Reduced incidence of fraud

FACILITATE EMPOWERED WORLD VIEW AND TRANSLATE IT INTO COMMUNITY MIND SET POSITIVE CHANGE: 10%
Facilitate AP staffs at the AP level:
• Empower community to change the mindset towards development
• Facilitate the community to own their developments without depending on donor support or hand outs
• Build confidence among the community to realize available resources that can be used to change their lives
• Facilitate community to connect their thinking with the holistic development
• Build confidence among communities that they are potential and they have the capacity and ability to change their lives
• Empower the community to see the bigger picture of their lives

End Results
• Availability of Impact and Change Stories from Community who are transformed a Result of Empowered World View Trainng.
• Implement the Empowered World View approach in the community for sustainability

FACILITATE INNOVATION AND CREATIVE MIND IN INITIATING PROJECTS AT HOUSEHOLD LEVEL TO IMPROVE CWBO: 5%
• Work with AP staffs and community to identify economic potentials available within the community and how to utilize them
• Creatively prepare Grant and PNS proposals that relate to rural livelihood aiming at achieving CWBO.
• Translate the available economic potentials to improve household income within the cluster.
• Work with the community to address the challenges which can turn into great opportunities
• Promote and come up with new innovation and simple technologies that will address some of the challenges
• Connecting value chain producer groups with markets within the cluster
• Ensure integration and implementation of transition plans, disaster preparedness plans and development of local institutions (CPGs, CBO, SGs/VICOBA, CCC, FBOs, etc) for sustainable development.

End Results
• Presence of Grants and PNS Proposals aiming at achieving CWBO
• Presence of New Innovations and Simple technologies that will address the community challenges which can turn into great opportunities.
• Presence of Quality transition Plan reports, Disaster Preparedness plans and Development of Local Institutions for Sustainable development.

SPONSORSHIP MANAGEMENT: 15%
• Ensure that sponsorship and child protection standards are adhered to and they are adequately integrated into programming for community transformation in Area Program (AP)
• Maintain Sponsorship Performance KPI at Green Rating
• Ensure RC and MVC integration in WVT programming
• Ensure AP programing focus on RC well-being with limited RC deaths
• Participate in negotiation on RC growth and increasing sponsorship budget with SO
• Build capacity of community, frontline staff and sponsorship staff on child protection
• Empower all the frontline staff to integrate child protection in their project implementation

End Results
• Good Sponsorships Performance KPI (Green rating
• Presence of Quality reports that shows the impact of integration of RC and MVC in Program activities.
• Evident reduction in registered child deaths (RCD)
• Adult and Child Safeguarding policy is implemented in WVT program areas
• Increased knowledge to frontline staffs on integration of child protection in their project implementation

NETWORKING: 15%
• Facilitate networking relationships and participation with wide stakeholders such as government, church, faith based organization leaders and other key partners at local and international level
• Prepare and submit Quarterly report to key stakeholders including District and regional Government Authority
• Represent WV in Ward Development Committee meetings
• Ensure WVT visibility at Wards, Division level events happening within the Area Program (AP)
• Enhancing WVT and VFT integration for profitable agriculture, livestock production and enterprise development (high value agriculture crops and livestock breeds).

End Results
• Increase External Engagement by enhancing good relationship with different stakeholders, partners including the Government authorities
• Presence of Quality reports submitted to Key Stakeholders, District, Regional Government authorities.
• Presence of a meeting tracker with as Brief feedback report of point taken during different meetings with Stakeholders, other NGOs and Government authorities.
• Increase WV Visibility at Regional, District and National Level
• Increased alignment with Vision Fund Tanzania by increasing the number of VFY clients in WVT intervention areas.

TEAM PERFORMANCE: 5%
• Facilitate team building motivate and maintain strong relationships, be passionate for the poor, making an impact, and bear witness to Gods Kingdom within the Area Program(AP).
• Provide spiritual support to staff at the AP level and reinforce the Core Values to enable understanding of WV operations and culture
• Coordinate and facilitate performance management and ensure there is performance culture among the Area Program(AP) staff
• Implement Our Promise strategy to align all staff to WV Vision, Mission and Core values.
• Provide technical support in capacity building of frontline staff in development of key programming areas specifically in new WV Initiatives

End Results
• Presence of good working relationship by working as a Team that will increase the passion for staffs to serve the poor, making an impact and bear witness to God Kingdom within the cluster.
• Increased spiritual nurture for staffs
• Regular feedback provided to direct reports to enhance their performance & their individual development
• Presence of APMF Succession Plan

Ensure staffs are aligned with Our Promise Strategy,
• WV Vision, Mission, and Core values
• The team supported in their growth and personal development
• Culture of open communication, reflection and learning is evident at all levels

PROGRAMMING STANDARDS:10%
• Facilitate assessments, design/ redesign of Technical Program (TP) measurements, and evaluation exercises for quality assurance.
• Facilitate Technical program on basis of the technical approaches for implementation within the cluster
• Facilitate review, assessment and evaluation of Team Program at Area Program(AP) level and provide effective feedback to NO regards to the implementation of the recommendations from the studies.
• Ensure quality and timely monthly, quarterly, bi –annual and annual projects/programs narrative together with annual budget, Area Plans and facilitate program/project monthly funding and review financial reports.
• Ensure that both Evaluation and Audit (Finance and Operations) recommendations are timely responded to, fully implemented and progress is reported quarterly

End Results
• Presence of Quality assessment report, TP evaluation report, Evaluation report, TP baseline Reports and the reports are used to assess the impact of project models and as a basis for improving WV interventions
• Timely Implementation of programs as per AP work plans
• 100% Timely Submission of Quality Monthly Management Report , Quarterly Outcome Monitoring report, AMIC Report, Semi-annual and Annual Reports for all APs within the cluster
• Timely implementation of Audit (bot financial & Operational),Financial& operation review recommendation
• Acceptable Audit risk rating for most recent finance audits (Internal and GC and External audits)

KNOWLEDGE/QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ROLE
Required Professional Experience
• Experience: At least 3 years in program/project implementation
• Preferred: Experience in WV programming in one or all the Technical Programs

Required Education, training, license, registration, and certification
• Bachelor Degree in Economics, Agriculture, Health & Nutrition, Education or other related Social Science field

Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications
• Computer skills.
• Demonstrated ability in supervision
• Able to contextualize development models in an innovative way
• Have a ‘can do’ mindset and ability to work with a team to figure out the ‘how’
• Be empowerment focused as opposed to service delivery.
• Able to engage religious leaders of all faiths by mobilizing them to promote holistic development.
• Management information system skills
• Program/project management skills
• Skills in report writing and project designs Basic knowledge on human resources management
• Ability to manage crisis and work related disturbances
• Having People Management Skills
• Master Degree in Economics, Agriculture, Health & Nutrition, Education or other related Social Science field will be an added advantage.


JOB DETAILS:
Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Adapting (T-MELA) Proposal

Proposal Summary:
The USAID/Tanzania Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Adapting (T-MELA) project will provide these services to the USAID/Tanzania Mission and its implementing partners. The work will include strengthening Mission staff’s ability to employ data to make strategic decisions, advancing Mission learning on youth development challenges via evaluations and assessments, developing the M&E and collaborating, learning and adapting capacity of Mission, implementing partner and Government of Tanzania staff and building the capacity of local M&E organizations.
**Please note: Only citizens of Tanzania are eligible for this position**

Position Summary:
The GIS specialist will support the T-MELA team by producing maps, data visualizations, and other cartographic products. The GIS Specialist will be responsible for managing spatial datasets and will be required to work effectively with USAID and other parties to collect, update and maintain geospatial datasets. This is a long-term assignment based in Dar es Salaam.

Responsibilities:
• Create, maintain, and improve data visualizations and cartographic products in printed/electronic formats using technologies, such as ArcGIS, QGIS, or similar.
• Assist USAID in developing effective tools and processes to collect, manage and combine spatial datasets.
• Support and/or lead capacity-building activities for implementing partners on GIS tools, geocoding data and processes, data management strategies, and other data-related activities.
• Ensure that all TPM data collected under the project consists of spatial attributes.
• Provide help desk and DIS support to implementing partners.
• Build and maintain relationships with USAID and third-party partners to establish and maintain a library of geospatial data including project-specific datasets and base data.
• Standardize and clean geospatial datasets and associated attributes across project-specific datasets.
• Conduct basic geospatial analysis on collected datasets per the direction of USAID and T-MELA leadership.
• Perform GIS data quality control of field data and storage to ensure privacy rules are followed.

Qualifications:
• Minimum three years of experience conducting geospatial analysis, managing geospatial data, and cartographic production.
• Expertise with proprietary and open source GIS software including ArcGIS and QGIS.
• Excellent data management skills and experience working with datasets in multiple formats including shapefile, geodatabase, and CSV.
• Ability to work in a team environment.
• Ability to produce high-quality work under deadlines.
• Strong organizational, coordination, and interpersonal skills.
• Familiarity with international development projects. USAID experience preferred.
• English language fluency is required, and Swahili proficiency is preferred.

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